Tag Iraq war

From Rand Corp. research About 18.5 percent of US soldiers who served in Afghanistan and Iraq currently have PTSD or depression. 19.5 percent report traumatic brain injuries. An estimated 31 percent of troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have a…

The wars have mostly vanished from the headlines. Lots of people are still getting killed and maimed, displaced too. Yet because the violence has apparently lessened because of the surge, the wars are no longer front page news. The presidential…