A study at the US Army's Walter Reed hospital in Washington, DC, found that up to 17% of Iraq veterans - about one in six - suffered depression, anxiety or PTSD.
About 425,000 US troops have served in Iraq since the invasion in March 2003, meaning some 70,000 could be experiencing psychological trauma.
Of course, the Bush administrations way of addressing this was to attempt to cut the funding to the VA.
The divorce rate among US army officers has tripled in the past three years.
The National Coalition for Homeless Veterans says that in 2004 its affiliates helped 67 veterans of Iraq or Afghanistan - only a year or two into those conflicts.
That set off alarm bells at the charity, since experts say it took traumatised Vietnam veterans an average 12-15 years to end up in shelters.
All of this because of a calculated program of deception and lie to stoke the flames of war.
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My husband works for the VA in a rural area. There have been no increases in time or discussions on how to handle the influx of new people. Try and get a Vet disability under PSDT catagory. Takes lots of paperwork time and energy.You know how else they are thinking of cutting costs?
Not paying milage to VA workers when they travel.
May not seem like a lot to you, but my husband drives 88 miles a week to provide outreach services to vets and gas is almost $2.80 /gallon up here. These vets have to travel large distances too, and no increases in services, mean longer waiting lists
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