redvet wrote in
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On Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:27:13 -0800 (PST), ebe
wrote:

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The reason why many veterans are coming back with PTSD and other
conditions is that basic training and operations for warfare were
based upon the old cold war Nato versus Warsaw pact model (fighting in
the EU in the woods or in a plain battlefield) not urban combat and
with an Eastern/Tribal culture. In 2003, the analysis of the situation
was presented to both parties in office in terms of urban warfare and
Eastern/tribal warfare, so Obama and his group cannot say they did not
know or were mis-informed.

Boy are you naive. They can and will irrespective of the facts on
the ground and the media will not gainsay them.

I think its 4 tours too much....redvet

Yer entitled ta yer opinion.

IBM