Iraq War: US Casualties - 1.1

Your feedback makes me, for lack of a better word, SICK!!!!!!!!! Why you decided to post anything about you having "PTSD" much less "Second hand PTSD" is above me. It sounds to me that you are STILL craving attention for thing that other soldiers have done, been through or seen!!! And the blood thing WTF?!?!? I have served as a team medic for a while now, WTF?!?!?! Have you even been in combat, true actual sh*t hit the fan combat or any kind???? You disgust me and are a disgrace to the soldiers how have been there and done it!!!!!

As far as the widget goes, I am constantly keeping track of all my brothers lost. You can be upset or not about it. But i find names, and Honor them when I read them!!! I even keep track while I was out there, as some of them were my close friend and brothers in arms........

Have You thanked a Vet. for your freedom today???

I think that your widgets are a great idea. All of our troops are heroes in my eyes, but the wounded suffer the most. It's too bad the "merely" psychologically wounded don't make the list. Is it only when you have given your life that you become a hero? Just going over there takes courage!!!

I have Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) from being harassed at work to essentially rubber-stamp soldiers as ready to deploy, regardless of their actual condition. I have "second-hand" PTSD from helping the families of those wounded or killed, and from listening to the stories of wounded soldiers. The nature of my job gave me access to information not revealed to the public - some of which has only come out in the past year. I learned a lot about Iraq from the soldiers' point of view. I also learned a lot about my own government.

These veterans were good soldiers, but many were really angry. There were all kinds of things going on "over there" that they weren't allowed to talk about except to others in the military or people like me. After awhile, I heard that there was an "underground" website where soldiers were venting and using their real names and rank.

I had to medically retire because my job was literally killing me. (I started vomiting blood and lost about a quart altogether.) I live in Colorado Springs near Fort Carson, home of the 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment (ACR). I become extremely emotional about each casualty, especially from our 3rd ACR. So I can't handle having your widget on my computer. I support our troops and their families - they are real heroes. But I am very upset at what I know about the government. I fear that our soldiers will not be given a fair shake when they come home. At least we, the people, have learned to support our troops no matter our political opinions.