Amerikan armeijan sotilaat sairaita

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were in many ways acutely different from their predecessors. This time, American soldiers were fighting in urban settings, dodging improvised explosives and often searching for enemies indistinguishable from civilians.

With a new kind of war came a new host of challenges for those who fought in it. Fewer fatalities has led to more life-long injuries, an economy in crisis will translate to fewer jobs and less federal funding, and the use of unconventional weaponry is already apparent in the prevalence of invisible, untreatable mental wounds.

http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/veterans-challenges/?pid=937

Lääketieteellisen teknologian paraneminen on tehnyt Amerikasta raajarikkojen maan.
http://www.intheirboots.com/itb

http://jpoli.blogspot.com/2011/11/ilmastopolitiikasta-sotapolitiikkaan.html

http://jagenrenessanssi.blogspot.com/2011/10/tsoukki.html

  Ilmeisesti aivovammat ovat kovien räjähdysten (IED) aiheuttamia laajamittaisia hermostovaurioita, joiden hoitaminen on hyvin vaikeaa.