Friday, January 18, 2008
Ailing GIs deployed to war zones
I thought that this was an interesting article in light of the Watada case. Apparently soldiers who are injured are being redeployed to war zones in Iraq and Afghanistan. While I have read numerous reports of soldiers with post traumatic stress disorder being sent back to Iraq, this is the first I have heard of soldiers with physical injuries being redeployed. Again, I am curious if there are any laws that exist that allow GIs to question the treatment they receive once they have been injured (including redeployment ).
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1 comment:
I feel particularly concerned by the idea of soldiers with mental illnesses - whether pathological or situational - being sent back into combat. It is a basic rule of life, much less the military, that people with impaired judgment should not be handed weapons, or placed in high stress situations where other people's lives are at stake.
Post a Comment