20,000 Brain Injuries Left Off Pentagon's Iraq Wounded List

USA Today :

At least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injuries, according to military and veterans records compiled by USA TODAY.

The data, provided by the Army, Navy and Department of Veterans Affairs, show that about five times as many troops sustained brain trauma as the 4,471 officially listed by the Pentagon through Sept. 30. These cases also are not reflected in the Pentagon's official tally of wounded, which stands at 30,327.

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Comments

[Harrier]

Only a 70% mistake. Certainly another effort to hide from the American public a failing policy and compounding issues relating to taking care of the very soldiers the Administration and congress vowed to protect

[PaHairO]

I'm curious ... since none of these administration chickenhawk SOB's never actually fought anywhere, how does the Pentagon explain their obviously catastrophic brain injuries ?

[ElkoJohn]

War is always hell & uncivilized, hence all the atrocities committed during combat & occupation. It should only be used as an absolute last resort for the survival of the nation. Our Blood-for-Oil War doesn't meet the standard.
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[osage]

AMERICANS ARE BEING BETRAYED BY OUR LEADERS AND THEIR COWARDLY ENABLERS FROM BOTH POLITICAL PARTIES

George W. Bush personifies the most malevolent, irredeemable and diabolic aspects of mankind. Not only is he wantonly destructive, purposefully dishonest and shamelessly unremorseful, he disgracefully defends his catastrophic decisions by hiding and perpetuating the devastating impact they have on the lives of defenseless human beings. Hundreds of thousands of innocent children, women and men, who have not harbored a harmful thought toward another human being, have been murdered, eviscerated and maimed as a direct result of George W. Bush being the president of the United States of America. And yet, his overriding priority is to prolong the inhuman carnage he has instigated, not to end it. George W. Bush is an indelibly chilling example of what man is capable of doing to his fellow man......t­he worst example imaginable.

IMPEACHMENT is the only means we have of stopping the devastating consequences of the unrelenting IGNORANCE, ARROGANCE, INCOMPETENCE, DISHONESTIES, INSECURITIES, HOSTILE TEMPERAMENT, VINDICTIVENESS and PRONOUNCED PSYCHOLOGICAL DEFECTS of George W. Bush. He is an intellectually and emotionally mean-spirited immature child who is destroying America's honor and integrity single-handedly. And politically correct Democrats are standing by watching as he dismantles our Constitution and rules of law creating an all powerful and self-rulin­g/policing ONE branch oppressive/fascist American government. No individual in our history is more deserving of CONDEMNATION and IMPEACHMENT than George W. Bush!

[escobar]

They will be lucky if they are not eliminated from Medicare and homeless too.
The Republicans consider social programs wasteful spending.

[StillAmused]

Amid all this bad news, something to bring a smile... the one and only original 'rentedpodium' has been given the Full Monty -- for now. Wonder what the reincarnation will call itself?

Sometimes, a yell to the moderators produces results more satisfying than tedious, endless scrubbings that only succeed in mangling a thread for everyone else.

RIP, moron.

[fearwig]

Everyone knows that brain injuries are properly classified as a form of personality disorder. Anyone in the military who receives a brain injury should be dishonorably discharged without delay. Otherwise we're setting a double standard with PTSD.

[Ownsthepodium`]

Anyhow.

I've enjoyed making fun of the original OTP. Sadly, it seems he'll be away for a while, pity, he was so easy to mess with.

Later people, keep up the good work.

[Rubiconski]

The brain injuries seem to be more severe with the pentagon than the soldiers in combat. The Pentagon is full of retired military officers who have absolutely no purpose to be there other than it being a "perk" of military service to sit back and take the tax payers' money while doing nothing.

It is a true travesty and insult to our deserving soldiers that this organization is allowed to continue to function as it is today.

[frybread]

And we're supposed to trust the Pentagon when it says things are going well in Iraq? That the "surge" (really the escalation) is working? I think not.

[dr4Will]

Army,penta­gon,genera­ls,bush,ch­eeny--all liars,all fake reports, all dishonorable leaders--one more year of this crap!!

[dax49]

yet another bush administration dance with the truth. i wonder how fox will spin this one, if they mention it at all

[Maxbyte]

My God! This is worse than horrible. What kind of depraved Commanders and politicians would do this?

We now know one more reason Bush has filled so many internal vacancies with defense attorneys. But defense attorneys can't give him a heart or a conscience.

So now the injury total is nearly double what the Pentagon has reported. I have believed the same is true of military deaths, but that figure is more closely monitored by a number of non-partisan organizations, and it would be foolish to try to cook those particular numbers.

All of this still leaves military suicides and desertions open for more careful, non-Republican review.

[imsosure]

You know this idea of not reporting the truth bleeds throughout this administration’s policies and procedures for denying involvement in this fiasco and too for many others. However to play down the after effects of their treasonous exploits is more confirmation of exactly how vile and irresponsible these people are. Can you imagine being a victim to the extent that you are brain damaged and unable to speak for yourself? This is analogous to the recent reports from Serbia and the horrid conditions and treatment of their mentally and physically challenged population. And to think that these military survivors volunteered to serve thinking they had the support of the Pentagon and Veterans Administration as well as the President and his lot of malcontents. Will the proper authorities please take action against this administration and pursue these Nazi like parties!? Reading this report is more like watching and reading reports of WWII's POW and Vietnam tortures against Americans by the ENEMY!

[JaneC]

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