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Tuesday, 14 November 2006

From the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA.org), the story of Jon Town, a badly wounded soldier who got royally screwed out of his medical care -- in fact, the Pentagon eventually claimed he owed them money. This sentence here gives the flavor:

His struggles appear to be classic symptoms of traumatic brain injury (TBI), a result of the rocket's impact on his skull, and not, as [Army psychologist] Dr. Wexler diagnosed, a behavioral disorder.

Read the whole thing.

The Pentagon seems to be taking its cues from used car dealers.