The war that never ends..... even when you come home.

Two articles today on PTSD and fallout from Iraq. First, the awful story of Pfc. Joseph Dwyer who was featured in one of those supposed "iconic photos" in Iraq who came home with severe PTSD, swerving to avoid IED's on the roads around his home and sleeping in his closet with a knife. He died from inhalant abuse. (The ArmyTimes version has the photo.)

Second, the NYTimes has a feature length piece on soldiers returning home to depression, substance abuse, and problems with the law.

(I think it's very important to note that these stories are not "all soldiers" who served in Iraq, many are coming home and returning to their lives, but the reported numbers of 1/3 registering with depression or PTSD does represent a huge number, 100-150,000.)