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Reuters: Study says 300,000 U.S. troops suffer mental problems

About 300,000 U.S. troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan suffer symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder or depression, but about half receive no care, an independent study said on Thursday.

The study by the RAND Corp. also estimated that another 320,000 troops have sustained a possible traumatic brain injury during deployment. But researchers could not say how many of those cases were serious or required treatment.

Next time our political leaders tell us that the cost of taking down Saddam Hussein was worth it, pity them for being so out of touch and inhumanely callous.