Petraeus Sees Our Troops Decompensate!
Posted by bosskittyDecompensate: the inability to maintain defense mechanisms in response to stress, resulting in personality disturbance or psychological imbalance.
Pentagon mental-health advisory team, findings:
Approximately 10 percent of all Army and Marine Corps troops surveyed last September in Iraq acknowledged mistreating civilians (troops “damaged/destroyed Iraqi property … or hit/kicked a non-combatant”). The report found that soldiers who’d experienced [...]
