Someone may yell at me for this but umm...
I know men that did crazy things and had horrific experiences in the gulf war and while on numerous other assignments between then and the Iraq war.
They're really not okay now, I mean, nightmares, night terrors, anxiety issues, phobias....It's funny to me that the media releases some stupid mocked up picture and we all joke and laugh about how we're wining this war and blah blah blah...while at the same time, I'll spend my time reading a blog and chatting on the phone with a friend that WAS a POW and yeah...
Every soldier I've talked to that has actually pulled a trigger agrees - it changes you, and no one tells you how to deal with it. Despite the media attention, the reality is that war is ugly - and none of us have a clue what's going on over there.
Disclaimer: This isn't a pro- or con- statement regarding our involvement there, just a bit of reality.