Iraq is turning into another Veitnam. It is a war of confusion. The soldiers over there are confused about who exactly the enemy is. You can’t tell who you are fighting for and who you are fighting against. Support for the war is not as solid now as it was in the beginning. The reasons for being there are confusing to the young men and women serving their country.

I’m not here to comment on the validity of the Iraq war. I’m here to suggest that if a similar pattern to the war in Veitnam exists, then we may be looking at a group of people very susceptible to drug abuse and addiction when they come home. War is always filled with horrors. When the reasons for war get clouded in politics and are not clear cut, the horrors of war become that much harder to take. The emotional toll will be great. It might be prudent to start programs now to deal with these stresses. If we don’t we may see a large increase in the need for rehab centers down the road as a fallout from the war in Iraq. Let’s do something before this happens. Our young soldiers don’t need this in their life. Drug and alcohol rehabs don’t need the extra work. We need a solution now.

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