Reply #20: I'm talking about making soldiers easy targets - again.

[tomreedtoon]

I have PTSD myself - not from battle, from a robbery - and while it's not as bad as that of a combat veteran, I can sympathize.

What I'm talking about is that, if we start talking up how evil and psychotic soldiers are, we will stigmatize ALL soldiers who served in Iraq, turning them into "baby killers" that the population will be afraid of - and thus make sure the Republicans will again be able to say that progressives hate the military.

You DO know how stereotyping works, don't you? Or do I need to dig out all those 70's TV shows that showed ex-soldiers going psycho and killing people to show you how the media will start treating Iraq War veterans?