@Sunny2 I misspoke, I meant the opposite.
Any way I am glad you brought me back to this question. It has been on my mind.
I agree that most of the pictures would be different a year after the event. I view it as a rite of passage they signed up for. I am not by any means minimizing the pain and suffering they experienced. But growth even physical growth doesn’t come without pain. I am not advocating war and absolutely not this one.. However now that we are in it, we are morally stuck to pull out responsibly But not only did our troops sign up for this, the majority knowing they would be deployed. Many were eager to be deployed. I almost liken it to a youngster consumed with the idea of losing one’s virginity Yes, there is a loss of innocence. And that by it’s own right is sad. But it is also healthy. In a society that has few rites of passage this is important. When I see people pre and post deployment, given time to balance of course. I would term them as more mature. Sheltering and the need to shelter is understandable but taken to the extreme it becomes sick. We end up with a society of adult children.
Not to say that there aren’t people who have trouble coping; physically and or mentally with the events that transpire. We should help and support those people. It speaks of our nation well and I am reminded of the Statue of Liberty. “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”