Your opinion on the trauma experienced by soldiers returning
War is a necessity of man, we are a violent people who may never fully understand the Utopian dream of total understanding or another person's differences. As long as we can classify someone as different than us, someone will persecute them. Man is an animal of dominance and control, what we can't control we destroy, or befoul. Personally, I have grown accustomed to war, and would gladly serve should anyone call, however, I am not one to seek death so I wait until the day comes when I am called to stand. War is humanities greatest creation, something standing the test of time, we constantly strive to find a more efficient way of killing another man. War is many things, a matter of pride, prejudice, honor, control, economics, and many others. Above all else war is the one thing that defines us and our history, have you ever noticed that time is divided up into periods of war, and not peace? The American Civil War, World War 1, World War 2, The Cold War (eh call it what you want), Desert Storm, Desert Shield, The War on Terror, etc.