Here is a piece of propaganda for you: Army: documentary could trigger TSD

[liberal N proud]

Army: HBO documentary could trigger stress disorder

CNN

Monday, May 15, 2006; Posted: 12:23 p.m. EDT (16:23 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Army surgeon general is warning that the HBO documentary "Baghdad ER" is so graphic that military personnel watching it could experience symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

In a memo dated May 9 and obtained by CNN, Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley said the film "shows the ravages and anguish of war."

"Those who view this documentary may experience many emotions," he said in the memo. "If they have been stationed in Iraq, they may re-experience some symptoms of post-traumatic stress, such as flashbacks or nightmares."

HBO is releasing the documentary on the operation of the 86th Combat Support Hospital in Ibn Sina, Iraq.

The film will premiere Monday at the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History in Washington as well as on 22 Army posts.

It airs Sunday on HBO -- a division of Time Warner, the parent company of CNN -- and will replay on Memorial Day.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/TV/05/15/baghdad.ER/index.html

[DS1]

1. Impossible. All of our troops have been given everything they asked

for both in the Army they went to Iraq in, and the Army they wanted to be in Iraq in

/Rumbo

[Jackpine Radical]

2. Probably true.

They can also experience PTSD symptoms if exposed to loud noises, spoken Arabic, the smell of Middle Eastern food, and a whole catalog of other things. That's the way PTSD works. Personally, I have never seen Platoon, Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now, or any other flicks likely to remind me too strongly of my hiking & camping tour of Indochina (1967-68). I would likewise recommend that anyone who got a good dose of Iraq pass on this movie. For everyone else, however, especially for those who drive around with those funny little ribbons on their cars, it would probably be a really good idea to go see it. Then you may begin to understand why some of us are so jumpy, hypervigilant & alcoholic.

[SoCalDem]

5. I was once engaged to a viet nam vet with it..

It's very unsettling to say the least, and I could NOT marry him.. Everything "set him off", and he was violent (and always armed)...nuff said

[Left_Winger]

6. Right on bro!

Couldn't have said it better.

[grytpype]

3. Hell, it might be true.

It's stressful enough to see that stuff on a TV screen having never seen it in real life.

[Nickster]

4. Sounds entirely plausible, jives with the info I've heard. Now whether

that's a reason that the documentary shouldn't be shown, well, that's a whole different story.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

7. They did this for "Saving Private Ryan"

Lot's of vets had flashbacks and breakdowns during the beach scene.

So there is a valid concern. That said, I'm sure there is an invalid concern, I've no doubt there are people in the pentagon who want to stop people from seeing this show. They've already banned coffin photographs. So this could be more of the same.

That said, the good news is that any effort to keep people from watching will only result in more people watching.

[heartofthesiskiyou]

8. Sounds like

Let's not let the public see the coffins.

[TomInTib]

9. I did three tours on a PBR (patrol boat, river) in Vietnam

I went to see Apocolypse Now when it was first released.

The movie had no negative effect on me. And I was in some of the hottest action in the campaign.

A few weeks ago, I was going through the cable guide and saw the movie was underway. My girlfriend wanted to pick it up in progress (she had never seen it) so I turned it on.

I lasted about 5 minutes.

Couldn't take it. I was feeling nauseous, trembling.

Funny what time can do.