No Such Thing As Gulf War Syndrome---On MSNBC

[dogday]

just said that the VA Study have announced no such things as GWS..... Said how will this affect those affected with this illness and insurance.....


This does not sound good at all.. What about Iraq War Syndrome, is that such a thing?

[flamin lib]

1. WHAT????? That's what they said about Agent Orange until

most of the vets affected died.

[dogday]

2. Sounds to me like they are getting ready

to try to screw alot of soldiers..... It was a VA study....

[dflprincess]

5. It's also what they told the Atomic Vets

n/t

[Downtown Hound]

3. Haven't you heard?

There's no such thing as Agent Orange disease either. Forget the fact that my neighbor, who was a nurse in Vietnam, is the last remaining survivor of her friends in an area where they sprayed that shit all over. She has had cancer off and on as well. But it's all a bunch of bunk.

[dogday]

4. My Son is in Iraq

I can't believe the way they treat their soldiers, the bastards....

[Downtown Hound]

6. Sorry about your son

Hope he comes home safe.

[dogday]

15. Thank you for your thoughts.....

it seems there are ways to be hurt in the war even if you are not wounded....:mad:

[acmejack]

7. Delay, deny, and hope you die.

I have developed a very negative attitude about these people.

[moc]

8. Contradicted by a number of peer-reviewed papers

Search Robert Haley and Gulf War Syndrome in Medline, Google Scholar, etc.

[speedoo]

9. I'm posting a link in LBN...

in a couple of minutes. Be right back with an edit.

on edit.. someone already posted here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2506480

[Fierce]

10. I have a good friend who has GWS...

...and has been battling the VA for the last 10 years. Their last offer? A twice-monthly meditation class.

The man wakes up screaming from nightmares, has chronic pain, migranes, etc...A twice-montly meditation class.

[Downtown Hound]

11. About Iraq War Syndrome

There have been reports of mysterious blood clots emerging from some Iraq War Veterans, but so far I haven't heard of too many of them and they seemed to occur mostly from the vets returning from the early days of the invasion.

Gulf War Syndrome is believed by many to have been caused either by faulty vaccines given to troops to protect against chemical attack, depleted uranium from tank shells and the guns of A-10 planes, or prolonged exposure to all of the smoke from the oil wells the Saddam's army lit up while they retreated. Or it may be combination of two or all of them. No one really knows for sure because, well, it doesn't exist officially. Those lazy soldiers are just mekkin' it all up.

This war has not seen the massive tank battles that the first gulf war did, so the use of depleted uranium has not been anywhere near as extensive. There have been no massive oil fires, and I don't know about the status of vaccines they are forcing troops to take. I know they were doing it in the initial days of the invasion (when the first reports of blood clots emerged) but I don't know if they're still doing that. It would seem silly given that it turned out Saddam didn't have any chemical weapons at all.

So far, it seems that reports of mysterious ailments from this war have been relatively light. That's the good news. But I'm not an expert and you never know. Sometimes these things can take years to develop. All we can do is cross our fingers and hope for the best.

[u4ic]

14. Professor Garth Nicholson

has also identified mycoplasma infection in the vets...whether it is an opportunistic infection, or was a biological warfare agent, is still unknown.

http://www.immed.org/illness/gulfwar_illness_research.html

[devilgrrl]

12. This the same crowd that insists that there is no global warming?

Nah, there ain't no Gulf War Syndrome! :eyes:

[alfredo]

13. This might spur more veterans to leave the comforts of their

living rooms and join us in the streets in opposition to bush's war and his hatred for the soldiers.

[meldroc]

16. Typical VA, absolutely disgusting.

When the .gov wants to engage in violence, they'll spare no expense in sending our men & women into battle with the latest in high tech killing machines to destroy the enemy.

Then when those same men and women come home hurt and sick from the dangers and poisons of the battlefield, they go out of their way to abandon them.

And thus my rage intensifies...

[Ino]

17. Just once...

Just ONCE I'd like to hear a reporter shove this kind of thing into BushCo's face when they start spouting off about "supporting the troops" and lauding their sacrifices.

[cal04]

18. Gulf War Syndrome poll

Do you believe the results of a federally funded study that says Gulf War Syndrome doesn't exist? * 11351 responses
No way. It's a cover-up so the government doesn't have to pay benefits.
73%
Yes. It's a well-researched study that did establish links to other problems such as Lou Gehrig's disease.
16%
I don't know. It's a complex issue.
11%

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14802302/