Multiply that by x, where x = 'more than a reasonable person can count,' and you get the US attitude. I'm sure you're familiar with the issues surrounding Max Cleland during the last election, but many people aren't aware that many servicemen's families get by only because they qualify for Food Stamps. And don't start on the VA -- if you think problems with homeless Vietnam veterans are bad, wait 10-20 years and see what post-Iraq US streets are going to be like. The government has, IIRC, redefined PTSD so that they aren't responsible for treating it; I'll be very surprised if many of the vets who come back, especially those with no physical damage (and thus won't be in the VA system), will have health insurance that will cover it, because it will be termed a 'pre-existing condition'.

If Dante was right, this administration will find itself in one of the lowest circles of Purgatory.