This story in USA today talks about the soldiers who have lost limbs in Iraq:
Losing a limb doesn't mean losing your job
There's one particular point the story's making, which amazed me: Soldiers who lost limbs are going back into combat.
And they're choosing to do it.
We anticipate that up to 40% of all those injured will be able to return to active duty," says Chuck Scoville, administrator of Ward 57, the amputee wing at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
"A lot of the guys want to stay. They're just amazing."
I'm not quite sure what to think about this. On the one hand, it's a personal decision. On the other hand, I can't imagine wanting to go back in that situation, and I'm wondering if the military has an obligation to tell the wounded who survived that they've sacrificed enough.
And the article itself made me distinctly uncomfortable, as it struck me as a feel-good media spin on a story (wounded soldiers) drastically underreported to start with.
Thoughts?