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These arguments make sense, but the duration of the wars was completely different, as were the number of people returned injured (read: mortality stats have gre
by sailfast 10y ago
These arguments make sense, but the duration of the wars was completely different, as were the number of people returned injured (read: mortality stats have greatly improved). Scale is different, but so are the wars. Probably end up with something in the middle?
The latest I've got is that in 2013 over 2.6 Million Americans had been deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq. (That number is obviously higher now).[1]
The impact percentage-wise to those returning veterans with either TBI, PTSD, etc is relatively high:
http://www.research.va.gov/topics/oef-oif.cfm http://www.research.va.gov/topics/oef-oif.cfm
No data in those articles about labor force contributions and any impacts there - that would be an interesting area to get more data to see how much the wars have contributed to the laborforce issues identified in the article.
[1]: http://www.ibtimes.com/va-stops-releasing-data-injured-vets-total-reaches-grim-milestone-exclusive-1449584 http://www.ibtimes.com/va-stops-releasing-data-injured-vets-...