I don't usually write posts about politics- and especially not war- but after reading an article about a soldier lost to post-traumatic stress disorder, I feel inclined to do so.

You should be able to view the article here, on the New York Times' website:
Tracking A Marine Lost at Home

Looking back on my studies of various wars, which I must admit are much more comprehensive when it comes to the Vietnam War, I get lost thinking about the individual faces that stare back from book pages, the youth and idealism have surely been taken away from them one way or another.

The homeless men living in Cass Park, the guy who used to live down the hall... It's so hard to really realize just how close these wars are to each and every one of us- to realize that many of our friends and neighbors are still grappling with the effects that the war had on them, when the rest of the country has moved on.