Unreal. The five-time draft dodger who literally said that *avoiding STDs* was his “personal Vietnam” thinks that it’s not “serious” that U.S. troops might have suffered traumatic brain injuries when Iran responded to his #Soleimani strike. thedailybeast.com/draft-dodger-t… (1/5)
This man has no respect for the sacrifices our servicemembers make for our country—he simply has no sense of decency. (2/5)
From @TheBushCenter: #TBI “is an injury to the brain due to external forces which disrupt the brain’s functioning. The disruption may be temporary with full recovery, or there may be long-lasting, even permanent injury to brain tissue” bushcenter.org/publications/a… (3/5)
From @DeptofDefense: #TraumaticBrainInjury is a significant health issue which affects service members and veterans during times of both peace and war...The high rate of TBI and blast-related concussion events resulting from current combat operations directly impacts... (4/5)
...the health and safety of individual service members and subsequently the level of unit readiness and troop retention. The impacts of TBI are felt within each branch of the service and throughout both the [DoD] and the [VA] health care systems.” dvbic.dcoe.mil/tbi-military (5/5)
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