The Heroes Of Our Country Left To Live On The Streets

More than 400 veterans of the War with Iraq have become homeless. People from the Veterans Affairs Department expect there to be a fluctuation in the number of homeless veterans from the Iraq war in the years to come. War veterans experts have seen a pattern that the effects form the war do not usually fully affect the veterans until several years later, but with this recent war this time period has been shortened.

Something that factors into this increase is more women serving in the combat zone. Fourty percent of the homeless women veterans from recent wars have said that they were sexually assaulted. This trauma has caused them to become depressed not being able to hold a job and thus being left on the streets. Another factor among all homeless veterans is PTSD or post traumatic stress disorder. This may eventually cause them to have drinking or drug problems or other compulsive behavior to relieve their pain. This eventually leads them to not be able to hold a job thus leaving them without money to pay bills leaving them homeless.

The Vietnam War has produced many homeless veterans. Most of these homeless veterans came several years following the war. The Iraq war has produced homeless veterans just a couple of years following the warIn a few more years the number of homeless veterans from the Iraq War could fluctuate enough to overcome the vast number of war veterans from the Vietnam War.