Cheryl Morris - Weblogs

If there is a story that makes me angry and sick about the war and the treatment of military personnel, it is this one about 1st Lt. Elizabeth Whiteside

Briefly, an outstanding army reservist with rave reviews for her performance, went to Iraq. There she was subjected to some very bad treatment by a male officer. She began to suffer panic attacks which were self-medicated with NyQuil and Benedryl. Added to the stress of the treatment was the reality of the war. Things happened and Elizabeth Whiteside did not get the sleep or rest she should have; she worked seven days a week, slept in two four-hour shifts and ate one meal a day. Finally, she snapped. She fired her gun into the ceiling and it is this act as well as a self-inflicted gunshot wound that is now causing her to be charged in a criminal case for “attempting suicide and endangering the life of another soldier.”

The whole story in the Washington Post needs to be read. And we need to contact our members of Congress to demand intervention for this army reserve officer.

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