WASHINGTON – In his final letter to his family, 30-year-old Iraq war veteran Daniel Somers wrote of having never returned from war. “In truth, I was nothing more than a prop”, reads the suicide note dated June 10, 2013, six years after his final deployment. “In truth, I have already been absent for a long, long time.” As the US-led war in Afghanistan draws to a close, Washington will tout the absence of combat troops in that country. Looking toward a scheduled withdrawal date of 2014, President Barack Obama has proudly announced that “our troops are finally coming home”. But … Continue reading Hell on the Home Front