Clearly, Mr Page, your cognitive abilities have been compromised by your past profession. Have your ventricles checked today!

...the extreme violence in the region is systemic--causal and traceable--the very pathology the vets are displaying. So, sure -westerners are affected, as we actually *live* in the 21st century and use the detection tools thereof...

theory that gulf war syndrome is a result of the soft drinks supplied to the troops during the first Gulf War.

They were all sugar free aspartame based drinks. When a drink like that is left in the sun to heat up, the aspartame breaks down into toxic chemicals including formaldehyde.

Nice, pickled from the inside out with a DNA-unfriendly toxin.

Good on you FDA/Cheney for authorising the use of such a nasty chemical