The formula the military uses to dehumanize the enemy blows back on its own recruits, and the first people really dehumanized are the soldiers themselves. If they don't come home in a box, they often come home broken. How the anti-war movement treats these men and women is a direct reflection on our ability to show concern for the 'other' who - for whatever reason -- chose to go to war.
We need to help those soldiers far more than we did the vets in our other wars. I have seen personally the effects of PTSD on my father's generation of WWII vets. I wonder if our troops are getting to be like the American troops who now have more deaths from suicide than they do from enemy combatants.
Young men and women who join the forces often have their eyes opened when they go into a war theatre and face death and destruction close up. We need to withdraw the troops and provide mental health services for those returning vets. If for no other reason than to protect them and their families from the potential violence associated with untreated PTSD.