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Army Spec. Jeans Cruz helped capture Saddam Hussein. When he came home to the Bronx, important people called him a war hero and promised to help him start a new life. The mayor of New York, officials of his parents' home town in Puerto Rico, the borough president and other local dignitaries honored him with plaques and silk parade sashes. They handed him their business cards and urged him to phone. But a "black shadow" had followed Cruz home from Iraq, he confided to an Army counselor. He was hounded by recurring images of how war really was for him:...

"Ladies" of ABC's "The View" Shamelessly Demoralize Troops By Debbie Schlussel Cindy Sheehan could learn a few moves from the annoying "ladies" of ABC's "The View." She's shameless, but they are more so. This morning, the "ladies" of "The View" pretended to play employment agency with a soldier who served in Iraq and helped catch Saddam Hussein. But what they really meant to do was demoralize the rest of the troops and the rest of the us. And use this poor soldier to promote themselves. Spc. Jeans Cruz appeared on the anti-male yenta-fest, today, with this repeatedly popping up on...