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Because we know a lot of them are wonderful people, serve in justice-related fields. they have huge hearts, so if something happens, it doesn't change their character, they carry guns, they love their families. they may be moody. but 100% it does not turn you into a cold-blooded killer. >> and it increases the stigma of somebody who has ptsd? >> everybody who comes back either from iraq or afghanistan, any kind of combat situation is pretty much labelled with ptsd. if you have been in any kind of action or even heard of the guys going out there, getting some action, oh, no, i have got ptsd now...

Of somebody who has ptsd? >> everybody who comes back either from iraq or afghanistan, any kind of combat situation is pretty much labelled with ptsd. if you have been in any kind of action or even heard of the guys going out there, getting some action, oh, no, i have got ptsd now. and that is the problem that the government is getting into, is labelling everybody with ptsd. and it has just become an excuse. >> sometimes when somebody dies in a horrific and tragic way, it is hard to remember, to focus on how they lived their lives, you end up focusing on how their life ended. jeff, do you find...

They may be moody. they might lose some sleep. but it does not, absolutely not, 100%, does not turn you into a cold-blooded killer. >> and it increases the stigma of somebody who has ptsd? >> everybody who comes back either from iraq or afghanistan, any kind of combat situation is pretty much labelled with ptsd. if you have been in any kind of action or even heard of the guys going out there, getting some action, oh, no, i have got ptsd now. and that is the problem that the government is getting into, is labelling everybody with ptsd. and it has just become an excuse. >> sometimes when somebod...

>> i wouldn't say it angers me as much -- >> it does me. >> yeah, it does me. i think it makes me feel very, very protective for people who genuinely have ptsd. because we know a lot of them are wonderful people, serve in justice-related fields. they have huge hearts, so if something happens, it doesn't change their character, they carry guns, they love their families. they may be moody. they might lose some sleep. but it does not, absolutely not, 100%, does not turn you into a cold-blooded killer. >> and it increases the stigma of somebody who has ptsd? >> everybody who comes back either from...

And both jeff and i were thinking why are we going back to mogadishu? what's the point? i think it's because we know that the story, the story is ours to tell. if we don't tell that story, who is gonna. the folks who fought in that battle and the folks who never made it home from that battle certainly deserve that recognition. honestly, we did it for our brothers. >> when you go back and see somalia still a failed state, still a disaster 20 years after all of those americans gave their lives, what does it make you think about the point of the original mission? >> you know, man, that's a big ph...