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# Time for a change is now
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/time-for-a-change-is-now-editor/
- Published: 2008-05-30T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:44:18.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Katherine McTaggart and Andrew Kay Liberman*

The L.A. Times reports “ … 40,000 troops have been diagnosed with PTSD” … “nearly 14,000 newly diagnosed cases in all services,” … due to “more troops were serving their second, third or fourth tours.”

And McCain plans to stay in Iraq until at least 2013 and neglected to vote and support last week’s Senate measure for increased GI aid? Good grief.

President Obama couldn’t arrive too soon.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on May 30, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/053008.pdf?ref=smdp.com)