Studies suggest that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have created roughly 500,000 mentally wounded American veterans, with rates ranging from 11% to 20%. PTSD is a mental-health condition triggered by some type of terror or a traumatic brain injury, causing psychological damage.
Whataboutism is an argumentative tactic where a person or group responds to an accusation or difficult question by deflection. Instead of addressing the point made, they counter it with “but what about X?”.