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2003-07-17 11:33 | User Profile
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Letter from a young soldier in Iraq "President Bush has lost the respect of every soldier"
07/04/03: From a soldier's father:
"My son is in the U.S.Army and currently stationed in Baghdad. I hear from him every three or four days. He is like most of the young men and women who went to fight over there inasmuch as he was proud to go and achieve what President Bush said was necessary. I have seen his attitude take a U-turn during the last month. At first he was saying: "I wonder why we are not doing this or that to help make life better for our soldiers?" Then he started to wonder why we were not doing more to help the Iraqi people who are suffering under terrible conditions. Not enough water or food, no electricity most of the time, a terrible shortage of medical supplies and medical staff, basically they are living like animals. Then he started to worry about the safety of our troops in the area. He says they are sitting ducks and easy targets for Iraqi people bent upon gaining revenge for slain family members and by those who hold the U.S. responsible for the terrible conditions they find themselves in. Ye sterday he had a different message altogether."
"Get us out of here now! There is nothing we can do to pacify the Iraqi people except get out of their country and allow them to restore order in whatever way THEY wish."
And, allow me to give you his remarks when he was informed of President Bush's brash remarks saying "Bring them on." He said:
"Myself and every last man in my unit are deeply offended that our President would make such a statement inviting us to be attacked. President Bush has lost the respect of every soldier I have spoken to because of his speaking those irresponsible words. Those words spread like wild-fire amoung the troops.
We are here because he ordered us to be here and now for him to make such a ridiculous statement inviting violence towards us causes us to lose respect for him and his judgement. We are learning that we never should have come here in the first place. Believe me Dad, there is a completely different attitude now. The fact that the President gave rich people a tax cut and didn't do anything for military families is hurtful. Where there was once pride and satisfaction in defeating an enemy there is now regret and shame. God Bless America.
Your loving Son, Donny
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===================================================== Genghis W. Bush's "Bring 'em on" comment has the troops "pissed off" I've read that Bush, the Rummy creep and company are now featured on the Iraqi most-wanted deck of cards.
-Z-
2003-07-17 15:53 | User Profile
Zhids will get away with murder again?
2003-07-17 16:47 | User Profile
Sad but true, madrussian. Americans lives don't mean a damn thing when it comes to Israel. Fifty-eight thousand Americans were wasted in Vietnam, and the Vietnamese didn't control our federal government. America will bleed to the death for Israel.
2003-07-17 19:01 | User Profile
**Believe me Dad, there is a completely different attitude now. The fact that the President gave rich people a tax cut and didn't do anything for military families is hurtful. Where there was once pride and satisfaction in defeating an enemy there is now regret and shame. **
LOL! Yeah, sure. I believe that. Looks like the DNC is making up good fantasies. Only a sucker would buy this story.
-Jay
2003-07-17 21:55 | User Profile
Behind Bush and the War Party are you, Jay? Real killer, you are. I bet you're a war hero.
-Z-
2003-07-17 23:38 | User Profile
'We want our husbands back now' by Tim Reid US ARMY wives were in revolt yesterday after a promised withdrawal from Iraq for thousands of soldiers was postponed for a third time.
Wives at the US army base in Fort Stewart, Georgia, home of the US 3rd Infantry Division, which has been in the Gulf since September, said that they were planning to organise a protest march near the base and run a mass letter-writing campaign to Capitol Hill. The division has suffered 36 deaths in the war and its aftermath, more than any other unit.
The protest from the families, told only last week by Donald Rumsfeld, the US Defence Secretary, that their husbands would be home by September, elicited a confused response from the Pentagon and added to the perception that continued attacks on US troops have left post-war plans in disarray.
The delayed withdrawal came as India, Pakistan and France refused to send troops to Iraq, despite requests from the Bush Administration for military support. The countries said that they balked at sending soldiers without a UN mandate, dealing a significant blow to US hopes of reducing its troop numbers in Iraq.
As recently as May the Bush Administration said that it wanted to cut the US military presence there by about 30,000 to 40,000 troops.
Washington had hoped that India would send a full division of at least 17,000 troops, making its contingent the second largest behind the US deployment of 146,000. The Indian Foreign Ministry said: ââ¬ÅWere there to be an explicit UN mandate . . . the Government of India could consider the deployment of our troops to Iraq.ââ¬Â ...
Another wife, who asked not to be named, said: ââ¬ÅThe Army cannot bamboozle families anymore. We get e-mails every day from our husbands. These men are emotionally and physically spent. Blount says morale is high, but we know this is balderdash.ââ¬Â ...
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2003-07-18 18:44 | User Profile
*Originally posted by Zoroaster@Jul 17 2003, 15:55 * ** Behind Bush and the War Party are you, Jay? Real killer, you are. I bet you're a war hero.
-Z- **
No, not really. But if I was, I wouldn't ask you for permission.
The letter from that "troop" sounded kinda neat. He was starting to change his mind about the war. But out of nowhere was a tired plug about "tax cuts for the rich"
Only the DNC could've written such a bogus, silly letter. Only a fool would believe that a soldier would really write about "tax cuts for teh rich" in a letter home. Puh-leeze. Terry McAuliffe is busier than we think.
-Jay