This are two letters I recieved last year. I have been asked to repost them and make sure it gets out there again.
Here are some more soldiers and Veterans telling the truth about Iraq. How many more have to speak out before the "normal" American is ready to make the Bushies pull us out of there?
IRAQ IS VIETNAM ALL OVER AGAIN!
From: axisofasses
(FORWARDED TO ME BY THIS PERSON FROM ANOTHER WEBSITE WHERE IT HAD ORIGNALLY BEEN POSTED)
To: "C.F.T.M. Editor -Jay Shaft" <cftmeditor@yahoo.com>
Oh yeah, it's definitely Vietnam all over again. Another long, drawn-out third world ass-whooping is imminent--just like Vietnam. At this stage, circumstances far exceed my personal minimum requirements for meeting the definition of quagmire. You'd have to be toes and tits up not to see that other than the obvious differences tied to climate and culture, we're bogged down in the bush again as a country, and I'm pretty sure our chances of rectifying the situation vanished when we got Bush back for another four years in 2004.
That ridiculous, bag-of-"political capital"-goes-to-the-finisher election sealed it for us. The best anyone can hope for now is for Donald RumsFAILED to un-ass our troops from the AO quickly in order to save lives --American, Iraqi, and yes, any "Coalition of the BILLING" members willing to forgo their remaining claim on our healthcare benefits, social security dollars and Gulf Coast "Act of God" insurance claim prevention funding. Oh sure, the pool-side pundits of the White House (West) and the Executive Branch executioners will continue claiming we must stay the CURSE and remain in the Muslim Mekong Delta since it's the central front in the G.W.O.T. (Global War on our own Troops).
They have to. Politically, they've gotta go for the Oscar. Award night (mid-term election in 2006) is right around the corner, and it looks like the house is going to be packed. "We love you, we really love you", already --Now get us out of here! Don't kid your collective selves. The second battle for Fallujah in November of 2004 was nothing more than a high tech "zippo raid", and Ramadan is Tet. The only notable differences between the two quagmires is our current lack of a draft, which is about the only thing we should be "staying the course" on, and the fact that we haven't had a President resign in the midst of this war. When in God's name will that bit of history repeat itself?
OIF Veteran
LETTER FROM A SOLDIER IN IRAQ: THE MEN WERE IN CHUNKS!
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:20:27-0700 (PDT)
Not many people in the US know that since the Georgia Army National Guard has been in Iraq how many people we have lost. We lost 8 guys in a week, from the same company (B Co. of 2/121 Infantry). Both incidents were Humvee's blown into pieces by large IEDs south of the Airport, near Baghdad. Then we lost some engineers attached to 2/121 (B or A).... same area! They were hit by a suicide vehicle loaded with explosives.
The first attacks were brutal, the men were in chunks, and my friends responded and helped pick up the pieces. Do Americans know what this is over here? It's not a f*** movie, have they ever seen a body blown apart like I have - most, No. Don't they realize many of us are not coming home. Go read the www.ajc.com articles, many are still thinking we are dying for a just cause - and we are not. We are driving around these backroad farm villages being ambushed by IEDs and accomplishing nothing.
A Troop