This should be even a bigger scandle

[FloridaPat]

Last I heard Haliburton is supply our troops. Even if they're not, what is the billion dollars a week for. Please read this article from a soldier in Iraq. I keep seeing a lot of comments like this:

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0728militaryletter1.html



Life at the front no picnic for GIs
advertisement

Jul. 28, 2003 12:00 AM


Brett Hunt, a 2nd lieutenant with the Army's 11th Signal Brigade and a Globe native, sent this note to his parents a week ago. His unit is north of Baghdad.



Hey Mom and Dad,

Things are fine here. It is soooooooooooo hot and nasty, but what are you going to do? It is just getting worse every day. I think I may have lice or fleas or something.

Our living conditions are just so difficult to keep clean and maintain it all. I washed my one blanket and my cot, but I do not have any hot water (well the water is hot but you know what I mean, like hot in a washing machine to kill the buggies in the clothes stuff). It has not been bad today, but I wake up with all of these tiny red bites. My hair is long and does not itch, but I think something is still going on. I am using all of your bug stuff, but I think they are stronger than what we have in the States. The mosquitoes laugh at me when I put OFF on. You have to put on the straight DEET and hope you will not have cancer in a year.

We have been hit 18 of the last 19 days. I feel like I am at Da Nang or Phu Bai. It just sucks. Luckily, "only" about 45 people have been hurt. Yeah, a lot, but considering how many they lob in here, that is not too bad. It is wearing on me along with the constant oppressive heat, no sleep, no food (yeah, they shut off our food resupply without any warning, things are getting slim, we are fine but it is not a good feeling to have so little spare food and water) and spending every night and day now trying to dodge mortars. More than half a month under siege and luckily we are all still safe.

They have frozen all redeployments, so no one is going anywhere anytime soon, and our Congress goes on vacation July 25 so nothing is going to happen until mid fall. Not what we all want to hear out here. We are under siege out here, without supplies, without a mission and we can only roll the dice so many times and not get our (expletive) shot. More and more body bags and amputees will be coming home.

Really, though, I am not in bad shape. I escape to my job and my books and it keeps me sane enough to get by. I will be safe and stay healthy here.

I love you guys.

[Trajan]

1. I think its time for everyone to realize ....

Using REAL NAMES can be harmful to complaining soldiers ....

Lets TRY to deflect those who would harm any soldiers who express themselves ......

[RobertSeattle]

3. Problem is

For every "negative" letter from Iraq the RW'ers can pull out a "postive" letter saying how great things are going. (Our local RW radio station host seem to read one or two "positive" Iraq letters every day - it is great propoganda).

Since it is "military/politicaly" correct to write a postive letter about conditions in Iraq and "career detrimental" for an officer/NCO to write a negative letter about Iraq we really need the press to be documenting this.

[roguevalley]

2. I love you too, kid. Just don't die on us,

you or your friends.

RV, sick at heart.