Vets recount experiences in Iraq...

[zanne]

Jarring. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/custom/2006/03/17/CU2006031701349.html

[Tin Man]

1. K&R - good stuff. I found this account particularly interesting...

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Kelly said the biggest misperception about Iraq is the belief that Iraqis want what we have. "I'm not sure that's what they want. Personally, I feel Bush is a moron. I don't like anyone to tell me anything in a definite yes or no manner like when Bush tells me we are going to win this war on terror. You just want to say, please stop. Everything looks so black and white from the Bush White House and you get over there and you realize it's not black and white. Whether or not this policy is going to succeed -- no, I don't think so. If it will work out for Bush and his team, great. I would love to see it turn out. At the end of the day, I'd love to eat my words."

[Kurovski]

2. K&R.(nt)

[Rageneau]

3. Too bad the Iraqis don't get to come home from Iraq.

I'm afraid I have less sympathy for our troops, who, after all, are volunteers (hoo ah!) than I do for the Iraqis themselves. They will NEVER get to come home from the horror we unnecessarily inflicted upon them.

I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just.

[zanne]

4. Wow. So true. nt