From an Angry Soldier

[Christa]

I'm having the worst damn week of my whole damn life so I'm going to write this while I'm pissed off enough to do it right.

I am SICK of all this bullshit people are writing about the Iraq war. I am abso-fucking-lutely sick to death of it. What the fuck do most of you know about it? You watch it on TV and read the commentaries in the newspaper or Newsweek or whatever god damn yuppie news rag you subscribe to and think you're all such fucking experts that you can scream at each other like five year old about whether you're right or not. Let me tell you something: unless you've been there, you don't know a god damn thing about it. It you haven't been shot at in that fucking hell hole, SHUT THE FUCK UP!

How do I dare say this to you moronic war supporters who are "Supporting our Troops" and waving the flag and all that happy horse shit? I'll tell you why. I'm a Marine and I served my tour in Iraq. My husband, also a Marine, served several. I left the service six months ago because I got pregnant while he was home on leave and three days ago I get a visit from two men in uniform who hand me a letter and tell me my husband died in that fucking festering sand-pit. He should have been home a month ago but they extended his tour and now he's coming home in a box.

You fuckers and that god-damn lying sack of shit they call a president are the reason my husband will never see his baby and my kid will never meet his dad.

And you know what the most fucked up thing about this Iraq shit is? They don't want us there. They're not happy we came and they want us out NOW. We fucked up their lives even worse than they already were and they're pissed off. We didn't help them and we're not helping them now. That's what our soldiers are dying for.

Oh while I'm good and worked up, the government doesn't even have the decency to help out the soldiers whos lives they ruined. If you really believe the military and the government had no idea the veterans' hospitals were so fucked up, you are a god-damn retard. They don't care about us. We're disposable. We're numbers on a page and they'd rather forget we exist so they don't have to be reminded about the families and lives they ruined while they're sipping their cocktails at another fund raiser dinner. If they were really concerned about supporting the troops, they'd bring them home so their families wouldn't have to cry at a graveside and explain to their children why mommy or daddy isn't coming home. Because you can't explain it. We're not fighting for our country, we're not fighting for the good of Iraq's people, we're fighting for Bush's personal agenda. Patriotism my ass. You know what? My dad served in Vietnam and NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

So I'm pissed. I'm beyond pissed. And I'm going to go to my husband funeral and recieve that flag and hang it up on the wall for my baby to see when he's older. But I'm not going to tell him that his father died for the stupidty of the American government. I'm going to tell him that his father was a hero and the best man I ever met and that he loved his country enough to die for it, because that's all true and nothing will be solved by telling my son that his father was sent to die by people who didn't care about him at all.

Fuck you, war supporters, George W. Bush, and all the god damn mother fuckers who made the war possible. I hope you burn in hell.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/309485032.html

[babylonsister]

1. Wow. Recommend. nt

[peacebird]

2. k & r - very sad, but this is a very important message. Please share it widely....

[Rex]

3. I second that, I hope they burn in hell too.

[eridani]

4. That's at least a year old, but still good. n/t

[Christa]

5. No

She posted April this year.

[Breeze54]

6. I read this a while back. I didn't know it was stilll on Craig's list.

It's a very sad letter, that's for sure. :(

[Bobbieo]

7. I checked this out on Snopes and it is for real. I have saved it and

am sending it on to all the assholes who send me all the crap about the flag, the war in Iraq and Support Our Troops.

[Breeze54]

9. Oh, I know it's real! - Send away!!

No arguments from me! :hug:

Pissed me off and saddened me royally when I first read it.

I may have even posted it here at DU! ;)

[dog_lovin_dem]

15. Could you tell me

what you used in the search on snopes? I tried "from an angry soldier" and this didn't come up. I'd like to send it on, too, but I like to have backup. Thanks in advance!

[Bobbieo]

16. Think I used "letter from an angry ex-Marine" for the Snopes post

and they said they were unaware of it or soemthing like that. Asked me to reword the statement.

[dog_lovin_dem]

24. Thanks!

I'm still unable to find it, but am forwarding the letter to a few of my "sane" friends anyway!

[jackster]

28. I remember when this was first posted last spring

however I can't find the link at snopes. Anyone have it?

[MadMaddie]

8. She and others like her are going to end this war...

It will be the soldiars and their families telling * and their war supporters to shut the fuck up.....

Her husband could have been home except he got extended anothe month...another wasted life.

[Breeze54]

10. You've got that right!

See my sig... ;)

[orleans]

20. i'm afraid she and others like her are NOT going to end the war

it will not stop, it will not end. not until there is a dem in the white house who wants to end it.

[elmerdem]

26. Hope we pick the right Dem!

[Bozita]

11. WOW! ... Simply fucking WOW!

I could feel the agony and the anger.

So.fucking.sad.

[K Gardner]

12. Thank you for posting this. K&R

Off to send this to everyone shrubhugger I know..

[Cha]

13. So sad..

and yet, according to lieman and mccain "The war is going well". Scumsuckers like that don't care about people dying for lies..all they care about are power and greed so they lie some more.

[Tyler Durden]

14. I wish I had kept contact with JUST ONE of the right wing assholes I used to know.

One of those times you wish you'd kept a couple of Bushite shitheads around to piss on at the proper time.

You go, Sis. OORAH.

[Joe Fields]

17. Powerful.

[Swamp Rat]

18. k&r

[Rageneau]

19. Hoo-Ah! Ain't war fun!

[Laelth]

21. I have nothing to add but my deep sympathy.

k&r

:patriot:

:dem:

-Laelth

[Joe Chi Minh]

22. "I hope you burn in hell. "

On all the available evidence of scripture and tradition, they will.... in vast numbers.

To act the way they have, and to continue to do so, all the time citing Christianity as their guiding light, in the fashion of the scribes and Pharisees of Christ's own day, is the "purest" blasphemy; the unforgivable sin of blaspheming against the Holy Spirit of truth. Eternity is a long time. But at times like this, you can't help wondering, is it long enough...?

[madokie]

23. exactly how I feel too, I'm sending a link to everyone I know

I can say one thing she sure has me pissed off right now. Actually I think 'mad as hell' is a better phrase but I'll leave it all there.

[DeeDeeNY]

25. Our so-called representatives in Washington need to see this

Especially since the mainstream media is full of stories on how the surge is working and how "well" things are going.

http://www.newsweek.com/id/70990

[Blue_In_AK]

27. I met a young soldier last Wednesday night

who had just returned from Iraq that very day who sounded exactly this distraught. He was bitter, angry, sad, hateful, hopeless ... difficult to talk with and yet horribly compelling. I haven't been able to get him out of my head.

[sandyj999]

29. After reading this I am dealing with two emotions.

Extreme anger and extreme sadness. I have saved it and the next time I get Republican propaganda from my old school friend, he is getting this in return mail!

[ooglymoogly]

30. After the words" Kick this lying sack of shit" the words of this letter

should be tattooed on the butts of everyone who enabled this lying sack of shit "pres" and this blood and horror that he brought on the heads of all of us and in our names. KandR hell yes

[Raksha]

31. K & R, bookmarked. Waiting until I calm down to say anything else.

And I believe this is the second time I read it, but it definitely doesn't feel that way. It's just as gut-wrenching as it was the first time.

[SusanLarson]

32. Amen Sister

You have my condolences and prayers :(

[rockybelt]

33. What a powerful statement.

My heart bleeds for this woman and her circumstances. She is righteously filled with rage. Rage that is directed at the perpetrators of this disaster called Iraq. A rage so powerful that it is all consuming. I, along with you, hope that these people burn forever in hell.
Before they go to hell I want them to stand in front of the world so that all people can look into their eyes and tell them they are "guilty."
Guilty of crimes against humanity.
Guilty of waging an illegal war of aggression.
Guilty of war profiteering.
Guilty of murder
Guilty of genocide.
Guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors against the citizens of the U.S.
Guilty of treason

Guilty of causing the warriors of this country such great pain through lies and deceit.
Guilty of wrecking the military

Yes, may they rot in hell but not before every inch of justice is gained for the millions who have suffered by this lunacy.

If the Congress of the US and all the citizens of the US were as enraged at what has happened and at what is happening, the course of this disaster could be changed.

Apathy will doom us all. Listen to her and all returning soldiers.

[Old Smokey]

34. powerful letter

[sakabatou]

35. How many more *? How many more?

[bpeale]

36. this letter has been around for at least a month & quoted in other threads a month ago at least

[Imagevision]

37. this letter has been around for at least a month!?! -> so what! we need to be reminded because

our government isn't supporting our troops and have been failing all along. I too wish they rot in hell!

[bpeale]

61. this letter just strikes me as made up...contrived somehow

it just doesn't have this feel of reality about it. so what? i'm not convinced. perhaps if she put her name & address to it, it would seem more believable.

[The Wielding Truth]

51. Yes, it was posted 2007-04-10.

:hangover: Yet the timeline would not change the tragedy of this post.

[erpowers]

38. Things Will Get Better

This is very sad, but things will get better. That is not pollyanna talk. There are people out there who are going to change things and make things better. In addition, this woman should consider running for office. She has the ability to change things.

[rockybelt]

57. With all due respect

Things are not going to get better. In order for things to get better the majority of people must be aware of the monumental problems that face us. People are not aware because their only source of news is the mainstream media. A lot of people do not avail themselves to the internet and a majority of those that do are looking for recipes or directions. I wish this were not the truth, but it is. Please go talk to the people on the streets. Just ask them if the know who Dennis Kucinich is. The results will astound you. Far less than half of the people you ask will even know who this man is. The apathy of the American public has no bounds. They simply do not know what the hell is going on.

Those of us fortunate enough to be able to find sites like DU and others are aware of what is happening. We are in the minority. We may think we're not in the minority because we kind of flock together giving us the illusion that there a lot of knowledgeable people out there. FALSE!

Today I learned that the fire fighters in New York are being trained to look for evidence of "Discontent with the U.S." when they are on their normal fire prevention duties or on a fire call. Think about this for a minute. Without a warrant or reasonable cause, these people are looking for anything that the "government" considers to be terroristic.

How fascist do you want to get?

This cannot be allowed to happen. We know that high school students are receiving military training. (Hitler youth?)
We know our phones are being tapped. (Gestapo?)
We know the internet is being monitored on EVERYBODY! (Gestapo?)
We know the courts have been politicized. (Nazi?)
We know the president has seized as much power as possible so far. (Hitler?)
We know the VP is at the very least a facilitator. (Gehring?)
We know that people are being "disappeared". (NAZI)
ON AND ON AND ON (NAZI!)

This poor woman that lost her husband in Iraq, even after serving there herself, is an absolute tragedy. The whole of America should be up in arms about her predicament as well as the almost 4,000 families of other fallen soldiers. Given her grief and her rage, which I share, I can't say that I agree that she should turn to politics. Why, you ask. These evil people that now control this country (the cabal) are very experienced at the art of turning your passion against you through lies, innuendos and smear tactics. They are people without souls and they will use every trick and every evil ounce of energy they have to crush the truth to further their agenda of world domination. THAT boils down to NAZISM!

These people must be defeated and they must be defeated now! We have no more time. The tidal wave is coming faster and faster.

What are you willing to do to turn the tide? Ask yourself.

Ask yourself.

Ask yourself.

[JNelson6563]

39. World class rant!

I see it's mentioned in this thread that this was posted before but I missed it. Thanks for posting.

To the author of this rant: You go girl! Keep right on takin' it to 'em, those bastards.

Julie

[Faygo Kid]

40. The Neocons say all is great and the war won't be an '08 issue. This mom/soldier says otherwise.

O'Lielly and the rest really believe they can lie about "the surge" (we called it "the escalation" in 1970) and the American people will just turn around and think this war is/was a Great Idea.

I for one say, TRUCE here on DU, at least for this post - this post says more than any Kucinich/Clinton/Edwards/Obama/Biden/Dodd interminable flame war post could EVER say about why we are here on DU and what we must fight for - together.

[demigoddess]

41. This is exactly why our country should not go to war unless it is extremely

necessary. And why we should not go to war unless congress actually declares war, which they have neglected to do since WWII. I am the child of war veterans and grew up in the military so I have seen first hand what some of the damages that are done to men and women who have to fight.. Even when only on training missions, there is sometimes the loss of life but it should never be a war unless necessary.

[Kajsa]

42. Kick and Recommended.

She said it all and she said it best.

:kick:

[ThatsMyBarack]

43. Well put!

:applause: :hug:

[NotGivingUp]

44. THIS is what they count on...THIS is the ONLY way that they can keep their agenda alive

They keep playing us for fools. They keep us ignorant of history. It's been empire all the way, baby. Parents...you BETTER tell your children cuz NOBODY else will.

[roxnev]

45. A atomic vet

I know it to be the truth how they fuck over the vet

[Canuckistanian]

46. Whoa. Too much reality.

So I guess we won't be hearing this on the news tonight.

[democrank]

47. Impeach that POS in the White House and

his five-deferment sidekick.

[scarface2004]

48. yeah...fuck george bush!!

and the horse he rode in on.

[LiberalEsto]

49. I am so sorry for your loss

What happened to you is beyond outrageous.
Thank you for serving, and bless your husband for his service, even if it had to be for this senseless mess.

I've hated this war from the moment it was discussed in public. I bitterly regret all the loss of life and suffering, and I am deeply ashamed of the imbeciles in Congress who allowed the Lying-Sack-of-Shit-in-Chief to start this disaster.

May you find comfort in the hard days ahead, and ultimately peace. And may your child never need to serve in a horrible war like this.

Blessings on you.

[lpbk2713]

50. That AWOL Chickenhawk SOB.

I hope he burns in hell. He gives evil a whole new dimension.

You said it a lot better than I could.

And I hope you and your baby can find a way to have a decent life

in spite of the way that asshole from Crawford screwed it up.

[Sancho]

52. I hope she runs for office...

:kick:

[ChiciB1]

53. Well. I Think She's Really Pissed... But I Completely Agree! If We

as a Nation don't soon wake up and storm D.C. like it's never been stormed before, then I think it's pretty much OUR fault too!!

I too am extremely PISSED! I just finished watching SICKO and I'm actually shaking at the utter nonsense we have let happen to ourselves!! Sure, I know people think demonstrations don't work, but something stuck in my craw while watching the movie.

During the section where Moore visits France, a statement is made that the PEOPLE aren't afraid of their government, but their government are afraid of them! HERE, in America the people are afraid of the Government. Then in England a guy actually talks about Democracy and what it means, and how in America it's all backwards.

Even though many are beginning to see the light, it's pretty late in the game and we should have been screaming a long time ago! We've let the Corporations and Lobbyists take over and it's gonna be a very long time recovering. This is not an America I've EVER known and I'm ashamed that there's so much APATHY or maybe LAZINESS in this country now!!!

As an activist for many many years, I'm just sick of trying. I would gladly get involved in a heartbeat if I knew others were with me. Where I live a big crowd would consist of my 100 to 200 people gathered together for something. And that's RARE!!

[DeSwiss]

54. K and Fucking R!!!!

Maybe Dennis will read this on the floor of the House. Now that would be fitting. Right before they vote on taking away more of our civil liberties. At least those other bastards will know whom they're spying on....

[Counciltucky]

55. Sums it up quite well.

Too bad it took her husband getting killed to say it.

[Wapsie B]

56. Wow! Now this needs to be circulated to all those who peddle those rwing emails.

[XOKCowboy]

60. I just did...

I know two guys who need to read that. We'll see what their reaction is.

I also sent it to all of my liberal/progressive friends also just in case they have some left over Wingers on their email lists.

[AnnieBW]

58. THIS letter should be read on the YouTube Debates!

Oh, this poor woman. I can't even begin to understand what she's going through.

[santamargarita]

59. No Kidding...

I'd like to see the party of: "NONE OF THE ABOVE" respond this poor woman's grief.