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| Thread ID: 54626 | 2005-02-17 20:38:00 | The Truth About Iraq | Strommer (42) | PC World Chat |
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| 325967 | 2005-02-17 20:38:00 | On National Radio today I learned of a new website, about the truth in Iraq, by American veterans: http://www . optruth . org It is a very interesting site, which includes blogs by American soldiers . What a good contrast to the news media stuff shoved at us all the time! These soldiers are not all pro-Bush / pro war . Here is an excerpt (highlights mine): Tell the Truth Craig Smith, 23, from Pembroke, NY, served as a Specialist in Operation Iraqi Freedom from April to November 2003 . His unit drove fuel trucks, facing IEDs, small arms fire, and rocket-propelled grenades until he was medevaced after a serious Humvee accident . Here he describes his positive relationships with Iraqi civilians, his concerns about the effect of war on the soldiers, and his growing doubts about the war's planning and rationale . I dealt with many Iraqis, and I fell in love with their humility, and their willingness to give . An Iraqi will give you his food, even though he has nothing . I was learning Arabic, and enjoying trading with the friends that I made in An Najaf . I remember that an Iraqi friend of mine at a power plant made a phone call to his little girl and wife so that they could talk to "a real American soldier . " This was one side of my experience in Iraq . . . . My experience in Iraq was at one point personally satisfying, and at another angle very frightening . You have to understand that when you are put into that situation, a person has to make the best of everything . I tried my best to be a humanitarian and a representative the United States . The other side of my experience was a lack of training before we went to Iraq . We were not given proper training to handle guerilla fighters . We were trained with the classic 1950's Cold War scenario . So, to sum up to you how my tour in Iraq was? I thought we were some serious heros fighting a terrible regime, and I felt damn good about myself, my goverment, and my country . Looking back now, and playing connect the dots, I see some greivious errors in the Department of Defense, and the U . S . invasion of the soverign nation of Iraq . So what I want the American people to discover is the truth . From the soldiers mouths . Not from someone's mouth who spent a few hours having Thanksgiving in Baghdad . |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 325968 | 2005-02-17 20:58:00 | Noooooooooo.......Not another thread about Iraq. (Metla makes a hasty exit, colliding nastily with PC Vs Mac thread, Knocked unconscious and bleeding his subconscious mind knows that somewhere out there.... lurking, full of power and fury but biding its time is the Mother of them all..... The Telecom thread) |
Metla (12) | ||
| 325969 | 2005-02-17 21:22:00 | ...lurking, full of power and fury but biding its time is the Mother of them all..... The Telecom thread Nah, the Telecom thread got mugged by the Trademe thread in a dark alley. Now there's a thread you really should be scared of .... |
Biggles (121) | ||
| 325970 | 2005-02-17 21:53:00 | (Metla makes a hasty exit, colliding nastily with PC Vs Mac thread, Knocked unconscious and bleeding his subconscious mind knows that somewhere out there . . . . :D :p :lol: |
Strommer (42) | ||
| 325971 | 2005-02-17 23:52:00 | Very good Metla . Now you just knew I would be here didn't you . :lol: Thanks Steve . I'll check it out . |
Winston001 (3612) | ||
| 325972 | 2005-02-18 02:55:00 | Well, I thought at least you would appreciate the link, Winston. As for our good buddy Metla, I feel very accomplished today for having caused him to take a hasty exit! He is a kick on PF1, consistently managing to rile rub and ruffle! | Strommer (42) | ||
| 325973 | 2005-02-18 07:03:00 | The Telecom thread *Twitches with eagerness* |
Growly (6) | ||
| 325974 | 2005-02-18 08:13:00 | Telescam, Telescam - oops - sorry, wrong thread. :blush: | Winston001 (3612) | ||
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