Reply #14: Why?

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Why are they fighting? Why are they being killed and maimed? The insurgent forces are made up of Iraqis of all stripes. Islamists who are just as radical as some Christians here in the states, former members of the Iraqi military that was disbanded by Bremer the Idiot,
Baathists, foreign fighters, and regular Iraqis who want to be free of foreign armies that occupy their country.

It doesn't take a lot of courage to fight in a war based on lies, that just shows that the military contains as many sheep as there are
in the civilian populace.

The military isn't protecting anyone, they are providing Halliburton, and other companies with ties to this administration, with free guard
service. The military isn't protecting me, their part in this tragedy has only put us into more danger.

And if the people of this country were not the bigots that they are we wouldn't be in Iraq. But the "subhuman brown people" just do not know what is good for them, so the big US brother has to show them the error of their ways. Even if it means killing woman and children, or attacking weddings, or torturing and abusing prisoners who were taken from their home in the dead of night.

What have they died for, an administration that uses them as cannon fodder, a pResident that shakes their hands, while at the same time stabbing them in the back by reducing the budget for veterans.

Are those in Iraq heroes, maybe, but those who have walked away are the courageous ones. By walking away they have sacrificed everything, for the rest of their lives they will be called cowards, deserters, and other not so nice names, but they knew this when they made their
decisions.

One last item if you are referring to the four mercenaries who were killed in Fallujah in your following post, please spare us the tears.
All four to a man were not interested in doing anything for the US, they were only interested in filling their pockets, and as in the past died like all mercenary soldiers, at the hands of those that they had come to oppress.

Gilbert
Desert Storm Vet
US Army