Email from my niece in Baghdad [View All]

[Bettie]

Hmmm... things Grandma wont send... I might have to get with my roommates on that one and come up with something good :) What I wouldn't give for a beer right now- Too bad that would be the least logical thing to send not to mention the hardest to disguise.


All is well- the temperature is in the 110-115 range... surprisingly I am already acclimatized. I have been out in the city a few times which always proves interesting. The more I watch the news the more I want to throw a large heavy object at the T.V. My dad is right when he says they should reintroduce the draft- maybe more people would care. I have lost a few friends already and with 11+ months to go there is a guarantee for more.

This place is disgusting- it stinks, its hot and its dangerous. I am already numb to death and the bodies I have seen. We are a bunch of zombies going through the motions of war with little support, low morale and no water to shower with. I am good at using only 3 bottles of our precious drinking water to clean myself.

I think I am going to write a book... my journal is full of interesting stories- and being on the intelligence side of the war, I think I have a better grasp of the big picture.

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This girl is 20 years old and before going over there was parroting the right wing talking points. As we can see, her viewpoints have changed a bit (moving toward her Dad's extremely progressive ideals!).

Bettie