Marines in Iraq asking questions

[JoFerret]

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/world/2840794

ISKANDARIYAH, IRAQ - Scrawled on the helmet of Lance Cpl. Carlos Perez are the letters FDNY. After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York, the Pentagon and western Pennsylvania, Perez quit school, left his job as a firefighter in Long Island, N.Y., and joined the U.S. Marine Corps.

"To be honest, I just wanted to take revenge," said Perez, 20.

Now, two months into a seven-month combat tour in Iraq, Perez said he sees little connection between the events of Sept. 11 and the war he is fighting. Instead, he said, he is increasingly disillusioned by a conflict whose origins remain unclear and frustrated by the timidity of U.S. forces against a mostly faceless enemy.

Perez is hardly alone. In a dozen interviews, Marines from the 1st Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment expressed their frustrations with the way the war is being conducted and, in some cases, doubts about why it is being waged
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Iraq Veterans Ggainst the War (Mother Jones story)
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2004/11/10_400.html

[OKNancy]

1. Excellent article

Like this quote:

"Every day you read the articles in the States where it's like, 'Oh, it's getting better and better,' " said Lance Cpl. Jonathan Snyder, 22, of Gettysburg, Pa. "But when you're here, you know it's worse every day."

[AussieDave]

2. According to the freepers,

these men are just "malcontents" - don't those Marines know they're giving aid and comfort to the enemy ?? Why do they hate America ?? Why don't they support the troops ???

Oh, wait - they ARE the troops............

[Moderator]

3. Oops - this is a duplicate

of a story with a different headline

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=894736