Discontent rife in US military ranks

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Discontent rife in US military ranks
By James Cogan
16 October 2004

Since March 2003, at least 1,084 US troops have been killed and 7,532 wounded in Iraq. Of those, at least 160 have had limbs amputated, while at least 200 have lost all or part of their sight. On top of the combat wounded, a further 15,000 American troops are believed to have been medically evacuated from Iraq for non-combat reasons, including 1,500 for psychological problems. There are also confirmed cases of soldiers suffering the side-affects of exposure to depleted uranium.

Facing death, injury or contamination every day, a young marine dismissed a question from the Washington Post as to whether they were afraid of retribution for speaking out: “We don’t give a crap. What are they are going to do, send us to Iraq?”

Other soldiers and marines denounced the situation in Iraq in an article published on September 21 by the Christian Science Monitor.

A soldier fighting in the Najaf area reported: “Nine out of 10 of the people I talk to, it wouldn’t matter who ran against Bush, they’d vote for them. People are so fed up with Iraq and fed up with Bush.” Another said: “Nobody I know wants Bush. This whole war was based on lies.”

A marine declared: “We shouldn’t be here. There was no reason for invading this country in the first place. We just came here and killed a lot of innocent people. I don’t enjoy killing women and children. It’s not my thing.”

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/oct2004/mili-o16.shtml

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1. Seems like it's only the officers who are saying that the (inferring all

the troops) are having a lovely time bringing freedom to Iraq, doesn't it?

[madmax]

2. What about this poll?

Poll Finds Strong Support for Bush in U.S. Military
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/16/politics/campaign/16military.html

Maybe they only polled the f*ckers in the Pentagon.