Just chatted with my brother-in-law in Iraq.

[ResistTheCoup]

He said his Kerry vote is in the mail!!!

:D :D :D

The whole time we were online he said there were mortars going off. He can't even make it to the chow hall because of the round-the-clock mortars. Most of the guys just end up cooking something on their hot plate in their barracks instead of risking a trip.

He also said that he is mad as hell at Bush. :mad: :mad:

He said that the military is just a "number" to Bush and that number now is 1,101

;( ;(

[madmax]

1. Did he mention how the other GI's feel?

Are they leaning bush or Kerry?

Hope he's home soon.

[ResistTheCoup]

7. We pressed him on that

and he said there's still a lot of guys voting for *. But, he also said that there were a lot who were pissed off and would definitely not consider re-enlisting, even though they are being offered huge bonuses.

My brother-in-law was one of those guys caught in the stop-loss. He had been active duty for a few years and reserve/guard for over a dozen and he was supposed to get out about two months before they told him he was going to Iraq.

Sadly, I'm pretty sure that he was a Bush supporter before getting shipped out. We visited with him and his family before he left a few months ago and they didn't know a damn thing about Iraq or why the hell we were there. We've been sending him all kinds of emails and links about what * is doing to veterans and he's become quite well informed.

My husband and I are both veterans so we know how brainwashed people in the military can be. You're in your own little world. At least when I was in during Vietnam there were a lot of draftees and the brainwashing wasn't nearly as strong as it has become since Rush and the right-wing spin machine have had almost total access to the troops. It's pretty sad that they've convinced most of these poor people to vote against their own self-interest.

[pinto]

2. America thanks your brother in law. n/t

[still_one]

3. Hope your brother-in-law stays safe

[ResistTheCoup]

8. Thank you!!

We tell him that all the time! Appreciate it.

[NMDemDist2]

4. that's so scary and sad

they don't have enough security in their own base to make it to chow?

that sucks big wampum

[ResistTheCoup]

9. I guess they can launch those mortars from quite a distance

right onto the base.

We've sent him a lot of foodstuff so he can eat in his own quarters. You're right. It's pretty damn sad.

[devilgrrl]

5. Did you tell him about the polls saying the Military backs Bush?

Those bogus polls that came out the last few days.

[ResistTheCoup]

13. No.

Even though I think a majority of military might support *, I don't think it's anywhere near what those bogus polls show.

[tnlefty]

6. Why don't we hear about the round the clock mortars????

Oh yeah, I forgot that the media is complicit in all of this and we're supposed to think that BlunderBoy's* grand plan is still grand (as if it ever was), and we're turning a corner, and things are going real swell.

[ResistTheCoup]

11. Exactly.

And this isn't even in Baghdad. It's been non-stop.

He was coming back from the latrine recently (yeah - you gotta dodge mortars to go to the latrine, too) when a huge blast of rocks, etc. hit his door just as he shut it.

Guess he should just get a pair of rose-colored glasses like Drinky McDumbass and carry on like everything's fine. :mad: :mad:

[tsuki]

14. The media

is put up in a Baghdad hotel, and they get their news from the spin room (military briefings.)

[dave502d]

10. Hope your brother-in-law stays safe

Help is on the way.

[ResistTheCoup]

12. I like the sound of that!!

Help is on the way.

Kerry. In. A. Landslide.

[Digit]

15. Tell him to keep his wits about him and come back safe.

I can't imagine what it is like to have a family member over there.
Best of luck!

[ResistTheCoup]

17. It's scary. You think about them all the time.

Thank you!

[proud patriot]

16. I'm praying for his safe return to you and your family

Thanks for the update

[ResistTheCoup]

18. Thanks for your thoughts.

Appreciate it.