Words from the front-lines

[Qanisqineq]

http://www.traveling-soldier.org/4.05.words.php

Words from the front-lines
from Traveling Soldier Online, March-April, 2005 - Issue 10

“There’s nobody to be bitter at. To the dude that hit me with a grenade, he had just as good a reason to be there in his thinking as I did. I’m not happy with him but I don’t resent him for it. … I’d go back in a heart beat because my guys are still there, but they got off the plane, so hell no I’m not going back.’’ – Spc. Kevin Pannell, Charlie Company, 39th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, Arkansas National Guard, on the Iraqi resistance fighter who threw a grenade at him.


“When people say that war is the most terrible thing, they ain’t wrong. The things it does to people. You think that killing people for your country is cool, but when you do, it just numbs you.” – Sgt. Dave Bowden, Alpha Company, Task Force 2-2, 1st Infantry Division, Fallujah, Iraq.


"I don’t want my boy to know his daddy’s a killer.” – Sgt. Randy Laird, Alpha Company, Task Force 2-2, 1st Infantry Division, Fallujah, Iraq.


"If anyone gets too close to us we fucking waste them. It’s kind of a shame, because it means we’ve killed a lot of innocent people.” – Anonymous Lieutenant, Ramadi, Iraq.

Very depressing reading these. They know there is no reason to be there and know that the Iraqis want us gone. Some seem to understand why the Iraqis attack them. There are some other interesting articles in this issue, too.

Edit: I forgot to add the "snips" and "more" at the end. These aren't the only quotes. Whoops.

:cry:

[eleny]

1. What a heartbreak

[Carolab]

2. Just a bunch of innocent dupes. Truly tragic. n/t

[chalky]

3. Not all dupes.

This is the one that got to me:

“I don’t think we’re being completely clean about the reasons that we’re really over there and how we’re really treating the people. Those incidents of, say, prisoner abuse don’t just go on in certain places; they’re happening everywhere, all over the country. It’s not necessarily just the insurgents who are against us. I think it’s the general population of people. They get tired of seeing armed soldiers. What would you say if you saw Muslims from a different country out patrolling your streets every day? I’d be out there fighting them too.” – Army Spc. James Furnas

[Carolab]

6. Okay, dopes too. They honestly believe this shit they've been fed.

That makes them stupid and gullible, IMHO.

[merh]

4. They believe they are fighting for democracy

and that their cause is just. They have been lied to, we all have been lied to. :cry:

[Qanisqineq]

5. a shameless self kick

:eyes:
:kick:

[FreedomAngel82]

7. It's horrible

I only blame the administration for this. For filling people's heads and brainwashing them with nonsense. For all the innocent deaths and all for oil. :mad: :cry: