"From An Angry Soldier" - found on The Best of Craigslist

[Tiberius]

Hello all,

I found this on "The Best of Craigslist" in the Bay Area. It's from a Iraq veteran, and I thought it was worth a re-post here.

Tiberius


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http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/309485032.html

I'm having the worst damn week of my whole damn life so I'm going to write this while I'm pissed off enough to do it right.

I am SICK of all this bullshit people are writing about the Iraq war. I am abso-fucking-lutely sick to death of it. What the fuck do most of you know about it? You watch it on TV and read the commentaries in the newspaper or Newsweek or whatever god damn yuppie news rag you subscribe to and think you're all such fucking experts that you can scream at each other like five year olds about whether you're right or not. Let me tell you something: unless you've been there, you don't know a god damn thing about it. It you haven't been shot at in that fucking hell hole, SHUT THE FUCK UP!

How do I dare say this to you moronic war supporters who are "Supporting our Troops" and waving the flag and all that happy horse shit? I'll tell you why. I'm a Marine and I served my tour in Iraq. My husband, also a Marine, served several. I left the service six months ago because I got pregnant while he was home on leave and three days ago I get a visit from two men in uniform who hand me a letter and tell me my husband died in that fucking festering sand-pit. He should have been home a month ago but they extended his tour and now he's coming home in a box.

You fuckers and that god-damn lying sack of shit they call a president are the reason my husband will never see his baby and my kid will never meet his dad.

And you know what the most fucked up thing about this Iraq shit is? They don't want us there. They're not happy we came and they want us out NOW. We fucked up their lives even worse than they already were and they're pissed off. We didn't help them and we're not helping them now. That's what our soldiers are dying for.

Oh while I'm good and worked up, the government doesn't even have the decency to help out the soldiers whos lives they ruined. If you really believe the military and the government had no idea the veterans' hospitals were so fucked up, you are a god-damn retard. They don't care about us. We're disposable. We're numbers on a page and they'd rather forget we exist so they don't have to be reminded about the families and lives they ruined while they're sipping their cocktails at another fund raiser dinner. If they were really concerned about supporting the troops, they'd bring them home so their families wouldn't have to cry at a graveside and explain to their children why mommy or daddy isn't coming home. Because you can't explain it. We're not fighting for our country, we're not fighting for the good of Iraq's people, we're fighting for Bush's personal agenda. Patriotism my ass. You know what? My dad served in Vietnam and NOTHING HAS CHANGED.

So I'm pissed. I'm beyond pissed. And I'm going to go to my husband's funeral and receive that flag and hang it up on the wall for my baby to see when he's older. But I'm not going to tell him that his father died for the stupidity of the American government. I'm going to tell him that his father was a hero and the best man I ever met and that he loved his country enough to die for it, because that's all true and nothing will be solved by telling my son that his father was sent to die by people who didn't care about him at all.

Fuck you, war supporters, George W. Bush, and all the god damn mother fuckers who made the war possible. I hope you burn in hell.

[againes654]

1. Wow

I am speechless. God bless her, her baby, and her whole family. Her and her husband are HEROs to me.:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[lame54]

25. take a look at their faces

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tMACzBomDK4

[WillyT]

2. K & R !!!

Shit...

:cry:

[Tiberius]

3. Another kick from me....

I really think folks should see this.

[janetle]

28. This is the message that needs to get out.

This is the bare bones truth. I was at an event yesterday welcoming home a local Marine. The kid is my son's childhood buddy and former next door neighbor. But the whole thing was hijacked by right wing "support the troop" extremists. The sponsor of the event ranted about MoveOn and the betray us ad. Then he said one of the most shocking things---"We deserve to be in Iraq. We deserve to be there to finish the job we started." We DESERVE it??!! WTF.

I came home and had to take a shower. Why couldn't this event have been an American event? But these people seriously do not consider Democrats or anyone against the war to even be American and this was truly truly disturbing to me.

[againes654]

4. Kicking again

[superkia]

5. all the god damn mother fuckers who made the war possible.

That is why I cant comprehend how people forgive their favorite candidates for the deaths of all those people. Only Dennis Kucinich stood up to the system looking electable and presidential, and said this war was about oil and voted against it every time. To me I think its unforgivable how the politicians put their careers and agendas in front of the importance of human lives. Sad to say it looks like we will probably put one of these same people in the position at the top, to do it all over again. Shame on them and the ones who empower them to make more of the same decisions based on their agenda, not the American peoples!

[autorank]

6. K*R Right to the point. She's right to speak up. Hope the WH gets this. n/t

[againes654]

7. bush will never see this

not a good enough "photo op" and they wouldn't want to hurt his feelings:sarcasm:

[autorank]

17. Probably won't leave the White House either now that people can use

the "ass kissing little chickenshit" phrase;)

[The Vinyl Ripper]

8. Jeebus..

It makes me want to sob and scream in rage at the same time.

I really lack the words.

K&R

[calimary]

9. Can't recommend this one highly enough.

K&R


Should be REQUIRED READING for every republi-CON and Democratic enabler.

[Tiberius]

10. The part about not taking care of veterans...

... is what makes me FURIOUS. I think that even makes me more furious than the lies that got us into this mess.

No matter what you feel about the war, the people who fight it should be TAKEN CARE OF upon their return! AND THAT INCLUDES MENTAL HEALTH care!!!! :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

[calimary]

18. No Frickin' KIDDING!!!! And these are the very same people, mind you, who

accuse US of "not supporting the troops." WE'RE the ones who don't support squandering the precious lives and limbs of our soldiers in a war that was launched (and is being artificially maintained) on false pretenses.

Burns me up too, my friend. :grr:

[Rainbowreflect]

11. I don't know what to say.

:cry:
K&R :kick:

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

12. Ouch!

;(

[LiberalAndProud]

13. kick

That second paragraph kicked me in the gut and knocked the wind out of me.

[DavidDvorkin]

14. Heartbreaking. But

I hope she changes her mind and tells her kid the truth. Otherwise, the kid might grow up wanting to emulate Dad and might sign up and be killed in some future unjustified war.

[Tiberius]

16. I don't think it's either/or

... in other words, she can raise her kid to question authority, doubt the media, and doubt our debased leadership - without necessarily saying "your daddy died for nothing".

Though I see your point.

[Sufficient Voice]

15. She should be on CNN

instead of the armchair pundits.

[PDenton]

19. "Born on the Fourth of July"

She's right in that stage where she is just realizing that her government has lied to her, but she is still blaming the hippies and war protesters.

[glowing]

31. No, she is blaming the yuppies.. the richie republicons that sit in there

mini-mansions and attend their golf clubs and think that this war is good... I don't think she is blaming protestors... other than the fact that they do have a tendency to in-fight the little details...

[B Calm]

20. The military is not made up of republicans like the cons like to

boast. I've said this for years. Trust me, I was in the service myself!

[rhino47]

21. K&R

:kick:

[Triana]

22. I can't blame her. I'd be pissed as H*11 too...

...those mofos killed her husband and her kid's dad for nothing. I hope they burn in Hell for it myself.

[tom_paine]

23. Bushler must be closing in on TWO million innocent murdered by now

Brave American soldiers who died for nothing.
Innocent Iraqis who probably would be alive if the vile Saddam was still alive. Well, some of them would be dead but we all know that Bushler has caused the deaths of more innocent Iraqis than would have doed under Saddam.

Seriously. Saddam was an evil Bushie-type, a criminal and a murderer, but I wonder what HIS "death toll of inncoents" was for a similar 4 and 1/2 years period, to xcompare it tothe Bushie Death Toll of Iraqi Innocent unleashed by our "invasion of Poland" in 2003.

You think it was 1.2-2 million? I am guessing it was at least half of that or less. I wonder, and I would like to see the data.

[Cybergata]

24. I'm sending a copy of this to my congressperson . . .

but she will ignore it just like she ignores anyone who disagrees with her.

I've spent my life trying to free myself of hate, envy and anger, but when I read this letter, I find maintaining a state of freedom from hate hard to sustain. This group of rich bastards believes they are so entitled that the lives of good people such as this woman's husbands are expendable to ensure they continue own the world. How can I find peace in myself when faced with this!

[1monster]

26. This post originated a year or more ago. I read it then via a link on DU.

At the time, some freeper types succeeded in having this post taken down.

Protests from others who had read it before it was taken down were so vocal that it was put back up.

A very eloquent message from a very angry citizen soldier.

[proReality]

27. K&R n/t

[SaveOurDemocracy]

29. k&r

:cry:

[renate]

30. I want to say more than just "k&r," but there's nothing more to be said

My heart--the heart of any decent person who reads this--breaks for her and her child. But that doesn't do her any good. Her husband's gone.

[SammyWinstonJack]

33. And pResident Warmonger says he sleeps just fine.

I don't know how he can.

[rucognizant]

32. We each have 2 Senators

and 1 Rep. send each of them a copy if this. Then make a few extra copies, and hand them out every time you see someone leaving their SUV running in the parking lot, to keep the air conditioning or the heat running, while they shop! Those handy little remote door lock gadgets are inventions of the devil allowing people to be able to do this!

[paparush]

34. Somebody should post this on FreeRepublic.com