Dying Iraq Veteran writes letter to Bush and Cheney (weapon, regime, suspected)
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Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young joined the Army because our country had been attacked. He wanted to strike back at those who had killed some 3,000 of his fellow citizens. He did not join the Army to go to Iraq, a country that had no part in the September 2001 attacks and did not pose a threat to its neighbors, much less to the United States.
He was paralyzed in an insurgent ambush in 2004 in Sadr City. His life is coming to an end and he is living under hospice care.
Good for him. I personally wish we'd never gone into Iraq.
Now if I could just get you to be anti-war instead of just anti-republican, that would indeed be a feat.
You inadvertently nailed the reason some diatribes are ignored. This one has nothing to do with the actual subject but was dragged around only because blame was put on people the OP hates. It has nothing whatsoever to do with reality.
The silly whiner can pizz and moan all day. Makes no difference to me. Especially when his little tantrum is published in garbage like ME.
The Blame Bush crowd is so............actually, I can't think of a word that accurately describes their utter stupidity.
Trust me.......you can't fix stupid! Your fact is passing through empty space between ears of those silly Bush blamers.
Let me see if I understand this. We should not blame Bush for the war in Iraq, the fallen soldiers there, or the soldiers who were killed there because Bush ignored pleas for suitable body armor for the soldier there.
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A secret Pentagon study has found that as many as 80 percent of the marines who have been killed in Iraq from wounds to the upper body could have survived if they had had extra body armor. Such armor has been available since 2003, but until recently the Pentagon has largely declined to supply it to troops despite calls from the field for additional protection, according to military officials.
......Or that over a million Iraqis and over 3,000 Americans not to mention over billions of dollars were lost and that Cheney/Bush profitted from it all
Yet Bush, Cheney, Rove and Rumsfeld sleep like babies. They're due some serious karma.
Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young joined the Army because our country had been attacked. He wanted to strike back at those who had killed some 3,000 of his fellow citizens. He did not join the Army to go to Iraq, a country that had no part in the September 2001 attacks and did not pose a threat to its neighbors, much less to the United States.
He was paralyzed in an insurgent ambush in 2004 in Sadr City. His life is coming to an end and he is living under hospice care.
I have huge respect for people who have served in our military. However, I have zero respect for Thomas Young. He joined the Army voluntarily and then he chooses to go on to complain that he didn't like being sent somewhere he didn't choose to go. Unfortunately that was part of the oath he voluntarily took when he signed up. This man's actions make him an embarrassment and a disgrace to our veterans who have served honorably. Anyone who hasn't seen this should watch it.
I have huge respect for people who have served in our military. However, I have zero respect for Thomas Young. He joined the Army voluntarily and then he chooses to go on to complain that he didn't like being sent somewhere he didn't choose to go. Unfortunately that was part of the oath he voluntarily took when he signed up. This man's actions make him an embarrassment and a disgrace to our veterans who have served honorably. Anyone who hasn't seen this should watch it.
He joined the army voluntarily to serve his country not to go on some madman`s crazy adventure searching for wmd`s that he knew didn`t exist.[MOD CUT/off topic]
He joined the army voluntarily to serve his country not to go on some madman`s crazy adventure searching for wmd`s that he knew didn`t exist.[MOD CUT/off topic].
That's an interesting comment. Please cite where soldiers in the Army can dictate which wars they choose to fight. BTW: He says he joined to go to Afghanistan. But darn it....he got sent to the other war he didn't want to go to.
Last edited by Ibginnie; 04-07-2013 at 09:35 AM..
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