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July 18, 2003

Hmmm....let's see now

From what I hear in the media and second hand from relatives in the armed forces, pretty much every soldier stationed in Iraq who isn't an officer is fed up with the current administration and is itching to go home, after being promised their tour of duty would be up twice, and twice having it extended.

Now, a few soldiers go on record letting off steam about how ticked off they are, and now it appears that their careers might be over. So, serve your country bravely, get lied to repeatedly, suck it up, and stay in Baghdad indefinitely, or express what all your colleagues are feeling, get a ticket home and get out of a military you no longer desire to be a part of. Seems like these soldiers knew exactly what they were doing. Tell me again why the military supports a President who thinks of them not as brave defenders of liberty but as pawns for his own political battles.

Say what you will about Clinton, but he did not gain cheap political points at home for making tough (and unpopular among the military) decisions like sending peacekeepers into Europe.

Posted by Chris at July 18, 2003 11:45 PM

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