Give me an I!
Posted on 01/28/2005 2:04:41 PM PST by Hichal
The Pentagon doesn't like to talk about it. But as the war in Iraq becomes ever more violent and prolonged, an increasing number of soldiers are opposing the war -- up to and including refusing to fight...
But what is the same as Vietnam is a growing sense among soldiers that the civilian politicians making the decisions are prosecuting a pointless, unjust war -- and lying about their reasons for it. Established groups, including Veterans for Peace, and new ones, such as Iraq Veterans Against the War, are opposing the war, working to support resisters` and educating GIs about viable alternatives to war...
Many of the current crop of resisters describe similar stories: being deployed to Iraq and seeing that most of the dead there are civilians, that the war is being fought on its own momentum. Many originally believed in the war -- the hunt for weapons of mass destruction, the links to 9-11 -- but have become skeptical. In most cases, the resisters are not claiming pacifism -- they did, after all, volunteer to join the military -- but have developed a specific objection to Bush's war in Iraq. In many cases, soldiers have come to the belief that the war itself is illegal -- and thus, so are the orders to fight in it...
GI resisters are the tip of the much broader iceberg of poor morale in Iraq: dangerous duty, poor equipment, a poorly defined mission, and, always, the awareness that most Iraqis don't want American "help." It takes a lot of guts for a young man or woman to decide to break ranks.
(Excerpt) Read more at workingforchange.com ...
More "wishful thinking" from the left...
Howdy, Troll!
The source looks a little dubious.
Left-wing propoganda, no doubt.
Give me an I!
Hichal
Since Jan 28, 2005
ZOT
They arent paid professionals?
>being deployed to Iraq and seeing that most of the dead there are civilians<
Bullsh!t
Boy, today as seen a bumper-crop of new accounts.
Welcome to Free Republic.
I am sure it makes you real sick. Later troll
What are you reading that trash site for? Then posting it here?
Exactly!!!
Buh, bye.
Posting trash like this is worse than one line vanities. Remember that when you return from the ZOTTED.
Hichal aka some_semblence_of_sanity, not_this_again2, not_this_again, rckwllt_3, lbtrn_rockwellite2, libtrn_rockwellite, et al, zotted again.
Darn it! Should've trusted my gut when I saw the title. Missed another first flame opportunity!
He forgets the important part, its not that most of the dead are civilians its the fact that most of the Civilians are killed by Terrorists and not Americans.
Ah, so: Now Grasshopper understand.
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