Posted on 05/07/2006 11:50:30 AM PDT by Kaslin
ATLANTA Iraqi Army Capt. Furat surveys the therapy gym as he stands erect for the first time in nearly four months, every inch as tall as he was before insurgents' bullets left his legs lifeless on Christmas Day.
All around him, paralyzed patients are toiling, striving for their own personal victories. "Where are you traveling to right now in your mind?" asks Basle Roberts, a therapy technician at the Shepherd Center.
"I wish that I could stand without this equipment," Capt. Furat says, resting on a frame used in physical therapy. The rigid metal device is a relief from sitting or lying down, restful positions that aren't always relaxing anymore.
Every 30 minutes, he must shift positions to prevent potentially fatal pressure sores from developing on his paralyzed lower body, one of the many daily battles the former platoon leader is learning to deal with solo.
"It is just me on this mission," says Capt. Furat, 28, whose family is 7,000 miles away and still at risk from insurgents for his decision to fight in the nascent Iraqi army.
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See this EC? Nother thing that good about 'lanta
Bring his family over here. Give them all citizenship.
And the MSM and their fifth-column want us to pull out and abandon these men and their families.
I know enough Vietnam veterans who still feel a sense of guilt about the brave Vietnamese our country abandoned.
NEVER AGAIN.
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