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I am an Engineer officer with 17 years of service currently deployed in Afghanistan. My mission here is to construct infrastructure for the Afghan Army and police. MG Fuller wasn’t in my chain of command, but he did control the program (meaning money and policy implementation) that I work and I have spent time with him. I can state unequivocally that everything he said in his interview is true. I am outraged that he was fired for his comments. It seriously has me questioning whether I can continue to serve.

I expect politicians to act the way GEN Allen did, but not my generals. Candor is a key trait of being a good officer and MG Fuller expressed candor without embellishment. MG Fuller is the most thoughtful general officer I have ever had the pleasure of serving with. He doesn’t open his mouth until he knows what he is speaking about. He may have spoken out of turn, but it wasn’t a firing offense. If the administration and GEN Allen had any sense, they would have turned it into an opportunity to put the heat on Karzai, otherwise known as “The Mayor of Kabul”, which in turn would have allowed me to turn up the heat on the local Afghan commanders. Firing him sends entirely the wrong message to these people.

For a good idea of what is really happening over here with our tax dollars, visit http://afghanright.wordpress.com. It is a blog maintained by a good friend and one of the officers I work with here.

We are wasting our treasure in Afghanistan on people who don’t appreciate it and only want to get as much as they can from us before we take our toys and go home. They destroy everything we give them and then come back and ask for more. Most times I am forced to give it to them. It’s wrong and the American people need to know.

I would very much like to see public backlash for this decision, but I am not in a position to lead such a charge. Although I never post, I have visited this site often since my uncle told me about it in 2004 when he posted a letter I wrote to him from Iraq. This has compelled me to post.

My request to the Freepers from a career American Soldier is that one or more of you go after this and make it an issue.