An American soldier wrote this while stationed at the Abu Ghraib Prison in Iraq. I can not claim to speak for either him or the United States military. I realize that no one individual, be it Donald Rumsfeld or a soldier on the ground can speak for the United States as one voice. I encourage you to consider his reflections.
1) This is not Vietnam. Here, we don't call 'em "gooks" but haji.
2) U.S. Army and Communism
-you wait in line for everything
-they listen to your phone calls
-you're not rewarded based on merit
-it's a hierarchy; it's about who you know
-you're a number
-the system screws you
-you are not trusted, they are not trusted
-freedom of speech is censored.
Zogby has just released a poll of United States military personnel in Iraq. The poll shows that only 23% felt that they should stay "as long as they are needed." Perhaps support for the war is not as uniform in our military as the pundit class would have us believe.
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