One Foot in the Grave
Corporal Thomas Strickland, 27, of Fairplay, was a member of the Army’s 48th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), according to Wes Tallon, county communications director.
Here is his blog. And in his last post, written two days before he was killed when his truck overturned in Iraq, he says:
What the fuck has my chain of command been doing? We were winning somewhat when I left. And now we're being pinned down in our own fucking homes? Insurgents are pushing locals out of their homes and taking over my area at will? What kind of fucktarded plan have we been half-assedly executing? Obviously the kind that neglects sound contact with locals. Obviously the kind that gives further distance to unbridged gaps between soldiers and locals. Obviously the kind that has shown enough weakness when confronted by the insugency that it has been encouraged to grow.
Back home (the USA kind)I have no home, no job, and my commander in chief is on vacation (he's about 20 days behind Ronald Reagan right now in the race to become the most vacationing president ever. Hey W! we all got our fingers crossed! Here's to you and two more years of presidency...er vacationing!). Luckily pretty much everything that is important to me can fit into the back of a truck. Luckily I just paid off one of those.
In their fear to build relationships and get out of their hiding holes the FOBbits
above me have fucked my friends and I.
I just don't know what to say. There is no justice in this world.
SUPPORT OUR TROOPS - BRING THEM HOME NOW!
[via Shakespeare's Sister.]
posted by Anita at
6:42 AM
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Scary, isn't it?
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Anonymous, at
2:00 PM
Here is a good way to make a statement about the war next election. Vote out anyone that's in power that supported the war. It's not about right or left. It's not even about "bring the troops home" or not. It's about punishing the idiots in government that figured war would be a nice policy to support. WIPE THEM ALL OUT OF OFFICE and get someone else in there, someone who will now think twice about voting pro-war because although they might not care about lives lost, they will care about their jobs come re-election time.
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Anonymous, at
10:30 AM
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