As members of the 101st Airborne trickle back from Iraq, cracks are showing in the once unwavering confidence.
By WES ALLISON, Times Staff Writer
Published November 7, 2003
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"You can't leave, but you can't win. ... All they're doing now is getting people killed."
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At times, some sound like congressional leaders quizzing the Bush administration: What's the plan for handing control to the Iraqis? Will the United States be rotating troops into Iraq forever? Where's the international support? Where's Hussein?
"What are we really trying accomplish?" asked Kalah Gilbreath, 29, whose husband is a staff sergeant in an artillery company. He served in Desert Storm, Bosnia and Kosovo, and she won't complain, but as the unrest continues, she worries. "You have soldiers dying, and you wonder why."
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"We haven't found weapons of mass destruction, and we didn't have the backing of the United Nations, and now we're the ones there occupying a country that doesn't want us," said Isom, who manages a fast-food restaurant.
"We're going to support our guys, because they're our guys, but we're not sure what they're fighting for anymore."
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much more here:
http://www.sptimes.com/2003/11/07/Worldandnation/In_a_soldiers__haven_.shtml