Here's a real letter from a Iraqnam vet to share with our Bushbot friends

[billbuckhead]

Letter from an Iraq vet
"I participated in the invasion, stayed for a year afterward, and what I witnessed was the total opposite of what President Bush told the American people."

Editor's note: Following is a letter by Army Sgt. John Bruhns, excerpts of which were read on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives by Rep. Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio, on July 19, 2005.

Aug. 6, 2005 | I am a concerned veteran of the Iraq war. I am not an expert on the vast and wide range of issues throughout the political spectrum, but I can offer some firsthand experience of the war in Iraq through the eyes of a soldier. My view of the situation in Iraq will differ from what the American people are being told by the Bush administration. The purpose of this message is to voice my concern that we were misled into war and continue to be misled about the situation in Iraq every day. My opinions on this matter come from what I witnessed in Iraq personally.

George Bush and his political advisors have been successful in presenting a false image to the American people, that Saddam Hussein was an "imminent" threat to the security of the United States. We were told that there was overwhelming evidence that Saddam Hussein possessed a massive WMD program, and some members of the Bush administration even
hinted that Saddam may have been involved in the 9/11 attacks.
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[HawkerHurricane]

1. Well...

we know he's not a REAL soldier... he lied about his wounds, which were caused by him dropping his own grenade, and his time as a POW affected his brain, and he wrote himself up for his purple heart, and he's just a staff puke...:sarcasm:
Did I miss any?

[walldude]

2. Yeah you forgot this one, courtesy of Rush

He just went to Iraq to pad his resume :eyes:

[HawkerHurricane]

4. Ah, thank you!

I had a feeling I was missing one.

[stepnw1f]

3. A Boil on the Ass?

I dunno...:eyes:

[upi402]

5. Left-wing bleeding heart propagandist

:sarcasm:

[understandinglife]

6. Nominated. Distributed. Thank you.

Matthew Donaldson, an independent visual artist from Auckland. “On this, the 60th anniversary of Hiroshima's bombing, my grief for all of those murdered and yet to be murdered by America's weapons - of mass destruction or otherwise - overwhelms me” said Matt.

It overwhelms me, as well, Mathew.

Peace.

www.missionnotaccomplished.us - How ever long it takes, the day must come when tens of millions of caring individuals peacefully but persistently defy the dictator, deny the corporatists their cash flow, and halt the evil being done in Iraq and in all the other places the Bu$h neoconster regime is destroying civilization and the environment in the name of "America."

[billbuckhead]

7. "I realized these were just the people who lived there"

"On Oct. 31, 2003, the people of the Abu Ghraib area organized a large uprising against us. They launched a massive assault on our compound in the area. We were attacked with AK-47 machine guns, rocket-propelled grenades and mortars. Thousands of people took to the streets to attack us. As the riot unfolded before my eyes, I realized these were just the people who lived there. There were men, women and children participating. Some of the Iraqi protesters were even carrying pictures of Saddam Hussein. My battalion fought back with everything we had and eventually shut down the uprising."

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