A French journalist spent several days with the 101th Airborne in Iraq

[BonjourUSA]

Sara DANIEL wrote a sensitive paper in "Le Nouvel Observateur" in which she reports the daily life of these young guys.

Boredom, fear, funerary ceremonies, questions about the war and a lonesome idea : When do we come back home ?

Sergent Krammer summarizes their feeling : "We are sacrificing ourselves for a mission which we don't understand. Our only hope, it's to believe that our leaders, them, know what they are doing"

[opihimoimoi]

1. Yup, stuck between and flummoxed.

I have to bet many of the troops actually voted for Bush and now wish they could change that.

The perception of bush as a winner is becoming tarnished. The PR/Photo Ops will be his own undoing. It has a smell of Phoniness,
of rottening fish, dead meat/

[SeveneightyWhoa]

2. Wow, surprising.

I thought this thread would link directly to an obituary. I'm glad that the soldiers aren't as fascistically freeperish as some other Americans.

[BonjourUSA]

3. The link

Of course in French :shrug:

The title of the paper is clear : "Inquiry on a disaster"

http://www.nouvelobs.com/dossiers/p2038/a226222.html