US TROOPS IN IRAQ WANT OUT!!- "BUSH CAN COME FIGHT HERE"

[Jcrowley]

US troops in Iraq want out
by Bryan Pearson

For US troops from 9th Cavalry Regiment bumping around the dangerous streets of Baghdad in Humvees after dark on Monday, news that their deployment in Iraq could be extended fell like a hammer blow.

Their commanders had cautioned that their second one-year tour due to end in October could be prolonged while US President George W. Bush later warned troops it was too soon to "pack up and go home."
The expletives during the four-hour night patrol turned the air in the Humvee, already thick with cigarette smoke, a dark shade of blue.

"We just want to get out of here as soon as possible," said one vehicle commander in one of his few printable comments.

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Added yet another, "Bush can come fight here. He can take my 1,000 dollars a month and I'll go home."
Commander of the night operation, Lieutenant Brian Long, said the anger was understandable.
"One of the men has five children, another has three. Another has a boy aged four -- he's missed two of those years. He'll never get them back," said Long.

http://www.france24.com/france24Public/en/administration/afp-news.html?id=070320004302.w8d2wm3v&cat=null

[Rydz777]

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The true feelings of the soldiers being exposed to this daily Russian Roulette are suppressed by the rules of the military - mustn't criticize the Commander-in-Chief. It is refreshing when remarks like these get into print. It will all come out in time, this terrible wound inflicted on our own people by an irresponsible President, but meanwhile the bleeding continues. Thanks for the post.