I Used To Believe In Our Government. Then I Fought In Iraq. Now I Support WikiLeaks

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I Used To Believe In Our Government. Then I Fought In Iraq. Now I Support WikiLeaks
Veronica | Dec. 10, 2010, 10:20 AM |

I am an Iraqi war veteran (Operation Iraqi freedom, 2003) and I support WikiLeaks.

First, I did not support the war that I was obligated to partake in. Going through the events of the war (at the very beginning), there were some questionable actions. I did not like many of the things I saw or did and I often wondered how anyone could make the decisions they were making. Things were deplorable on my own conscience (still are) and I was not the one who made the judgement call.

I think the public has the right to know the truth about everything, especially how decisions are made. It is easy to be the guy in an office that is never faced with the eyes of people staring back at you or crying to you or handing you their dying children. Those are the people that decide the fates of others. Doesn't the public have a right to know the truth instead of government spun propaganda?

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When you have a man handing you the mangled body of their dying child and you look into his eyes, let me know if you think that decision is worth it. Anyone who hasn't been there can claim there will always be casualties of war, anyone with a conscience who actually experiences it knows differently.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/iraq-war-wikileaks-2010-12#ixzz17kxMi79L

[gateley]

1. K&R! nt

[Stuart G]

2. K and R

[w8liftinglady]

3. you could be my son.His eyes are finally opening...K & R

[Goldstein1984]

4. I was going to write the same thing

My son was deployed to Iraq, and he believes in what Wikileaks is doing.

[Faryn Balyncd]

5. A true patriot.

[bobthedrummer]

6. K&R

[madmax]

7. K & R

:patriot:


:kick:

[Lasher]

8. Thank you for your service.

Warriors don't pick the wars.

[Jeffersons Ghost]

9. K&R for a poignant, personal OP

[silver10]

10. Thank you for your service.

The only ones who truly advocate war are either fools or profiteers (or both). I served in the military, and I don't have a problem with Wilek's at all. I love my country, but some of the things are leaders do are really embarrassing, to say the least.

[sabrina 1]

11. K&R

[Truth2Pwer]

12. I've talked to several soldiers who are seeing the light and realizing things

they used to ignore. Some are already retired, still young though and fought in Iraq.