Fw: PASS THIS AROUND
Submitted by PAAMember on January 15, 2006 - 2:02am. :: Discussion
This is from a friend of mine whose son is in
the Army, stationed in Baghdad.
the Army, stationed in Baghdad.
And the Peace Community is accused of not
supporting our troops???
supporting our troops???
This is fucking barbaric and we are letting
this stuff continue in our names.
this stuff continue in our names.
Excuse my launguage, but my friend almost
became a Gold Star Mom on the 27th....
became a Gold Star Mom on the 27th....
but for the grace of god or whatever, she
didn't.
didn't.
Our government is creating Gold Star Moms at a
very rapid clip and the Iraqi people that they are klling or turning into people
who have to fight to survive is obscene.
very rapid clip and the Iraqi people that they are klling or turning into people
who have to fight to survive is obscene.
What are we willing to do to stop the
inhumanity and war crimes?
inhumanity and war crimes?
Cindy
**WARNING** FYI.....This is pretty graphic.....
I was thrilled
yesterday to wake to an email from Micah. The last
correspondence I had
from him was the email on Dec. 26. Then 2 guys in his
battalion were
killed and one wounded on the 27th (the wounded soldier has
since passed
away from his injuries). All communications were shut down
until
notification of their deaths by the Army to their families....but
still no
word from Micah. I knew that he would contact us as soon as he
could...but that didn't make the waiting any easier. He emailed
yesterday
to reassure me that he was "fine"....which of course I was glad to
hear.
Then he called me later in the day.....
It was wonderful to hear
his voice....be able to talk to him. I asked him
about the incident
that ended those 3 guys lives.....ages 26, 23, and 20.
He said he hadn't
planned on telling me about it, but then knew that I
already knew about
it...aware that I had received the email from the
military explaining why we
may not be hearing from our soldiers. I asked
him if he knew what
happened....he hesitantly told me....."Yes".....he was
there when it
happened! That....I wasn't prepared for. He wanted to spare
me
the details....but Micah and I can and do talk very frankly
about
everything.....I knew he needed to talk to someone about it....so I
told him
not to hold anything back. I told him I already know he is in
harms way, I
know there are horrible things going on there....things I can't
even
imagine.....but I wanted to know....and I wanted him to be able to
talk
about it with me.
He said it was their first mission since
arriving in Baghdad. A group of
them had to walk through a field to a
"destination". He said just in front
of him....about 100 yards was an
explosion. Someone had stepped on a buried
mine that exploded.....they
were walking in a mine field! He said nothing
was
left....except an arm....a leg.....fingers..... They
continued
walking....then a second explosion.....the next two victims.
They radioed
for a helicopter that was not to come. So they were
instructed to turn back
and walk BACK thru the field......9 hours they
walked......4 1/2 one
way....4 1/2 back....nothing accomplished.....3 lives
lost. The tension and
fear that your next step, placement of your foot
would be you.....your
friend at any moment.....
This is our
war..........
Why not take a high school class out on the edge of the
expressway and have
them run back and forth....who gets hit does...who's
lucky enough not
to....well is just lucky.
It was horrifying knowing
he witnessed it, knowing he was filled with fear
and images that will stay
with him forever.
I asked him about the Iraqis.....the Iraqi soldiers he
was with. "Their
crazy" was his reply. He said that morning a
dog was running down the
street and an Iraqi man beat it to death with a
shovel then threw it on the
side of the road. He said, "That's normal
here."
I immediately knew when I started talking to him that he had a
cold.....he
said, "Yeah, I do, but I'm ok." I asked if he was eating
good....what did
they have for them to eat?....American food....Iraqi food?
He said they get
ONE meal a day. A "meal" that is either a 6
inch cold pizza, or well, he
had 5 cold chicken wings one day, oh and a
hotdog one day....well a lone
hotdog....no bun. One meal a day!!!
Prisoners in this country are required
to receive 3 full meals a day
in prison or it's infringing on their
rights??!!! He said they have 2
microwave ovens that are broken and a
toaster oven that doesn't work
well....the government is apparently spoiling
them! Our sons and
daughters are in the U.S. military.....fighting for
our
country.....have committed no crimes and this is what they
feed them???
It's like the Twilight Zone or some parallel universe.....a bad
dream that
upon waking makes no real sense....
He took his first
shower yesterday.....his first since Dec. 20. That was
good he
said.
The Army is wondering why no one wants to join??? Why no one
wants to go
back??? Are the American people really that dense to think
that we are
doing the right thing.....doing good? The government wants
to spin this
into that they're protecting us from terrorists.....payback for
9/11. Osama
Bin Ladin is no where near Iraq! So is anyone on his
trail?
I know they're in harms way.....thousands of miles away from home
and family
but can they for God's sake treat them better than a
prisoner....than an
animal? You mistreat an animal in this country and
all kinds of
organizations are on your back.....you go to jail. Our
government is
mistreating our soldiers and we stand back and watch......well
not really
because we don't see THIS on the news. We only see what they
want us to
see.
Most of the guys that joined were promised to be able
to go to college....on
the government...and could start even while in the
military. Micah was
included in this group. He was met
with....you don't have time for college
you can go when you get out.
But....our prisoners are receiving college
degrees while serving their
sentences! Is it me or is it just backwards??
Micah is already skinny
as a rail.....how do they expect a 20 yr old boy to
live on what they are
feeding them? Guess it doesn't matter much....why
waste food on people
you make walk thru mine fields? Doesn't this sound a
little like the
Holocaust?
So.....Micah says....he's "ok". I'm sorry to vent but
THIS HAS TO STOP!!!!
PLEASE!!!!!! Email, write, call your
congressmen, state
representatives....etc. Go to some of
the websites I have listed
below....read the stories of the people....one
after another..... I will
email the links again to find your state
officials. EDUCATE YOURSELF!!
I don't want to wait over the next
year for a knock at my door....and I
don't want one more mother, wife,
family member to either. These Iraqi
people apparently have no regard
for life.....theirs, their women and
children, ours, even animals. WHY
ARE WE THERE??
And I voted for Bush.....TWICE! You don't see the
Bush twins in Iraq.....no
manicures or shopping sprees.
Don't want to
ruin your day.....just want to get you thinking.....and MAD!!!
Send what
you can to our troops....they definitely need it...apparently
especially
FOOD!!!
Please feel free to forward this email to anyone and everyone you
can! I
feel helpless.....I want to jump on a plane like that 16 yr old
from Florida
and grab my son and bring him home.....
PLEASE VISIT
THESE WEBSITES:
href="http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/"
target=_blank>www.bringthemhomenow.org
href="http://www.stopthelie.com/" target=_blank>www.stopthelie.com
href="http://www.unitedforpeace.org/"
target=_blank>www.unitedforpeace.org
Gold Star Families for Peace:
href="http://www.gsfp.org/" target=_blank> www.gsfp.org
Military
Families Speak Out:
href="http://www.mfso.org/" target=_blank>www.mfso.org
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/iraq/casualties/facesofthefallen.htm"
target=_blank>www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/iraq/casualties/facesofthefallen.htm
WHERE
TO SEND PACKAGES TO OTHER SOLDIERS:
href="http://www.anysoldier.com/" target=_blank>www.anysoldier.com
href="http://www.give2thetroops.org/"
target=_blank>www.give2thetroops.org
href="http://www.treatanysoldier.com/"
target=_blank>www.treatanysoldier.com
I was thrilled
yesterday to wake to an email from Micah. The last
correspondence I had
from him was the email on Dec. 26. Then 2 guys in his
battalion were
killed and one wounded on the 27th (the wounded soldier has
since passed
away from his injuries). All communications were shut down
until
notification of their deaths by the Army to their families....but
still no
word from Micah. I knew that he would contact us as soon as he
could...but that didn't make the waiting any easier. He emailed
yesterday
to reassure me that he was "fine"....which of course I was glad to
hear.
Then he called me later in the day.....
It was wonderful to hear
his voice....be able to talk to him. I asked him
about the incident
that ended those 3 guys lives.....ages 26, 23, and 20.
He said he hadn't
planned on telling me about it, but then knew that I
already knew about
it...aware that I had received the email from the
military explaining why we
may not be hearing from our soldiers. I asked
him if he knew what
happened....he hesitantly told me....."Yes".....he was
there when it
happened! That....I wasn't prepared for. He wanted to spare
me
the details....but Micah and I can and do talk very frankly
about
everything.....I knew he needed to talk to someone about it....so I
told him
not to hold anything back. I told him I already know he is in
harms way, I
know there are horrible things going on there....things I can't
even
imagine.....but I wanted to know....and I wanted him to be able to
talk
about it with me.
He said it was their first mission since
arriving in Baghdad. A group of
them had to walk through a field to a
"destination". He said just in front
of him....about 100 yards was an
explosion. Someone had stepped on a buried
mine that exploded.....they
were walking in a mine field! He said nothing
was
left....except an arm....a leg.....fingers..... They
continued
walking....then a second explosion.....the next two victims.
They radioed
for a helicopter that was not to come. So they were
instructed to turn back
and walk BACK thru the field......9 hours they
walked......4 1/2 one
way....4 1/2 back....nothing accomplished.....3 lives
lost. The tension and
fear that your next step, placement of your foot
would be you.....your
friend at any moment.....
This is our
war..........
Why not take a high school class out on the edge of the
expressway and have
them run back and forth....who gets hit does...who's
lucky enough not
to....well is just lucky.
It was horrifying knowing
he witnessed it, knowing he was filled with fear
and images that will stay
with him forever.
I asked him about the Iraqis.....the Iraqi soldiers he
was with. "Their
crazy" was his reply. He said that morning a
dog was running down the
street and an Iraqi man beat it to death with a
shovel then threw it on the
side of the road. He said, "That's normal
here."
I immediately knew when I started talking to him that he had a
cold.....he
said, "Yeah, I do, but I'm ok." I asked if he was eating
good....what did
they have for them to eat?....American food....Iraqi food?
He said they get
ONE meal a day. A "meal" that is either a 6
inch cold pizza, or well, he
had 5 cold chicken wings one day, oh and a
hotdog one day....well a lone
hotdog....no bun. One meal a day!!!
Prisoners in this country are required
to receive 3 full meals a day
in prison or it's infringing on their
rights??!!! He said they have 2
microwave ovens that are broken and a
toaster oven that doesn't work
well....the government is apparently spoiling
them! Our sons and
daughters are in the U.S. military.....fighting for
our
country.....have committed no crimes and this is what they
feed them???
It's like the Twilight Zone or some parallel universe.....a bad
dream that
upon waking makes no real sense....
He took his first
shower yesterday.....his first since Dec. 20. That was
good he
said.
The Army is wondering why no one wants to join??? Why no one
wants to go
back??? Are the American people really that dense to think
that we are
doing the right thing.....doing good? The government wants
to spin this
into that they're protecting us from terrorists.....payback for
9/11. Osama
Bin Ladin is no where near Iraq! So is anyone on his
trail?
I know they're in harms way.....thousands of miles away from home
and family
but can they for God's sake treat them better than a
prisoner....than an
animal? You mistreat an animal in this country and
all kinds of
organizations are on your back.....you go to jail. Our
government is
mistreating our soldiers and we stand back and watch......well
not really
because we don't see THIS on the news. We only see what they
want us to
see.
Most of the guys that joined were promised to be able
to go to college....on
the government...and could start even while in the
military. Micah was
included in this group. He was met
with....you don't have time for college
you can go when you get out.
But....our prisoners are receiving college
degrees while serving their
sentences! Is it me or is it just backwards??
Micah is already skinny
as a rail.....how do they expect a 20 yr old boy to
live on what they are
feeding them? Guess it doesn't matter much....why
waste food on people
you make walk thru mine fields? Doesn't this sound a
little like the
Holocaust?
So.....Micah says....he's "ok". I'm sorry to vent but
THIS HAS TO STOP!!!!
PLEASE!!!!!! Email, write, call your
congressmen, state
representatives....etc. Go to some of
the websites I have listed
below....read the stories of the people....one
after another..... I will
email the links again to find your state
officials. EDUCATE YOURSELF!!
I don't want to wait over the next
year for a knock at my door....and I
don't want one more mother, wife,
family member to either. These Iraqi
people apparently have no regard
for life.....theirs, their women and
children, ours, even animals. WHY
ARE WE THERE??
And I voted for Bush.....TWICE! You don't see the
Bush twins in Iraq.....no
manicures or shopping sprees.
Don't want to
ruin your day.....just want to get you thinking.....and MAD!!!
Send what
you can to our troops....they definitely need it...apparently
especially
FOOD!!!
Please feel free to forward this email to anyone and everyone you
can! I
feel helpless.....I want to jump on a plane like that 16 yr old
from Florida
and grab my son and bring him home.....
PLEASE VISIT
THESE WEBSITES:
href="http://www.bringthemhomenow.org/"
target=_blank>www.bringthemhomenow.org
href="http://www.stopthelie.com/" target=_blank>www.stopthelie.com
href="http://www.unitedforpeace.org/"
target=_blank>www.unitedforpeace.org
Gold Star Families for Peace:
href="http://www.gsfp.org/" target=_blank> www.gsfp.org
Military
Families Speak Out:
href="http://www.mfso.org/" target=_blank>www.mfso.org
href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/iraq/casualties/facesofthefallen.htm"
target=_blank>www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/world/iraq/casualties/facesofthefallen.htm
WHERE
TO SEND PACKAGES TO OTHER SOLDIERS:
href="http://www.anysoldier.com/" target=_blank>www.anysoldier.com
href="http://www.give2thetroops.org/"
target=_blank>www.give2thetroops.org
href="http://www.treatanysoldier.com/"
target=_blank>www.treatanysoldier.com
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