I guess I should be shocked or even a little surprised that this series of unfortunate events has befallen you. However, my brother served in the British forces for 15yrs. and was on the front in the first Gulf War (1991). 

It breaks my heart that so many young and naive lads consider the forces as a career without having a chance to develop their own moral values. At least you have shed some light so that others may follow, well done, and with all my heart thankyou for sharing your story.

I am optomistic for you in your struggle as you have come this far and are obviously passionate,

Cante wasteya nape ciyuzapelo

Syd

X. 

 

 

What a ridiculous statement. My husband is a former Army Ranger and even though his initial instinct was to support his country "right or wrong" even he has finally had to agree that Bush's war in Iraq is a "cluster f*&k" to quote familiar military slang.

I am one American who sleeps better at night knowing that there are soldiers who have the nerve to question the lies that we have all been told. Unfortunately war has been part of history since the beginning of time and even a pacifist knows that there have been times where it could not be avoided. That is the reason that so many brave men volunteer to serve our country. Not to be lied to and asked to pay with their lives. What's immoral is that they are being used this way and that people like you will question their sincerity and bravery from the comfort of their keyboards.

The weeds haven't been pulled. Not by a long shot and not as long as Bush is in office.
 

i would agree with you if the
info. in enlisting recruitment were not lies.
 

Are these young men really capable of understanding the weight of their decisions, Mr. Discerning Christian? The human brain does not even reach full maturity until about age 25. How convenient for war mongerers to select from young, impulsive men who's testosterone is raging, to sacrifice for their pursuit of the exploitation of another country's resources. Our leaders carry the responsibility for where they choose to place these young, mislead men.
 

Dennis,

Thank you for sharing this with everyone.  I will certainly pass it along.

Best wishes to you.

Lucinda.

 

I admire you!
 

First one thing;I hate war and It gives only bad things!
But remember the time when Anne Frank and 6,000,000 people were kiled!
How hard we needed to be liberated from those german madmen by the usa!
It was the right thing to do to go on war against evel !
What if the usa had said then NO WAR FOR US!
Hitler had won the war and ........a atom bom ...and rockets!
If he had won he had europe,russia and africa and America was next.
After killing all the judes,gipsys and so on he take all the black people then all brouwn eyes
and so on and so on!.....You see sometimes war is needed against evel.....isn't it!?
The evel now is extreem moslims...They have no problem to drop the atom bom.
If we stop the war on terror ,..the extreem moslims don't stop,.. no...they getting strong and dangeres.
Whats happen in Irac is not the usa too blame..thats exacly what the terorists want.
Ok there were no weapons of M D, but to get a brutal dictotor who killed 1,000,000 moslims
was more then a good reason and his 2 sons were even much more evel.
The only solution without war is that the 99% good moslims talk with the extreem moslims and
brainwast them in posetief way.
There goal is to get more people into there moslim belief....so do it like Gandhi or M. L. KING.
Boms brings them away from there goal....everybody hates moslims if they go on their way!
Go to poor people in Africa and help them with solar power and water systems mabby I like to be a moslim too!
Anyway as long as they are dangeres madmen who wants to kill as many as poseble we must fight against that evel or we get hell on earth...9-11 was a wake up call.
And the taliban?? what a mad men they are.
I hate war but they started one and we must protect peace,...thats all .
Pim.Amsterdam
 

hello,
you are a retard like many who posted on this blog.

keep your ignorance to yourself and take it with you when you die.


the world needs to wake up, as a whole.

we all live on one planet, we all go up in smoke.

enlightenment is not an option. we need to evolve already.


war should be nothing more than a historical tale like the rest. we definitely should not be at war or subject anyone to the type of wars occurring today.


evil will always remain if the world is inhabited by close minded people like you.


your retoric spits the lies of propoganda. everything you have stated...someone told you to feel this way!

get a life, maybe even your own opinion, and worry about yourself for a change.


take a good look inside because what you have said here makes you out to look like a very disgusting person.

 

don't know how this thing works so just writing to say that last response was NOT to the blogger but addressed to Pim Art AMSTERDAM.

that was as far as i got before steam came out my ears and i could not see straight.

thanks
 

This war was a mistake, a lie and an agression. Young boys and girls die for what? Let oil lords earn a little much? I'm sure they don't give a f*** about Iraqi people, or coalition soldiers. Money, money, money... World doesn't need a peace imposed by weapons of destruction, but shared, with dialogue and respect.

To see you and others gives me hope, and I know that the fight is not over.

Take care.

Ced

 

War Games

Who shot the first rocket
really doesn't matter does it?

Who suffered the first casualty?
the answer doesn't flatter, does
it?

How much blood's been splattered?
in the air is chit chatter, codes and
doors shut tight, locked forever closed
well to the public for sure

Leaders leading us in the wrong direction
taking no constructive criticism, hearing no
objections, families being torn apart, how can
we tell the difference between two exposed hearts?

Flags folded neatly, words chosen carefully, discretely
sons lost in the mayhem, daughters never to be seen
again, the cause has yet to be defined, while the
lives and limbs disappear, from roadside mines

The news report 65 souls in one month alone, why
isn't that enough to bring them home? how can
they fight and win, that which they can't see, would
our leaders deploy their children? ask and see

Oil, oh did I mention Oil? Is there any honesty left
in this world? a Pandora's box has been unleashed
too much grief from Iraq's streets, what a crooked
hand we were dealt, is this war all about wealth?

Shame on those who know it is, have they ever thought
about those who died, probably wanted to live? I know
it's not politically correct to say these things, yet we desperately
need a change, because let's face it, no one wins at "War Games"


Poet:Tina Marie Clark
Copyright: 2007
lyricistleo59@yahoo.com
 

On the 20^th day of March,..:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O />

in the year 20003,

I saw a world change forever,

from the way it used to be.

When I saw you Mr.President

smiling on TV,

as you strangled the life

out of diplomacy,

on our last day of peace

as you drive for supremacy.

and since that day in 2003,

in a world changed forever

let me tell you what I see !

I see ordinary people

doing everyday things,

trying to cope the best they can

with the pain that life brings,

but I see on  different faces

grave concern for different races,

I see my friends in deep discussions

about shock and awe,

and of the possible repercussions.

For since that day in 2003,

in a world changed forever,

through the power of TV,

I see you Mr.President,

And what do I see?

I see death and destruction

on your road to liberty,

I see mountains of rubble

where great cities used to be,

I see a burning ring of fire

where fierce fighting there will be,

I see helicopters diving

on desert, land and sea,

I see troops firing live rounds and hollering with glee,

I see white flashes in the green light

 where the dark night used to be,

I see black clouds over an orange sky

where buildings burn and people die!

And since that day in 2003

in a world changed forever,

for you and for me !

I see ordinary people

living everyday life,

taking the good with the bad

putting up with the strife,

I see children of all ages

in laughter or in rages,

I see men and women

joking or arguing over some triviality,

I see real people, living real lives

the way it ought to be.

And then I see Mr. President,

and what do I see?

I see bandaged babies in ..:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 />Baghdad

screaming when dreaming should be,

I see a man on fire being burnt alive

in this most gruesome show of reality,

I see prisoners of war with terrified eyes

like deer in the lights or lambs to the slaughter,

I see journalists wearing combat suits and gas masks

I see a father mourn his only son,

a mother grieve her daughter,

I see a four star army general

use overwhelming force on humanity,

I see sharp suited businessmen

trying to shape our destiny,

I see a world and it's people trying

to find out who's telling the truth,

and who's lying,

as we sit back and watch others dying!

For since that day in 2003,

in a world changed forever,

with chaos in the city,

I see you Mister,

and what do I see?

I see Presidents and TV stations ratings soar,

as they act out their calculated money driven war,

I see anti-war protesters face the full force of the law,

I see a war machine deemed illegal,

driven by a bulldog, being led by an eagle,

I see the beginning of fierce resistance,

to their liberation insistence,

I see the road to freedom littered

with bodies and debris,

while a weary world looks on

at what may be the dawn of world war three?

and everywhere I look,

I see you Mr.President

but you don't see me,

no you don't see me.

© Marty Mulligan 2003

 

oops, i just saw that this was an e-mail to you!!! ha!!!  either way, i give much kudos.
 

i am so glad for you, that you were stong enough to do that.  i used to know i man that is now in the army.  i say 'used to' because there is not one ounce of that man in him due to the army, and what it has put him through.  i often think deep down, he feels the way you do, but feels too trapped to do anything about it.  hearing your story gives me hope though.  i don't know, i just wanted to say 'good for you', and thanks for the add.
 

It's funny how those who are put on the front lines to supposedly protect our freedoms are expected to give up theirs.

I have the utmost respect for our brothers and sisters in uniform wherever they may be in this troubled world of ours. Theirs is a terrible job. But "job" it is... and when an "employee" becomes morally incapable of doing their job, don't they have the right to quit?

Maybe it's not just a job... maybe it's a cult.

(please don't respond with the counter-attacks that this type of behaviour will endanger our interests and those of the armed forces if soldiers are allowed to just leave when they feel like it or that this type of comment is "disrespectful" or "unpatriotic"... there are always extenuating circumstances and there are processes set up to deal with them - ie a soldier should not be allowed to abandon his/her post during action because it puts others in direct danger and therefore causes "damage" to the "business" - my comments here are merely to get people to think a little... and offer up my own human - and therefore inherently flawed - opinions. Thanks for reading this far.)

 

Your bravery is important and inspiring.
Best Wishes.
 

I think the manipulating Reasons of bringing the War to the Muslims, like to catch Hussein or his sons, are good but they arent the main reasons... The U.S got the Chance to stop Saddam during and after the firt Golf War, and they didnt take their chance. Now, why?, because they known that Saddam Hussein  would maybe can be usefull for them. Usefull for what, if he was a Murder in a million times? To be able to go into the Iraq with a Peaceful reason, with help behind them from the manipulated or corrupt UN, to take their Oil..... Oil is the only Reason for Mr. "Ape"  Bush, if there werent any interesting or Moneymaking things to get he wouldn´t take a sec. to think about wether he want to help him, because he won`t.

Please ignore my bad bad language ;)

Greetings from Colonia, (Germany) Nice Evening alltogether.

 

i'm proud of you with tears in my eyes at the same time
 

<P>aaha..I thought so too..I wanna know more about that from you.I am sure I can trust you more than watching the news that just show only one sides.It's might not true.</P><P>I will add you though..seek the truth..</P>
 

I have seen a few postings in regard to this blog that were a bit stimulating to me. Especially the ones who believe that I was afraid or a quitter. If you would like to contact me I would be more than happy to explain what really took place. I would not want anyone to base a decision on just a few sentences. Thank you for using your voice though.

Dennis
 

wowow!!!!! you shouldn't have ever joined then.......do you realize that the military is the REASON that you can say STUPID THINGS LIKE THIS?????? WE give you the freedom to say stupid stuff like this, yea war isn't the best way to go but without it we WOULDN'T HAVE THE FREEDOM THAT WE DO. you are a truly sad person and may god have mercy on your soul......
 

I congratulate Dennis on his courage to stand up for his beliefs. I do have a little problem with his waiting for the proverbially sh*t to hit the fan. It sounds a little bit like he wants his cake and eat it to. So long as the military offered him the benefits of income, training, travel, etc., it was okay. But, as soon as the military crossed the bounds of his personal beliefs, then all of a sudden it is - get me off this ship.

When you have a belief, you need to be firm and consistent in the application of it. To be inconsistent, does not reflect well on character. I realize, that some people may not wake up to the reality of killing someone else until placed into that position. It that was the case, then taking the steps that you took to preserve your newly enlightened state of mind took courage. Only Dennis can answer for himself the truth. I am not one to judge his actions, as I have never been in his position.
 

How can you enforce abroad something you do not have at home?



650,000 dead Iraqis and counting...



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This post seems to have created much fire!! I think it was an honorable act to share this. People may well get scared and want to run; is it ant wonder when faced with the atrocities of war. I believe that in a situation like this a person may well wake up to what is really happening; is it then not possible to change your direction and realize that you no longer believe in the reason you are there. It's a shame that the world leaders manipulate people into believing in all sorts of things that are not real. Propaganda serves it's own purposes but it is rarely one that serves truth. I don't believe all I have read about the Muslim leader or about the Taliban. I know that if you asked a common man from any country there views would be different. I don't believe any one enjoys extremes in religion but many of us do not live under these circumstances so cannot really judge how many have no choice but to follow; it's follow or death. Realistically; WHICH WOULD YOU CHOOSE. THANKYOU FOR THIS HEARTFELT SCRIPT. I WISH YOU PEACE IN WHATEVER PATH YOU CHOOSE TO FOLLOW NOW. AS THE PRESENT IS WHAT COUNTS AND YOU HAVE CHOSEN TO TRY TO MAKE YOUR OWN AMENDS FOR YOUR PART BY SHARING THIS.X.
 

LET ME JUST ADD.....that the freedom you have today is because there were men that believed that having and keeping liberty may cost you your life to preserve it for others. the compassion and peace that preserve the love of liberty are protected by those who put exactly that in the way of evil men who would crush it under foot. it is extemely boyish and foolish to think that to close your eyes to EVIL in this world is an effective means to bringing peace to the earth. the same spirit that controlled the HITLER's of history continues to search for souls that are willing to crush the good things in the human spirit in all of humanity. and it is up to the MEN who will stand firm and not hide in a closet in thier minds to protect exactly those things you hold dear. it is immature and dangerous for you to predispose yourself to think that your TRUTH is THE TRUTH and believe me when THE TRUTH appears, HE JESUS is not coming to be compassionate to those who were evil to others but as scripture says," He did not come to bring peace, but a sword!" since you have never had children, and do not know the passion of a FATHER, to protect them with your life! you are in no place to speak about TRUTH as you are still a BOY! i am not trying to offend you, but get the dust out of your eyes boy and grow UP! it is exactly this kind of cowardess that is infecting our culture that threatens our very existence as a nation under God. coupled with the LIE that you can live anyway you see fit as long as you love and desire peace. God's laws are irrevacable and He made them very clear.
Yes war is not pretty, and should never be exalted as a place of glory, maybe you should try going to the middle east and trying out your compassion on those muslims who hate you with a tangeable HATE! and see how you fare in that place without the MARINES to protect you from thier beheading of your body!!!
from Ryon with love
 

For the last poster: Let me educate you, since yes, your statement is made with extreme ignorance. First, I DID go to the middle east and I DID try out my compassion on the people of the middle east.For the last six month deployment I lived on the roads of Iraq wihtout a loaded weapon. Second, I do HAVE children. And third, freedom has absolutely nothing to do with material freedom. Thats why when some very small minded people decided to lock me up( which I see no harm or fault in except to themselves) I was still absolutely free. No man or government can every take your freedom...you give it away. And as far as being a boy and needing to grow up, I hope I do have the mentality of a child for they are much more in touch than a world that places palm pilots about human treatment of others. The problem lies in the military giving a bunch of children weapons and then telling them because they can cowardly hide behind a weapon and shoot another they are men.Look around you, you are surrounded by 30 year mental children. Oh, and by the way, it was in the desert when I took off my uniform, and guess what, 90% of my unit backed me.WHY? Because they knew it was right, and a few even stated the only reason they weren't doing the same is because they didn't haVE THE COURAGE.Being a MAN has little to do with a weapon, it has everything to do with moral conviction...if at all BEING A MAN matters. Sounds like another brainwashing term to let children think they HAVE to do ANYTHING. My freedom rests inside myself.You can neither take it nor grant it.

I hope you dont take this harshly, I am not trying to "snap" back, I do respect your opinion...but I do think you should understand the whole situation. Be easy brother.

 

Thank you for having the courage to stand for the truth.

http://www. ivaw. org/
I believe there's so much other fellow soldiers can learn from you.

wish you the best and welcome back home.

 

Maybe the people have to become the leaders...
 

This man deserves a medal!!!!
 

If we were all like you guys, we would be speaking German or Japanese right now. Every country and all of the Democrats saw the reconnaissance and they all agreed that an invasion was necessary. If you impeach Bush, you have to get rid of the rest of them too. If he had used the excuse of getting rid of a Genocidal Bastard, no one would have a leg to stand on now would they? If Gore had actually won the election in 2000, everyone would be praising him right now for the vindication of 9/11.
Do you all know for a fact that the supposed WMDs aren't in Syria or Iran? Are you willing to bet your life or your child's life on it?

I remember when I was 18 and I was intelligent enough to know that I wasn't signing the line to get my school paid for or to make extra cash for one weekend a month and two weeks a year. Don't give me that shit about our young men not knowing. I also saw the comment about staying out of WWII and, if you look at the history books closely, you will find out that Roosevelt used that wussy kinda talk during his campain, to keep all the mothers happy in America, and it nearly cost us our liberty. It is a mixed blessing the Japanese attacked us and drug us into the war. It might have been to late if we had waited.
Possibly a false flag strategy by our wussy president then?

Remember the torture our fellow americans went through on 9/11. They need vindication.

 

I find it extremely interesting that you were born on my birthday, and then in my state of residence, CO, you were given birth to your freedom. I am completely agaisnt violence as well as an artist. I do think that God's plan has us working together for peace. I will email you as well.