Soldiers Are Speaking Out

A Soldier Speaks Out

A must read. Here's a tiny bit:

Stationed in the area of the Baghdad Airport at the time of President Bush’s Thanksgiving 2003 visit to the troops there, he also recounts that on the day before the president’s visit, the troops were given a questionnaire that asked them whether they “supported the president.” Those who did not declare their support with sufficient enthusiasm were not permitted to take part in the Thanksgiving meal, and had to make do with MREs (meals ready to eat, referred to by the soldiers as “meals refused by Ethiopians”) in their quarters.

This interview offers a rare, unfiltered report from a first-hand participant in the invasion and ongoing occupation of Iraq.

Care to listen?

Friday's Democracy Now! features two stories that might be of interest to my readers.

• Family of Slain Soldier Calls Bush WMD Jokes "Disgraceful"



• Navy Public Affairs Officer Who Worked in Iraq Condemns President Bush & The U.S. Invasion

Of course, there is the engaging Karen Kwiatkowski as well.