"NYC XYZ" <jack_foreigner@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Come on, you honestly never came across some real criminals during your
> TIS?
Ran across lots of them. Some criminals were quite useful when the unit
needes something. Some were just dangerous to have around. It all
depended
on your current needs.
>
>>From a moral POV I condemn them, but from a practical POV, well, why
> not use them as sandbags?
>
> The main reason I got out was because I saw enough assholes to know I
> did not want to wind up in a war with them. Imagine having repug
> chickenhawks like rush, bush, cheney, wolfowitz, feif, and pearle for
> comrades-in-arms.
You could have the Demos like Teddy, Kerry and a bunch of others. I don't
have to wonder why Kerry ETS'd early on with all those medals. 3 purples,
1
Silver and get the dangerous SOB away from everyone else. Of course, the
only way that Teddy would be lethal is if he were in Trans****ation.
I met more that were damned fine to have around than those that weren't.
>
> But PVT Watt really exemplifies Army Values here. Maybe I'm a
> pessimist, but I did not think there were enough like him around.
>
> I used to wonder of many fellow soldiers: what America did they grow up
> in??
>
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/07/world/middleeast/07cnd-iraq.html?pagewanted=2&ei=5087%0A&en=774a8e36af5211e1&ex=1155182400
>
>
> EXCERPTS
>
> "We'd come through hell with each other, and there were a lot of good
> men who died," Private Watt testified.
>
> "And this happened -- for what? We're just trying to do a little
> good over here," he said, describing his decision to alert his
> superiors about his suspicions that members of his own platoon were
> involved, "and it had to be done."
>
> ...
>
> "I wanted to see if I could confirm my suspicions that there were more
> people involved," Private Watt testified. "I believed there were
> American forces involved."
>
> Private Watt first re****ted his suspicions to a combat stress team in
> Mahmudiya, describing a need to learn the truth of the matter and the
> disillusion that followed.
>
> "Investigation is not my job," he said under cross-examination by
> Specialist Barker's military lawyer today. "But if something went
> down - something terrible like that - then it's my obligation to
> come forward."
>
> Private Watt added: "I find out that guys in my squad, guys I trusted
> with my life, are allegedly responsible for one of the most brutal
> rapes-slash-murders I've ever seen."
>
> Eventually, he said, he grew uneasy about working with the accused
> soldiers at traffic checkpoints, flashpoints for violence often
> directed at stationary American soldiers. "Everyone has a weapon and
> grenades," he said, referring to his fellow soldiers at such
> checkpoints.
>
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