ENOUGH WITH THE GENERALS AND THE POLITICIANS WHO HIDE BEHIND THIER MEDALS:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/vet-a09.shtml
“I want to start hearing from E-5s and E-4s; I want to start hearing from boots-on-the-ground soldiers about their experiences,” he said. “I think that every experience in Iraq, no matter what the political views of that veteran, the stories themselves inherently expose this war. Take a story of a guy grabbing his buddy out of a burning Humvee, and that’s a story that tells you what this war is really about. These experiences have been completely left out of the debate.”
The former soldier said that if he had been asked to testify he would have spoken about experiences that opened his own eyes to the real character of the war.
“I would talk about hearing generals, up to and including Gen. George Casey, use the word ‘haji’ to talk about the Iraqis. I would talk about upper-echelon officers and their racist attitudes towards the people of Iraq, to whom we are supposed to be bringing ‘freedom.’”
Millard said that while he believes the war remains today as bad as it was when he was there three and a half years ago, the mood of the soldiers themselves has undergone a change.
“Most soldiers when I was there were against the war, but they couldn’t admit it,” he said. “And now, it’s like, after doing two or three tours, those who still support the war are in the minority.”
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Full Version: A Cenosred Voice: From Iraq Vets Against the War
QUOTE(Nathaniel Heidenheimer @ Apr 9 2008, 11:54 PM) 
ENOUGH WITH THE GENERALS AND THE POLITICIANS WHO HIDE BEHIND THIER MEDALS:
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/vet-a09.shtml
"I want to start hearing from E-5s and E-4s; I want to start hearing from boots-on-the-ground soldiers about their experiences," he said. "I think that every experience in Iraq, no matter what the political views of that veteran, the stories themselves inherently expose this war. Take a story of a guy grabbing his buddy out of a burning Humvee, and that's a story that tells you what this war is really about. These experiences have been completely left out of the debate."
The former soldier said that if he had been asked to testify he would have spoken about experiences that opened his own eyes to the real character of the war.
"I would talk about hearing generals, up to and including Gen. George Casey, use the word 'haji' to talk about the Iraqis. I would talk about upper-echelon officers and their racist attitudes towards the people of Iraq, to whom we are supposed to be bringing 'freedom.'"
Millard said that while he believes the war remains today as bad as it was when he was there three and a half years ago, the mood of the soldiers themselves has undergone a change.
"Most soldiers when I was there were against the war, but they couldn't admit it," he said. "And now, it's like, after doing two or three tours, those who still support the war are in the minority."
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/apr2008/vet-a09.shtml
"I want to start hearing from E-5s and E-4s; I want to start hearing from boots-on-the-ground soldiers about their experiences," he said. "I think that every experience in Iraq, no matter what the political views of that veteran, the stories themselves inherently expose this war. Take a story of a guy grabbing his buddy out of a burning Humvee, and that's a story that tells you what this war is really about. These experiences have been completely left out of the debate."
The former soldier said that if he had been asked to testify he would have spoken about experiences that opened his own eyes to the real character of the war.
"I would talk about hearing generals, up to and including Gen. George Casey, use the word 'haji' to talk about the Iraqis. I would talk about upper-echelon officers and their racist attitudes towards the people of Iraq, to whom we are supposed to be bringing 'freedom.'"
Millard said that while he believes the war remains today as bad as it was when he was there three and a half years ago, the mood of the soldiers themselves has undergone a change.
"Most soldiers when I was there were against the war, but they couldn't admit it," he said. "And now, it's like, after doing two or three tours, those who still support the war are in the minority."
We wouldn't want to hear what the troops [or IEDfodder] were actually seeing, doing, feeling, aware of! On the 'Grand Chessboard' only the Oligarchy, who move the 'pieces', 'count' or get airplay - along with their lies and propaganda proclamations - after all! The fact that the recent WinterSoldier hearings received almost ZERO mainstream media notice/mention, says it all. The Empire is still almost completely under the control of the Oligarchy; the People who are supposed to be in charge are only spectators - and lied-to ones, at that! If we [world citizens] don't almost immediately end the top-down system in almost all countries and institute a bottom-up model, we as a species are soon to be decimated by our own hubris, sadly, taking with us about half of the other species on the planet. The Internet is our last chance, and time is very short IMO.
Thanks for that Nathaniel. IIRC soldiers in Iraq were polled a few years ago and the vast majority were against the war. The supposedly left leaning media of course gave this very little attention.
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