Soldiers face real ‘die-in’ daily in Iraq
- Posted by Beth on April 10th, 2005 filed in General, Support the Troops
I found this gem over at Sworn Enemy (see? I told you they ought to be on your reading list):
Soldiers face real ‘die-in’ daily in Iraq - a letter to the editor of Ohio University’s student-run newspaper:
Letter to the Editor
It’s a shame that I’m here in Iraq with the Marines right now and not back at Ohio University completing my senior year and joining in blissful ignorance with the enlightened, war-seasoned protesters who participated in the recent “die-in” at College Gate. It would appear that all the action is back home, but why don’t we make sure? That’s right, this is an open invitation for you to cut your hair, take a shower, get in shape and come on over! If Michael Moore can shave and lose enough weight to fit into a pair of camouflage utilities, then he can come too!
Make sure you all say your goodbyes to your loved ones though, because you won’t be seeing them for at least the next nine months. You need to get here quick because I don’t want you to miss a thing. You missed last month’s discovery of a basement full of suicide vests from the former regime (I’m sure Saddam’s henchmen just wore them because they were trendy though). You weren’t here for the opening of a brand new school we built either. You might also notice women exercising their new freedom of walking to the market unaccompanied by their husbands.
There is a man here, we just call him al-Zarqawi, but we think he’d be delighted to sit down and give you some advice on how you can further disrespect the victims of Sept. 11 and the 1,600 of America’s bravest who have laid down their lives for a safer world. Of course he’ll still call you “infidel” but since you already agree that there is no real evil in the world, I see no reason for you to be afraid. Besides, didn’t you say that radical Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance?
I’m warning you though -it’s not going to be all fun and games over here. You might have bad dreams for the next several nights after you zip up the body bag over a friend’s disfigured face. I know you think that nothing, even a world free of terror for one’s children, is worth dying for, but bear with me here. We’re going to live in conditions you’ve never dreamt about. You should get here soon though, because the temperatures are going to be over 130 degrees very soon and we will be carrying full combat loads (we’re still going to work though). When it’s all over, I promise you can go back to your coffee houses and preach about social justice and peace while you continue to live outside of reality.
If you decide to decline my offer, then at least you should sleep well tonight knowing that men wearing black facemasks and carrying AK-47s yelling “Allahu Akbar” over here are proud of you and are forever indebted to you for advancing their cause of terror. While you ponder this, I’ll get back to the real “die-in” over here. I don’t mind.
-Marc Fencil, a senior majoring in political science, criminology and Spanish, is currently serving in Iraq.
Here’s what one of the protesters said:
“I was born in America, and I can honestly say I’m not proud to be an American,” Harris said. “People, they are proud, but they have to know it’s my duty; it’s my privilege to question a lot of what our government’s doing.”
Get this straight, hon…it’s your privilege BECAUSE you are an American. You OUGHT to be proud of your privilege that you have as an American. Asshat.
Also via Mike (Sworn Enemy), check out this blog from an Army infantryman in Iraq: This Is Your War, if you haven’t yet seen it and blogrolled him!
UPDATE: SEE THIS POST at The Rantings of a Sandmonkey - from someone who sees the war in Iraq for what it’s really about.
The Sandmonkey says:
You know, it is kinda curious how the american left seems to be concerned about supporting everyone else but the american soldiers. I think it’s because they view them as “uneducated stupid ignorant psycho brutes” who want to kill “innocent foreigners” for no reason. See, it’s ok if the american soldier dies on the hand of an iraqi terrorist; after all he signed up for this and the iraqis have the right to defend themselves against “foreign imperialistic aggression”. Not many of them maintain the same attitude once they encounter a terrorist act themselves or are affected by one directly. It has an amazing effect of waking them up from their fanatsy world of how the whole world would love the US if it stops fighting those “unnecessary wars” and didn’t vote for Bush. I usually find their delusions cute.
Speaking of that ,check out my latest post where i tackle a classic leftie delusion. you know, the one about how the Iraq war is fought over Oil? I love that one. Don’t you?
The Point says:
Patriotism
Quoting a quote from MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy“I was born in America, and I can honestly say I’m not proud to be an American,” Well, I can relate. I could very well say
Gun-Toting Liberal says:
But those poeple (protesters) aren’t “liberals” by the true definition of the word, they are twisted, anti-American, communist SKUNKS. There is a difference, you know.