He's a member of the famed 82nd Airborne. Read the essay he just published. Then ask yourself why we have an increasing number of low-level soldiers willing to risk their careers by speaking out - and they are risking their careers, this guy is going to be in serious trouble - while his bosses, his commanders on the ground, his commanders at the Pentagon don't have the courage to say boo. Yes, a number of retired generals have spoken out about the war, but nobody active duty that I can recall. The arm-chair generals, with David Petraeus in the lead, don't want to risk their careers by telling Bush and the American people the truth about the situation in Iraq. While the troops these commanders are sending to their deaths for a lost cause suffer no such fear of the truth. It's an amazing contrast.
My name is Donald Hudson Jr. I have been serving our country’s military actively for the last three years. I am currently deployed to Baghdad on Forward Operating Base Loyalty, where I have been for the last four and a half months.I omitted the portion about him watching his roommate die in flames - read the entire piece.
I came here as part of the first wave of this so called "troop surge", but so far it has effectively done nothing to quell insurgent violence. I have seen the rise in violence between the Sunni and Shiite. This country is in the middle of a civil war that has been on going since the seventh century.
Why are we here when this country still to date does not want us here? Why does our president’s personal agenda consume him so much, that he can not pay attention to what is really going on here?
....I would just like to know what is the true reason we are here? This country poses no threat to our own. So why must we waste the lives of good men on a country that does not give a damn about itself? Most of my friends here share my views, but do not have the courage to say anything.
