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[Donovan Arnold]

Ms. Kraut,

I am sure that many, if not most, people in Iraq want
us to stay there and appreciate our efforts, money,
and resources. I am also sure our compassionate
soldiers want to help and stay to help their brothers
in arms, even ones injured. We should be so fortunate
to have such men and women defending us.

I think it is great that people living in mud huts are
now free to watch the Disney Channel on satellite TV
too.

However, the issue here, at least for me anyway, is
that our boys and girls are dying, in another country
that did not attack ours, 1/2 way across the world,
for reasons unclear to most the country.

Our country should give support, in terms of
resources, time, and money. But giving OUR youth's
life and blood is not acceptable for the change of
regime in ANOTHER country that is no threat to the US.


We should only ask our boys and girls in uniform to
give their lives when the US is in imminent danger.

We should not just send our boys and girls to die for
any nation that does not have a constitutional
democracy or under a dictatorship.

We need to stop making excuses and false
justifications to send our troops off to die, and
start looking at the reasons to keep them here, alive,
and in one piece.

Unlike some others, I do not question your commitment
to doing what you believe to be right, God, to our
nation, your patriotism, and endless willingness to
support our troops. However, I think you are wrong on
this issue, and I think supporting this war is simply
dragging out the quagmire and will not effect the
outcome in Iraq, just how many US lives are lost.

Take Care,

Donovan J Arnold 




--- Pat Kraut <pkraut at moscow.com> wrote:

> I had a fascinating talk with a soldier who is home
> from Iraq on Saturday
> about how things really are in Iraq. I had heard a
> talk show host quote the
> Brookings institute stats and found them to see how
> they correlate with the
> soldier experience.
> One of the things the soldier told me was that there
> are mud homes in Iraq
> that look like they've been there 400 years and
> recently they have satillite
> dishes on them. I found this good news. Not that
> they may just be watching
> reruns of Dallas but that they may be watching the
> BBC, CNN, Fox or anything
> other than Al Jezera(spelling?). I was informed that
> they are and that in
> Kirkuk where he is working the people are very aware
> of why we are there and
> have no desire for us to leave soon. But, the
> children and the teens are the
> most encouraging part of his interworking with the
> people. The zealot
> muslums are oppresive to everyone and the children
> and teens know it. They
> want freedom and they know that the strict muslums
> don't offer it. I have
> also heard this about children and teens in Iran
> from people who work there.
> I don't know if any of you have had a chance to talk
> to soldiers or those
> who work for NGO's that are actually working in the
> area but I have learned
> a lot from them that you never see in the major
> news. But, blogs and other
> sites have the truth.
> As an example: how many of you know that the counter
> rally in Crawford was
> attended by many parents of dead soldiers. Did
> anyone read in any news
> report or see any photo of the father removing the
> cross that Sheehan and
> Moveon.org have put up in Crawford?
> I bet not!
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I can't be a Republican...I have always been
> gainfully employed!
> 
>
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