who are being FORCED to serve in iraq don't want to go. one man said, 'it's a death sentence'. well think about how our armed forces feel...............WE SHOULD NOT BE THERE. CIVILIANS OR MILITARY.
Envoys Resist Forced Iraq Duty
Top State Dept. Officials Face Angry Questions
By Karen DeYoung Washington Post Staff Writer
Uneasy U.S. diplomats yesterday challenged senior State Department officials in unusually blunt terms over a decision to order some of them to serve at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad or risk losing their jobs.
At a town hall meeting in the department's main auditorium attended by hundreds of Foreign Service officers, some of them criticized fundamental aspects of State's personnel policies in Iraq. They took issue with the size of the embassy -- the biggest in U.S. history -- and the inadequate training they received before being sent to serve in a war zone. One woman said she returned from a tour in Basra with post-traumatic stress disorder only to find that the State Department would not authorize medical treatment..................
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Yesterday I read that private security contractors were being paid big money to guard US ARMY transports and supply trucks.
It's either so dangerous over there that it's too violent for our military to handle - - OR - - they're funneling millions into the hands of private corporatists through a false facade of war.
I think I know the answer.
if you and i know the answer, why not everyone else? why not raise our voices?
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