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When Are We Going To Get Out Of Here?

Posted By por_alex On May 30, 2007 @ 10:31 pm In Urban Survival | Comments Disabled

The soldiers want to know when they can get out of Iraq ^[1]. That’s what they kept asking Sen. Joe Lieberman on his unannounced visit yesterday to the war torn country. Several soldiers said no progress is being made. They need more body armor. Their Humvees need armor, too.

What a prospect then to be one of the 110 National Guard soldiers ^[2] about to leave Oregon for the war.

What does it mean to go to a place where what you do has no purpose? Where you are being watched, observed to see when it makes sense to set off that explosive you just walked by?

I support these guys. But what a world they will soon face.

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[1] when they can get out of Iraq: http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/30/lieberman-iraq/

[2] 110 National Guard soldiers: http://www.salem-news.com/articles/may302007/oregon_iraq_053007.php

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