Memoirs written in prose of Sergeant Robertson, Damon M. USMC while in Iraq | ...with frequent appearances of King Hammurabi.
If you are new to this journal, make sure to start reading in chronological order by scrolling down to the bottom of the oldest post in October 2004. Damon's letters from August 20th, 2004 - October 23rd, 2004 were all added to this blog on Oct. 23rd, 2004. All subsequent letters are posted in real time.
Saturday, October 23, 2004
Hmm. Yeah, Dear Everyone: I almost forgot. Someone asked me if we were actually getting to vote this time around, since most of us didn't get to last time (wonderful how the "defenders of freedom" the politicians tout to no end got SHAFTED last time the elecitons came around and didn't get our absentee ballots in time to actually have our votes count). Yeah, we should get them. I don't know if they'll get back in time. They always *try*. Another question: which way are we voting? Most of us think Kerry is a, well, "loser" is a polite and unexplicit way of putting it. Anyone who goes into a combat zone, spends four months there, gets three purple hearts, and comes home spreading lies about the atrocities supposedly commited by US forces ... hm. Generally not so okay in our book. "gee, Damon. but Bush is the one who sent you and your friends over there to get shot at by muslim extremists." Remember that Kerry wants to add 40,000 more of us to the mix over here. I really do think that man believes this is Viet Nam 2, the sequel, and that yes, *HE* can win it by doing the same stupid things his predecessors did. *add more troops *handicap those troops by asking them to fight, and I QUOTE, a "more sensitive war." If any of you can inform me as to how I can be more sensitive when I put a 5.56mm hole in a man's body, go ahead and let me know. The again, where was that button on the side of my grenade that turned it to "vibrate and tickle" mode instead of "Kill Everything Within 30 ft."? ... Personally, I find myself inexplicably offended when I see the debates, hear the rhetoric about "our brave troops" and all this jack about "freedom" and particularly about the "Defense of our nation." It's an inexplicable offense. Don't ask me to explain it. I'm still eye-ball deep in the situation and may not ever find a way to express my frustration adequately. oh well. that's why there's such good services to support veterans of warfare in our country. (smile wryly. Yes, that was sarcasm). have a nice day. ;D
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