13. The "fiercest fighting" multiplies by the week
And every time I hear that a marine is killed, I hope to God my phone doesn't ring with the bad news that my friend's 18 year-old son was one of them.
He joined after 9/11 thinking he was fighting the terrorists who killed 3000 Americans. At 18 he felt it was his duty to fight back. Like so many people, 9/11 was a defining moment for him.
Now he wants to know why the hell he is in Iraq fighting armed 15 year olds and ripping apart civilian's homes. If these people are the enemy in Iraq, who are we there to 'liberate'?
Saudis were flying those planes on September 11. Why are they still our 'friends'?
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