Marine in Iraq: 'It's worse every day'

[GrapesOfWrath]

MIKEARGENTO
Thursday, October 14, 2004

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Jonathan, he said, was 100 percent dedicated to becoming a Marine.

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And it is there that the education of Lance Cpl. Jonathan Snyder really began.

His lessons culminated Sunday, when he was quoted in the Washington Post, saying, "Every day you read articles in the states when it's like 'Oh, it's getting better and better.' But when you're here, you know it's worse every day."

In July, his platoon ¡X the 81s, named for the size of its mortar rounds ¡X was deployed to Camp Iskandariyah, in Babil Province, about 30 miles southwest of Baghdad. The fighting there has been fierce, even though it's drowned out by headlines from places like Fallujah, Samarra and Sadr City. Since the Marines entered Babil Province, 102 of their ranks have been wounded. Four have been killed.

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Sherman said, "I don't blame those boys over there. They're doing their job. But the people who got us into this ..."

The people who got us into this.

You know who they are. They are the same people who told us we had to fear Saddam's weapons of mass destruction and his ties to the people who attacked us ¡X things that turned out to be fiction. They are the same people who are now saying they'll delay any large-scale military action in Iraq until after the election ¡X playing politics with the lives of guys like Jonathan Snyder.

http://ydr.com/story/mike/45086/

[grumpy old fart]

1. Bush disrespects the soldiers he's killing

http://www.commercialappeal.com/mca/opinion/article/0,1426,MCA_536_3252337,00.html

[DrWeird]

2. It's true.

So do the people that support him.

[Skittles]

4. hey grumpy old fart

Welcome! :hi:

by the way, we have a longtime poster here named "trof" (the retired old fart)

[IrateCitizen]

3. That's a powerful piece. It lays the blame on those who deserve it.

Sadly, it reminds me of the conversations that I had with many of the members of Iraq Veterans Against the War during the RNC convention. It's an unsettling sight seeing a grown man break down as he recounts an experience of pulling the trigger on an innocent civilian by mistake or talking about friends that didn't make it home.

Godspeed, Jonathan Snyder -- may you make it home safe. And then, hopefully you will join the ranks of those who have been in the military and are speaking out against this injustice.

http://www.ivaw.net