A Letter from Hell

[umkhonto]

The truth is coming home:


Bucklew’s e-mails from Iraq had been growing worse, according to his uncle. The last e-mail Smith received said: “this is a letter from hell.”

“Personally, I see no use for the war,” Smith said. “This country shouldn’t be starting wars, we should be defending ourselves and others. I think all these boys should be sent home.”

http://www.denverpost.com/Stories/0,1413,36~11676~1741646,00.html

RIP.

[trotsky]

1. Oh man

That's tough to read. How tragic.

[arcane1]

2. what a good, and depressing, article

welcome to DU! :hi:

[bamademo]

3. This is so heartbreaking

I don't know how much longer * can continue to blow sunshine at our nether regions and expect people to believe him.

[atreides1]

6. "How Much Longer, As Long As The Sheep Do Nothing"

He can do it for as long as the American sheep allow him to, and the corporate media keep spinning it for him, in other words forever.

No one outside of this and other sites like it, care, they like Dimson's mom don't want their beautiful minds clouded by the signs of death and despair.

It will have to take one journalist who doesn't care if they will lose their job, to report the truth about what is really happening.
But that would require courage, something that those working for FOX, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, and CBS do not possess

[Westegg]

7. sheep

Good luck finding a major network journalist who doesn't care about losing his/her job. They wouldn't be where they are today if they didn't know how to play the insidious game---and didn't WANT to play it.

Let's take a look at this brief excerpt from a Walter Cronkite bio, concerning Vietnam in 1968:

"However, returning from Vietnam after the Tet offensive Cronkite addressed his massive audience with a different perspective. 'It seems now more certain than ever,' he said, 'that the bloody experience of Vietnam is a stalemate.' He then urged the government to open negotiations with the North Vietnamese. Many observers, including presidential aide Bill Moyers speculated that this was a major factor contributing to President Lyndon B. Johnson's decision to offer to negotiate with the enemy and not to run for President in l968. "

Worth noting that, while Walter went out on a limb there, he did NOT lose his job. Why? Because he was too popular. Not with the network. With the people. There's simply no one like him today. What, Dan Rather's going to say something and it's gonna register with America?

[newyawker99]

8. Hi Westegg!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[Clark Can WIN]

4. Oh God that hurts

I would be out of my mind too. I'm glad the family is speaking out against this evil war.

[Clark Can WIN]

5. dupe