Appeal for redress

A couple of months ago the media made a big deal about an appeal for redress from about a thousand service members asking the US to leave Iraq. The Appeal For Courage website from the previous post now has over 900 signatures barely more than a week after it was started. It will be interesting to follow this to see how it is played in the media. Do troops that support the Iraq war count as much as those who oppose it? We will see.

Calling all grunts, jarheads, swabbies and wing wipers

From BlackFive's website, here is a link to a group af active duty soldiers trying to get our feelings out to Congress and the American people. I was number 138 to sign the petition, and I will be putting up flyers around Al Asad, Camp Korean Village and Al Taqquadam. I strongly encourage all active duty military to sign up and help this along.

Fed up

That's it, I am fed up with every member of the US Senate. The disgusting display of politics this past ten days is worse than I ever believed possible. No matter what side of the aisle, 100 men and women spent the last week dithering and pontificating about a military plan they have no intention or ability to change. All the while they have been providing the enemy with sound bites to show each other how close we are to turning tail and running from Iraq and Islamic terrorism. You would think I should be able to find 99 other soldiers here in Iraq from 49 other states to run for the Senate and boot everyone of these cowards out of office. I really can't express how disgusting this is.