I was interviewed by Fox News yesterday about the closed door sessions that transpired earlier this week. Certain questions asked were:

“Do I think that the troops feel bad that the senate now doubts the case for war?”

“Do I think the probe into the case for war is over due?”

“Do I think it’s owed to the family’s who have lost loved ones to have a probe?”

Well the call lasted for about 45 minutes. I told the reporter a lot of things that have affected me personally about this war, how I feel about it coming from a citizen-soldier. However I kept telling the reporter that really the troops on ground don’t give a flying leap about what the hell the senate is doing. In war, you are there to survive and you care for you brothers in arms. I said to her at one point that no soldier is going to run to the head shrink and cry because the senate can’t make up their mind about the war. Or even if they doubt the war, it doesn’t really affect the outcome of what we (soldiers) do on ground. The senate should focus on giving our military a higher pay raise then the measly 3% hike. They should ensure we have better equipment, no soldier should ever have to buy his/her stuff.

I told her that I think the senate has way too much time on their hands to be bickering about what the case for war was or wasn’t. I said at one point that I’m wondering if the senate is trying to impeach our president because some facts in the case for war were never proven. What the senate should be focusing on is where we are at right now. All the strides, leaps and bounds of where we have brought Iraq to now. Who gives a crap if we didn’t find WMD’s or Yellow Cake? Part of the case for war was the fact that we were going to free Iraqi’s of oppression and you dam well better believe we did that. We have empowered the Iraqi’s to a point where they are writing their own constitution, they are mending their country, they are progressing. We are serving a purpose and that is the important thing. A city councilman wrote to me the other day and in a response about how I feel when a person asks me about why we are in Iraq, he said this. “Why are we in Iraq, they had nothing to do with 9/11″, my reply is: “Why did we fight Hitler in WW2? He had nothing to do with Pearl Harbor.”

I hope the Fox News reporter writes this story in good taste. I emphasize this before I got off the phone. She said she would so we’ll see. The story should post in the next few days.

In closing my feeling about the war is this. We are there now; we will be there for a long time. I am a soldier who is of sane mind and I have volunteered in the past to go fight this war. I wouldn’t put my life on the line for something that I felt was not just. I do it for two reasons. The most important thing is to be there for other soldiers. The other is to be a part of the war that is fighting terrorism. Never do I want to see another 9/11!

Blackfive was also interviewed.

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On 9/8/04 I made a post about the 1000th person killed in Iraq. I was pissed and ranted about it and how the media were like sharks swimming around a piece of meat.

So now a little over a year later, another 1000 soldiers have just about perished in this war. The biggest headline is this hurricane, here, here & here. Seems that is the only thing of interest coming from the MSM.

However there were some other important pieces of news about the war today. As of today there is 1998 American soldiers who have died.

There was a significant attack on the Palestine Hotel that killed over 20 people. These are not confirmed numbers.

The Iraqi constitution votes are still being counted. Seems there is some opposition coming from the Sunni’s. Seems they fear that the Shiites and Kurds are going to gain too much power as a result of this constitution.

So if the MSN won’t post it, then I will. I mean we all can’t be sharks in this pool can we? Mind you, I had to do some digging to find news about Iraq today with the exception of Foxnews.

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So I was reading a headline on cnn.com this morning. Apparently they claim US Soldier’s burned the body’s of Taliban fighters. Hmm doesn’t war suck!? Wait, wasn’t it just about 4 years ago those ass-hats flew 2 planes into the WTC towers and killed a whole bunch of people?

Oh wait, we have to be compassionate towards terrorists now? Ummm, no! Terrorists don’t need to be treated like soldiers in an Army. They don’t fall under the Geneva Convention rules. So I wonder why CNN posts a news story. Well I can sum that up and answer my own question. It’s news and that’s what they are supposed to do.

It’s actually came from the AP. However, you won’t be finding this kind of crap on Fox news!!

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Today was my first day back to work in over 3 weeks. I drove in and it felt so different. I had been home for over a week but something about was off. I got in and found my way to my office. Turned on my computers and began my day. For about an hour I sat there completely unproductive. I sorted through about 150 emails. I quickly made a mental note to add an out of office note the next time I go away. Then I thought about a Soldier who was in my last unit. Before the unit was getting ready to go, I took this kid under my wing. If you all remember a soldier who I made a post about earlier this year.

Well he was seriously injured in Iraq about a month ago. He is apparently at Walter Reed now. I want to make the trip to see him. It’s a matter of trying to find out what room he is in.

I’ve been haunted by his injury because this kid has potential. Even though he made a young mistake, he had the drive and courage to push through it.

So there I sat thinking about the kid and how I wish I could be there for him. Then I got distracted by some subtle conversation about New Orleans any my experience down there. The person I was talking to was going to be heading that way next month for some church thing. I just kept telling him to get use to people trying to take advantage and ask for too much. I’m sorry but a lot of the people dealt with there were assholes, lazy and greedy! There were the exceptional few but people literally demanded the food out of your rucksack.

The rest of the day was answering emails and making phone calls. The day was really boring but I made it through it. I got in my car in the late afternoon and aimed north. I made a stop to get a haircut and all was good.

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I think the Mayor of New Orleans, Ray Nagin is a fucking idiot!

He is a pebble in a pile of rocks, a pawn in a chess game. He follows suit only after it really makes sense. He is the blame for so many deaths in New Orleans. Down playing the storm and all that followed. He wanted to bring people back into the city. That city is not ready. I don’t know where he has been? I’ve seen it and experienced it. It wasn’t just a week ago that I was being shot at by looters. It wasn’t a week ago that I was arresting people who were trying to loot or sexually assualt women! I was bagging up bodys just a week ago!! What in the hell is this guy thinking?

Enough said.

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