A Soldier's View of the War

I have not blogged about the war because it is a sensitive topic among my friends and family and heated discussion usually ensues. Also, I have purposefully avoided criticisms of other candidates, as I see my job as highlighting Dr. Paul's views, and letting you make up your own mind by encouraging you to do the research yourself.

Please understand that I will continue to respect both of those. So to all you Huckabee fans on my list, I am not bashing Huckabee, more just pointing out Ron Paul. I disagree with Huckabee on policy issues, but feel that he is probably a good man. We just have different views on the role of Government especially in Foreign Policy.

So about the war, I am not a veteran, and I have not served in the miliary, so I have no basis to spout opinion, so I look to those that have served to ask them what their opinions are. In doing research about veterans and Ron Paul, I found this page on their official website. It lists veterans who are supporting Ron Paul. It seems to be growing by the day. To me that says more than anything else. Last I checked they were at 350, and it has only been up for less than a week.

RonPaul2008.com - Veterans

So as I said above, I do not want to share my opinion of the war, but the opinion of a soldier that recently returned from Iraq with you.

Like anything on the internet, it could be faked but I don't believe this is. Here is the bio he lists on his page (misspellings included):

Some have questioned my authenticity, but I am not a fake. I have recently returned from a 14 month deployment in Iraq and am now on reservist status. The purpose of this video is to express my frustration like many soldiers about the discrepancies between my experience in Iraq and the perception that the everaga citizen holds. More than ever, citizens must understand the situation in Iraq. Peace.

Note that there is foul language at around 4:30 into the clip.



Wars are horrible horrible things, and it is easy for us over here, who are sacrificing so little, to talk about grand ideas and morals for our troops and their missions, but instead we need to hush, and listen to them. Every soldier lost or injured is a family changed forever.