"I just wanna kick in doors and shoot at people" - soldier on CBC/CTV

ConcernedCanuk

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:50 PM
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"I just wanna kick in doors and shoot at people" - soldier on CBC/CTV

Edited on Tue Apr-13-04 04:58 PM by ConcernedCanuk

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That's what the "newbie" soldier in Iraq just said on CBC

Great

Just friggen great.

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hippiegranny

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:51 PM
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1. hey now...

... he is just trying to do his part to win hearts and minds.

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TeeYiYi

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:53 PM
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2. Gubernator . . . is that you? ....n/t

TYY

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ConcernedCanuk

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:56 PM
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6. There's your "represetantive" of the United States to the Iraqis.

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They are NOT peacekeepers -

and that line was DRILLED into that kid's head I'd bet.

USA wants killing

Not peace

Obviously.

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bloom

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Tue Apr-13-04 05:02 PM
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12. a 20 year old that I know

who just came back wounded, went over there with rage because of what had been going on in his family life over here.

To tell you the truth, I don't know how someone could survive in the military without blind rage. And I do mean blind. Senseless.

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BiggJawn

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Tue Apr-13-04 05:33 PM
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16. Does he still have his rage?

Or did most of it leak out along with his blood? I'm curious about what he thinks now.

Just glad he came back warm...

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booley

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:54 PM
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3. what did you expect?

the US soldiers are stressed and scared and the Military knows exactly how to use that bring into being a bloodthirsty rage.

The Iraqi people, meanwhile, are humiliated, still oprressed by thier "liberators" and forced to stand by whiel thier country is sol doff to the highest bidder. and it's not liek the US really ever helped the Iraqis before now either.

SO naturally they too are slowly being consumed by a nihilistic rage.

Which means both groups fight each other instead of the people who go them in this mess.

Am I the only one who is finding this all too depressing for words?

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bloom

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:56 PM
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7. "Am I the only one..."

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Steely_Dan

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Tue Apr-13-04 05:00 PM
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9. Not Alone

Booly...
I know how you feel. The most amazing thing to me is that so many people don't seem to really care that we are going down a completely wrong path.

The dynamics are changing in Iraq. The rules of engagement are being adhered to less and less. The mind starts to see the enemy as no longer human (on both sides).

There is a pattern of thinking...a progressive degeneration of reason. Few men can be under such stress for such long periods of time and NOT have their "reason" effected. What results can never be a good thing...all options are bad.

-Paige

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derby378

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:54 PM
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4. "Mommy...

...can I go out and KILL TONIGHT?!?"

(For all the Misfits/Samhain/Danzig fans on DU)

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Steely_Dan

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Tue Apr-13-04 05:02 PM
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11. Careful Derby

...you never know who is watching...it's that scary.

-Paige

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buycitgo

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:55 PM
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5. you just might want to attribute your quoite in the title.....freepers

love to quote stuff like that out of context as an example of how bloodthirsty we are here.

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ConcernedCanuk

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Tue Apr-13-04 04:59 PM
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8. good point - I'll keep that in mind in the future

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eleny

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Tue Apr-13-04 05:01 PM
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10. Just like the son in law of someone we know....

It was during the first Gulf War. Before he was deployed to Kuwait he said that all he wanted to do was "kill rag heads". Lean, mean, killing machine.

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RememberWellstone

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Tue Apr-13-04 05:23 PM
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13. We need to get out.

The next time I hear comparisons with Desert Storm 1 I'm gonna scream. This President had NOTHING to give him the right to invade Iraq..nothing! We should'nt have gone...hopefully President Kerry will send them home his first week in office.

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Media_Lies_Daily

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Tue Apr-13-04 05:25 PM
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14. Almost all of them talk that way BEFORE they deploy overseas...

...wonder what tune he'll be singing when, or if, he gets back home?

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0rganism

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Tue Apr-13-04 05:30 PM
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15. Hey, at least he enjoys his work

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