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[Truegrit]

It was to be expected that liberal journalists at the Washington Post would begin the campaign to undermine U.S. military morale in Iraq, by finding some marines to complain about the war.

Here's the link:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20794-2004Oct9.html

Article is titled: "For Marines, a Frustrating Fight
Some in Iraq Question How and Why War Is Being Waged" -- by Steve Fainaru .

I hope people with credible counter evidence will move quickly to get their rebuttals to the Washington Post.
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Ted Harwood, Ph.D.
Enlisted, U.S. Army ('57-'60)

[badbobusnret]

Ted,

About every two weeks the W.P. makes an attempt to do this type of piece. In the past it's mostly been reserves/guard members "complaints".
This is the 1st I've seen where frontline(near Fallujah) folks have been interviewed.

Despite Mr. Fainaru's best efforts to get them to say they want to go home he couldn't- the best he could do was to get them question those high up the CoC...nothing unusual for soldiers, excuse me- Marines, in any conflict. In other words- If the troops ain't bitchin' they ain't happy!

A common thread I got out of this "piece" was that they all wanted an ROE change to really go after the bad guys. They wanted to take the gloves off and kick some butt. They hardly seem ready to give up...

But I concur with your overall analysis 100%- most civilians reading this will take it as the Marines aren't behind the mission and is very worthy of rebuttal.

The best rebuttals' will come from those junior officers and senior NCOs on the blogs!

[neverforget]

I think it is uncertain whether or not this reporter even interviewed real people.
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US Army Security Agency
1965-1971

[PrinceLazar]