Abu Ghraib

[dherblay]

I am saddened and sickened by the news from Abu Ghraib (scroll down to "Appalling" if the permalink isn't working). I realize that between the news from Virginia, Sinclair Broadcasting Group's craven show of disrespect for our troops, and some singularly awful news from one of the brightest and funniest people on my friends list, this has been lost

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[angeyja]

I'm really pretty jape-free at present; but, thank you for the post. I'm hearing aa good deal about people getting called up, btw.

[dherblay]

Well, I have the singular problem that I just don't have the requisite icons for serious posting. I would imagine that people are getting called up in great numbers. I am proud of our volunteer military, and a bit ashamed at my own lack of commitment, and I hope it will not be taken as a slur on their virtues to say that I wish they didn't have to go.

That is what freedom is

[ann1962]

"I hope it will not be taken as a slur on their virtues to say that I wish they didn't have to go." You need to be allowed to say just this.

I work with a fellow who had a long history in the military. He is pretty conservative on most issues and even he is concerned with the direction this war is going. He is confident that if the military men were allowed to run the war, rather than the political administration at hand, things would have gone more smoothly and he thinks we would be on the road to peace. If even the military people are concerned, all the more reason for a change of regime.

[angeyja]

Sorry for the lag. I was at the street park planting roses, my way of dealing with stress tends to involve planting something I'm afraid (if I'm not on a train as you know,) and the light was going. (No pun intended

[dherblay]

Thank you. I hope your brother in law and your friends and coworkers are ok.

Don't worry about the lag! Go! Make things grow!