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Then I read a front page article in Monday's(last Monday) Santa Barbara Newspress about an 82nd Airborne local grunt who's already served 54 months, (4.5 years), of combat since 9/11 and they are SENDING HIM BACK AGAIN.
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Some Soldiers With Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Are Being Re-Deployed To Iraq)
He details his current PTSD symptoms in the article and it just made me sicker than I already was. This is nothing but more Presidential abuse of our military.
Can't we stop this somehow? How can we make the same mistake all over again? I just feel so helpless and frustrated when confronted with so much injustice and suffering going on all the time. Too many damn wars. I am mad as hell.GP
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WE DON'T CALL IT BERZERKLY FOR NOTHING
BERZERKLY(BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA)
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I was slightly fascinated in reading the
news account of Berzerkly ordering the Marines out of town. What was equally interesting is one of the Code Pink protesters is ninety. I was impressed, at least she is doing something.
I doubt if anybody with any real smarts or discernment is staying up nights worried about what Berzerkly does or does not do. They are only slightly ahead of San Francisco who may eventually catch up.
Afterall, Frisco(San Francisco) has banned Junior ROTC from the schools. From all reports, it is without a doubt the most successful educational program the City has going. The schools are already losing students because of an insane school enrollment system (I only know what I've read).
However, we are chatting about Berzerkly here. Blaming the poor young Marines for the quagmire in Iraq is like calling your credit card company and blaming one of the lowly India types in Calcutta because your card was declined. Give me a break.
These young Marines, most probably Iraq vets, are simply making it. Some may even oppose the war and how it is prosecuted; but, more than likely, they're young kids who haven't given it much thought even while putting their lives on the line. This is a hell of a lot more than Berzerkelites have ever done.
Being a Marine is what these recruiters love and they want to convey the challenge to others. Based on a few of the things that have happened in Berzerkly and neighboring Oakland, the murder capital of the U. S., a tour in the Marines might not be a bad thing. I guess the Berzerkly types had rather young men and women smoke dope and bad mouth their country. If I were the Marines, I'd be happy to be away from the crazies. Sempi Fi.
KT
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