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2004-08-17 Iraq-Jordan

Soldier blogging from Mosul: MY WAR - Fear And Loathing In Iraq

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Posted by Cog 2004-08-17 10:10:01 PM|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I don't trust this guy and think he's making it all up.
Clues: 1.) He has "Guernica" as his art--bigtime peacenik icon.
2.) He idolizes Hunter S. Thompson--also not a good sign for a soldier.
3.) I've seen no reports of enemy killed in Mosul or of combat action there.
Mosul is in the Kurdish part, which has been quiet and orderly almost from the beginning.
4.) I don't think the military allows this kind of "debriefing" by blog that he engages in.
It's just not done--talking in detail about taking on the Enemy and the bloodiness and bloody-mindedness of it all.
In short, I think the guy's trying to create serious disinformation about what our military's doing over there and let's put it this way, it's not to flatter them as heroes.

Posted by GreatestJeneration 2004-08-18 1:56:53 AM|| [http://www.greatestjeneration.com] 2004-08-18 1:56:53 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Woops, sorry for the re-post. I am gullible, I tend to believe the good and the bad until proven otherwise.

Posted by Cog 2004-08-18 2:07:56 AM|| 2004-08-18 2:07:56 AM|| Front Page Top

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