"It sucks being in Iraq"

Warwick (RI) Beacon ^ | 01/15/2008 | RUSSELL J. MOORE

[Dacula]

Don’t get me wrong, but ... He gets paid to do what he does and I am VERY grateful for EVERYTHING!

My boss requires me to produce results and not to complain.

This guy has a hidden agenda and it STINKS!

[Doogle]

"..well Scooter,when ya get back to your Unit, ya might wanna leave this reporter conversation on the back burner"

[God luvs America]

“The 21-year-old 2004 Pilgrim graduate who lives on Parkview Avenue joined the Army in May of 2005....As time passed, Jordan began to question the purpose of the mission......What makes the Iraq war an even harder pill for him to swallow is the fact that he doesn’t understand the rationale for it. After all, Iraq never attacked America, he notes.....”

hate to say it...this is like a vegetarian going to McDonalds, ordering three Big Macs, then complaining about eating meat after digesting them all....

[txradioguy]

Not sure what he was thinking. Iraq wasn’t my first combat deployment...I knew it would suck going in...didn’t change my opinion of the importance of the mission or the job that needed to be done.

[2nd Bn, 11th Mar]

You, Sir, understand.

[darkwing104]

Well I hope this POS finds happiness working at a drive through window at McDonald's...

[pfflier]

The “Iraq never attacked the US” quote is pure anti-war dogma. I suspect a “winter soldier” aspect to this story.

[Candor7]

As time passed, Jordan began to question the purpose of the mission. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

Thats when he became a liberal-appeaser.

"An appeaser is someone who wants to feed everyone else to the crocodile, hoping that he will be eaten last."-Winston Churchill.

F'n Cowherd.

STFU and walk the line.

[txradioguy]

This is one of those instances where I’d love to have the full power of Lexis/Nexis to find out how may thimes the NY Slimes has quoted this kid before.

[jazusamo]

I tend to agree with that, there’s no excuse for the enemedia aiding the enemy.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I don’t think the guys at Bastogne were happy either... Soldiers always gripe, it’s their right. It’s just now we have an anti-American vulture media.

[Dogbert41]

I sure am glad that when I was a kid there wasn’t any reporters interested in anything I had to say!

Noone ever shot at me when I served, so this young man gets a free pass from me anytime. There was very little about the service I liked when I was in. Half the time I understood why they locked up our guns and seldom handed us ammo.

One thing you can bet: when he’s finished with his time, and prayerfully in one piece, he’ll be forever proud of his service. He’ll be looked up to by his friends and family. He’ll be able to look a lib and war protester in the eye, shake his hand, and wink at his gilrfriend, thinking, she’s going to bed with a pussy.

Here’s to you, kid!

[Chode]

...didn’t change my opinion of the importance of the mission or the job that needed to be done.

and there it is...

[fkabuckeyesrule]

I agree. I repsect his decision to serve his country and his opinions are certainly valid since he’s commenting on what he sees. I just wonder how many people did they have to interview till they finally found someone who would say what the MSM wanted to hear about Iraq. If I’m not mistaken there were no quotes from other people in Iraq in this story. If his opinion were a majority opinion they you would think there would be more quotes than just this one soldier. Either way I respect him for serving his country and following thru on his committment to serve country.

[Eagles6]

"After all, Iraq never attacked America, he notes.

Well, as we know here at FR that's not quite true. There is compelling evidence that Saddam was behind the first World Trade Center bombing. Saddam supported al-queda and other islamic terrorist groups intent on harming America and those that had. He tried to assassinate 2 Presidents. Oil for food. We took out of Iraq everything that saddam needed to build a bomb. Saddam's own admission that he intended to restart the nuke program after sanctions were lifted. The zarqawi bomb plot for Jordan and the US Embassy.

[airborne]

It’s not easy, and I understand his feelings.

I’ve muttered the “This sucks” mantra a time or two while in the field.

Don’t be too hard on the kid. Pray for him and his comrades.

I hope they all come home safe and sound.

[Does so]

Well I hope this POS finds happiness working at a drive through window at McDonald's...

He says he wants a cop's job—like that's a walk in the park. :-\

[Camel Joe]

He may also have been misquoted. This seems to be a new tactic with the socialists, disrupt enlistment by lowering moral or misinforming the public. My Nephew drove a track during the liberation for the Marines, came home for a year and was deployed there again. Times were far rougher then and while guarding a power station from terrorists he lost a friend to mortar fire. He never said he was sorry for joining or complained about the hardships of sleeping on the floor of his track or by the side of the road. He did say it sucked being in Iraq but only because it was boring. He was also bewildered by the news shows when he returned, the danger was vastly overstated in his view as the people often brought them tea and the children would play soccer with them.

[Camel Joe]

Thank you.

[captnorb]

Remember, he is from rhode island........the fairy state.