I entered the U.S. Army in 2006 with a goal to see serious combat . I was an Artilleryman stationed in Schweinfurt, Germany . I deployed to the Wasit province ,Eastern Iraq in Dec 2008 . Almost immediately I noticed that something was odd about Nation's involvement in Iraq. The size of the giant fobs , the numbers of civilian contractors, and The waste of Materials all around.::::::::
arcanesoldierx, by IVAW (Iraq Veterans Against the War)
None of this really bothered me too much at 1st, I thought it was cool at the time. Two of my friends where badly wounded by an IED, 2 months into the deployment.This event along with several others caused my outlook on the war ,the Army, and my life to change drastically. I then began notice and question everything , The pointless missions that put us in danger, the contempt toward the Iraqi people by my peers and leadership, The impoverished Iraq cites, and the Corruption in the Iraqi Security forces.
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I have a law degree (Stanford, 66') but have never practiced. Instead, from 1967 through 1977, I tried to contribute to the revolution in America. As unsuccessful as everyone else over that decade, in 1978 I went to work for the U.S. Forest (
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