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> Maimed in Iraq, then mistreated, neglected, and hidden in America

26 October 2004, 10:32

The person writing this article CLEARLY has no idea what it is to be an American Soldier. We do not like to "kill, maim, bomb, rape or murder" women and children and innocent civilians.....that is a pathetic description of what an American Soldier feels or believes in. I have been a soldier for 22 years now and fought in Desert Storm, and I NEVER had the desire to hurt innocent civilians, or murder women and children. My true goal was to protect these people, not hurt them. A true American soldier has integrity and we swear an oath to "protect innocent victims" from harm. To say we deserve to be killed or treated badly because we do it to others is disgusting and totally unfair. The writer of this story needs to fill the boots of an American soldier and be one before he gets the right "to know what we believe in or how we feel" This person should be ashamed of himself/herself!!