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 “Iraqis are not a threat or the enemy. We are the threat and the enemy to them.”This appeared in the Letters to the Editor section of the April 24, 2006 issue of Army Times:I am a soldier about to embark on my second tour in Iraq. My first tour started in November 2003. When we arrived, Saddam Hussein was on the loose. In December, he was caught. When I came into the military, I signed a contract that said I would defend this country against all threats, foreign and domestic. After spending a year in Iraq, I have found that the Iraqis are not a threat or the enemy. I did find that we are the threat and the enemy to them. They acted as we would if someone came into America and said we are going to change your ways. I feel this war is no longer about taking out a threat. But I believe it is about securing oil commerce for the future. Securing this country and stabilizing it would mean oil contracts and people lining their pockets with money from the oil that my friends have been wounded for and have died for. I hear the president speak with the press and tell them things to appease them and to divert them to a different subject. What I don’t see is the president having a conference with the soldiers who have fought on the ground in Iraq. We do not know what we are fighting for anymore; we do not know what our mission is. I am not alone in this thought. My boys need to know what they may possibly die for. Is it for a few extra bucks for Halliburton subsidiary KBR? Is it about the oil? Is it for America? How will this war help my family in the future? – Staff Sgt. Christopher Galka Rainier, Wash. Page 2--> |
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