American Samizdat

Monday, November 11, 2002. *
A Moment for Those Fallen in Battle

Today is Armistice Day, better known as Veterans' Day, originally designed to honor those brave soldiers fallen on the battlefields of World War One, now expanded to include honoring all American soldiers from all times.

I come from a military family; my father, my aunt and uncle, my sister, and the men who married both my sisters have served in the armed forces. My father was on one the subs in Tokyo Bay when the surrender was signed on the USS Missouri. He was a pharmacists' mate on the sub in the Pacific throughout the war. I honor him, and I miss him greatly.

I have often maintained that the military is not the problem; it's the politicians who make the wars. The military are the ones that clean up the mess the politicians make.

Please take a moment to think of those who had died fighting for this country. Take a moment to think of those who, unless a miracle of miracle happens, will die on the sands of Iraq at a politician's behest.

And, in honor of Armistice Day, here are views on invading Iraq by some men and women who have actually served in our armed forces:

At Navy School in Monterey, Voices of Skepticism about Iraq War

When former Secretary of the navy James Webb gave a speech last Thursday at the naval postgraduate school in Monterey slamming the bush administration's threatened war with Iraq, an outsider might have expected the officers assembled there to give him a frosty reception. In fact, the opposite occurred. The respectful, admiring welcome he received gave an unusual, somewhat counterintuitive glimpse into the often- closed world of the U.S. military. Among the Naval postgraduate school's students and faculty, at least, it seems that independent, critical thinking is alive and well.


marine general speaks out against bush's war plans

i'm not convinced we need to do this now. i am convinced that we need to deal with saddam down the road, but i think that the time is difficult because of the conditions in the region and all the other events that are going on. i believe that he can be deterred and is containable at this moment. as a matter of fact, i think the containment can be ratcheted up in a way that is acceptable to everybody.


veterans comment on actions against iraq

you have to avoid war as much as possible because war is hell no matter how you look at it. there's no winner...i hate to see young people go to war...their lives get ruined, the lives of their families get ruined.


vets differ on war against iraq">veterans comment on action against iraq

we either get him disarmed or we get rid of him, one of the two...i know what it can do to mankind, and it isn't a pretty sight...i'm not for war, but if that's what it takes...a lot of families will be broken up. a lot of children will be left fatherless and motherless. i hope it doesn't come to war...
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