Tanya Austin: Iraq Vet Against the War Speaking @ UIowa

[glow322]

What the fuck did you join the army for...

[reglcon1234]

no offense but this dumb bitch doesnt know what she is talking about i guaretee shes never been out of the wire

[duggerman78]

I knew her. She didn't even make it out of linguist training. She was med-boarded before she even completed AIT. I am not sure why she's representing herself as an Iraqi war vet when she has not even set foot in Iraq.

[JesusCamper]

I'm sorry--that wasn't very nice. But as a military spouse and wife, your comments about the war seem wrong. My daughter served over there and is looking for the opportunity to go back. The overwhelming majority of our militarty support the war.

Your comments about VA care, however, are right on the money. If we are going to send them, we have to care for them when they return.

[Meeks861]

@JesusCamper Comments about the war may seem wrong to you because they go against the lies that are put forth by the people who put you into the war. You can cling to your emotional beliefs about the occupation of U.S. forces in the middle east all that you wish, you are free to hold your own opinions however wrong they actually are. Its no question that the majority of the US soldiers support war, they are taught to kill other human beings and join of their own accord to do so.... comment 1

[Meeks861]

@JesusCamper But that says nothing in regards to the justness of our occupation within that region. So your a christian eh? How does war stack up against the belief that all of mankind is gods creation? Or the notion that you should love others as you love yourself? How does Jesus view retribution? How do you view retribution? I suppose you get all of your values from the corporate media as well as all of the movies that are put forth in favor of vengeance, however to be vengeful is to be....

[Meeks861]

@JesusCamper on the intellectual and moral low ground. Let us not forget the actual historical record of the U.S. occupation of not only the middle east but various others banana republics that stretch across the globe. Our occupation in the middle east and other nations are a direct result of nothing more than economic interests. Lastly Ill end with this, I speak from knowledge that stem from two great U.S. generals that served in two of the most gruesome wars in our history...

[Meeks861]

@JesusCamper General Smedly Butler, recipient of two congressional medals of honor, who was the author of a book titled "War is a Racket" I suggest you read it, its only 14 pages long but says a whole heap in those pages, and secondly General and eventually President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Both men have served this nation in far greater ways than any of your, or my relatives, and both were well versed in the art of war. Both of which however, spoke up against war and its practice.

[JesusCamper]

Well, there are some cowards in every army.