A Soldier Writes from Iraq
January 25, 2006
I got this from Grassfire.org:
>Representative Murtha,
> Recently you have taken the stance that we should
> withdraw our forces from Iraq immediately, citing that
> it is becoming another “Viet Nam”. I would think that as
> a Viet Nam veteran, the last thing you would want is to
> withdraw from a conflict and end up being losers again
> for only the second time in the history of our great
> nation. All of the lives of our service men and women
> that were lost in Viet Nam, were lost in vein because
> we did not stay the course.
> As a veteran of both Afghanistan, and Iraq, I feel that
> before you voice your opinion on national TV, you should
> first visit Iraq and see whats really happening over
> there. The infrastructure of Iraq is improving daily.
COMMENT: I hear this all the time yet the popular media refuses to report it.
> Hospitals are running at well above the level that they
> were since even before the first war. More schools are
> in operation now, the power grids are improving, sewer
> systems are being repaired and areas of the country
> that were totally neglected during Saddam’s rule are now
> getting back on track. Anytime we loose even on service
> member, its a tragic loss, but you need to look at the
> statistics. We have rotated over half a million troops
> through Iraq and have lost a little over 2,000. That
> means that we have lost 0.6% of the troops we have sent
> over. That means that our military personnel have a
> 99.4% chance of coming home alive.
COMMENT: Awesome Point similar to what I pointed out in the past.
>Why don’t you give
> those statistics the next time you decide to talk to the
> press. Sir, we lost more people in a few hours on
> September 11, 2001 than we have lost in over four years
> of war. How > many terrorist attacks have we had on our
> soil since we have been on the offensive? NONE!!!!!
> Obviously we are being very effective in our endeavors.
> Sir, you need to stop your partisan attacks against
> the presidential administration and try to see what you
> can do to HELP our cause….instead of fueling the cause
> of our enemy and dividing our country through your political
> distention.
>
> Sincerely,
> SFC M. Galaway
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