The Coalition Provisional Authority promised to help with Baqer’s treatment and medicines, “but has given them nothing, no medicines, money, treatment or assistance with traveling out of Iraq for treatment in Jordan or beyond. We need to demand compensation and financial support from the forces responsible, for all civilian victims. At the moment, the military institution has complete impunity for what its soldiers do and the soldiers have impunity within the military.” Listening to Wilding I remembered again little Ali Abbas, whose arms were blown off in another unfortunate incident involving the military. Before he left Kuwait for treatment in the UK, the US military presented him with a US military hat. No doubt in military mind-set this was an honor. To the uninitiated, it was crassness beyond belief.
yeah an then little Ahmed Ali joined the secret intelligence agency with double upper extremity prostheses, became sort of an od d inspector of some renown, the young one who is wound3ed and survives is blessed,
except that he stayed on a soapbox
so indeed the story is false
satyrical
collateral damages with medals and bestowed honors
good sportsmanship
chivalry
none dare xcall the war insane
thazz what happened at the pow revival
this one dude was reading that statement about a quote from some army major
and they pulled the [plug
he went silent in the dusk
across the small pond,
a groovy amphiteatre
up on the stage
they pulled the plug
as he read
"none dared to call the war insane....."
(silence)
later i saw him sulking
ascowl upon his face
\the lone dissenter
i was underground at the time
th =e vietnam veteran against the war
conscientious objector
administrative discharge under honorable conditions
air farce's "anti-war occiferz clause"
a general or honorable discharge
shit i coulda been a general
he sulking alone
til the reunion came and we
got back toggether
vets ffoor pppeace
create your own heirarchy
guru root bullshit
ran out of words