Website review: Iraq Veterans Against the War
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•30 reviews since Sep 24, 2006
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niewo50 rated 3 months ago- Featured Member Profile: Logan M. Laituri After six years of active service in the Army, an ignored CO application, and a trip as a civilian to The West Bank, my views on war have been drastically altered. My reasons for opposing this war are the same for opposing any war; violence is a poor chisel for carving out peaceful tomorrows (MLK). I was honorably discharged in November 2006 and immediately began to learn that another world is not only possible, but necessary. Such statements give some hope for the sanity of US citizens
- 14Peacenow rated 3 months ago
- What 4000 means to me by Justin Cliburn The news of the 4,000th US death in Iraq did not come to me in any dramatic fashion like the news of 9/11, the capture of Saddam Hussein, or the date of my first deployment to Iraq had. Instead, I simply logged into my e-mail and saw it staring at me in the subject line of my most recent unread message. I was not surprised. I was not shocked. I was simply saddened to see the toll hit yet another milestone while our elected leaders in Congress await a new administration to bounce their withdrawal plans off of and the general public continues their tradition of apathy. I was saddened that it took a clean-cut, round number like 4,000 for the United States to snap out of its daze and pay attention once again to the human toll this war has wrought. Was the 4,000th death really any more tragic than the 3,999th? If 3,999 represents an arbitrary figure but 4,000 represents a milestone worthy of front-page mention, what does that say about America's attention span?
- skippycurran rated 4 months ago
- Iraq Veterans Against the War- SUPPORT THESE BRAVE PEOPLE!!!
- KDBaross rated 4 months ago
- From the page: "The IVAW.org is experiencing very high traffic volumes due to interest in Winter Soldier. Please try back later."
- meghanelaine rated 4 months ago
- Everyone should listen to these. Now. Go. Do it. Seriously. Tell everyone you know. Americans NEED to know what really goes on in this occupation
- electrocuting rated 4 months ago
- Testimony of Jason Washburn, Marine CPL at today's Winter Soldier panel on 'Rules of Engagement:' "We were allowed to shoot anything we wanted." Three tours - Najaf, Haditha. "I remember one woman was walking by carrying a huge bag walking toward. I used a (grenade launcher). When the dust settled, we realized the bag contained groceries. She was bringing groceries to us and we blew her to pieces for it." "In another instance, we were ordered to go to a fuel station. Iraqis rushed us to get fuel. The response was 'what do you think we want you to do, go rough them up.' We really beat the hell out of them with rifles, fists, broken bleeding or unconscious on the ground. We just left them there." "Most of the innocents I actually saw get killed were behind the wheel of a vehicle, taxi drivers..." Death of the mayor of the town: Shown images of body in vehicle and told 'This is what good Marine shooting looks like.' "We were tasked to go apologize to the family." Carried 'drop' weapons or shovels to drop "in case they accidentally did shoot an innocent, we could drop the weapon and make them look like an insurgent. This was commonly encouraged, but only behind closed doors. It was pretty common." Marine SGT Jason W. Lemieu: "I can only guess how many innocent people died due to the rules of engagement." "Long enough after the IED explosion, that the people driving by didn't know anything had happened, they could only wonder why the Marine was shooting at them." After soldier was told to kill woman with bag of fruit and soldier refused, officer shot her himself. "The rules of engagement changed frequently, contradicted themselves... with no way to identify their attackers, Marines frequently viewed them as a joke or something to work around." The rules of engagement were "incompetent." Marine Jon Turner just removed his dogtags and ribbons and threw them in front of himself: "I don't work for you anymore." "I had my first confirmed kill. He was innocent. I don't know his name; I call him the 'fat man.' I killed him in front of his brother and uncle. It took 7 of his family members to carry him away. I was congratulated for my first kill." "I am sorry for the hate and destruction I inflicted on innocent people. I am sorry for the hate and destruction others have inflicted on innocent people. This needs to come out so that this war ends or people will continue to die."
- millerfamily rated 4 months ago
- watch winter soldier testimony starting today
- sparker911 rated 6 months ago
- These men and women certainly have a right to their opinion and I thank them very much for their service, except for the deserters.
The telling tale is in their membership numbers. 700 members out of 1,700,000 Iraq and Afghanistan vets. About out of every 2,428 vets. Not too popular. - These men and women certainly have a right to their opinion and I thank them very much for their service, except for the deserters.
- nooner rated 6 months ago
- IVAW Updates * An Open Letter to the Anti-War Movement From Iraq Veterans Against the War http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WvIaDeNIbk
- Californium rated 6 months ago
- Making a positive difference in the world.
