The Marines let my cousin Chad come home from Iraq two weeks ago to get a break from the war. I had sort of hoped that he would tell us about the good things that are being accomplished over there, like possibly things that the media ignores because it isn’t as exciting to cover as insurgent attacks and roadside bombings. But that just didn’t happen. Instead he told me things that merely supported everything I have read about the war. Apparently, The Marines can do little more than just “be” targets for insurgents due to some really retarded rules of engagement they have to follow. They spend their days building up sand bag guard posts, dodging land mines/roadside bombs, and ducking for cover from the bullets of “ghost gunmen”. Occasionally some suspicious “hajji” (his really cool term for a towel head) will make their day by putting himself in a situation where he can be caught with contraband that they can confiscate. It sounds like the entire war is nothing more than unproductive operations that accomplish little more than providing a miserable way of life for the US Soldiers involved. I just can’t see any other point to this war than the political reason of “backing out too early” that killed Bush Seniors chance for re-election back in 1992.
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