Bring 'em home
Soldiers are telling their families what's happening, and some of the families want to
BringThemHomeNow.org.
Letters from family posted.
Mercury News also carries this
story about a 19-year-old Marine back from his tour.
Seeing dead bodies became as common as seeing live ones. Iraqis, the enemies in the beginning, were also some of his closest friends by tour's end.
"You went to shoot some rag heads?'' one of his old high school buddies asked when he returned. "Don't call them 'rag heads,'" Pasciuti responded.
...
"All my life, or at least since 1991, I've seen Iraq as a bad place. Then Sept. 11 gave the Middle East this dark shadow. I thought, 'Why are these people there just to hurt other people?' I had no reason to respect the people or to know them. Now, after spending so much time there, I see they're just like you and I.''
* Ray, 10/06/2003 01:18:28 PM
