Kara wrote:snood, you are with the troops. What do your fellow soldiers think about all of it...the reasons for the war, the war that is happening, the after-war part. Do they listen to Rumsfeld, and then what do you all say after he has finished talking?
Believe it or not Kara, the only people who feel free to be vocal about how they feel are those who are cookie-cutter version, "let's roll", dyed-in-the-wool hoorah types. You know, the kinds who say things like "President Bush is sure a good speaker, isn't he?" Murmured much more quietly are the doubts and concerns about the direction this country, and this military have chosen. Spoken much more personally are the resentments about a president whose vision escapes them, whose bravado leaves them cold, whose rhetoric is empty to them. Mind you, these who I've heard voice their displeasure about the present leadership would pick up a weapon and go, no less quickly than their flag-waving comrades. But the two kinds of voices and perspectives are real, and distinct.
