For ex-Marine, 'Iraq's not worth it'

[The Straight Story]

For ex-Marine, 'Iraq's not worth it'
By David Frey/Aspen Daily News Correspondent




Aspen resident Brandon Blair is changing uniforms, swapping Marine Corps camouflage for an Aspen Skiing Co. parka.

After serving a second tour of duty in Iraq, Blair has also shed his support for the war.

"It's just not worth it to me," Blair said. "From my point of view and through my eyes, Iraq's not worth it."

Those are different words than Blair had after his first tour of duty, when American forces first invaded. But that was a different war, he said.

"My first time in Iraq it was a war," he said. "It was fighting an army and we left. The second time, we were fighting terrorists, and it's a completely different ballgame, fighting something you can't really see."

After putting in his four years of service, Blair, 23, left the Marines as a lance corporal on Nov. 10, the anniversary of the Marine Corps' founding. And, he said, he's not going back.

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[LynnTheDem]

1. The INVADERS and OCCUPIERS are "fighting TERRORISTS".

Of course if America were invaded & occupied, our troops & all rightwignnuts would toss flowers and choccie at the invaders & occupiers.

We who would fight the invaders & occupiers of America would be "terrorists".

Rightwingnuts sure are fucked in the head.

[leftchick]

2. "we were fighting terrorists"???!!

did the British call the colonials fighting for their country terrorists? What a loser.