A letter allegedly from a soldier in Iraq to Rusty Humphries read on the air.

[4bucksagallon]

Thoughts on the Election Results from a Soldier in Iraq
Dear Rusty,
I know you probably get a lot of messages asking you to read stuff on your show, but I BEG you to read this...... I would like you to tell America exactly what they did to their soldiers on Tuesday, and what WE think about our countrymen right now.
"I hope you are satisfied with what you have done...

Today in the mess hall, where there is usually jovial conversation, there was silence, long faces, and broken spirits... Everyone, to include all American soldiers, marines, sailors, airmen, Iraqi Nationals, Bulgarian Soldiers, etc, etc... was speechless, tired, demoralized and stunned.... all ate in erie silence.....

Last night, while we watched the press conference with the President, there was utter discust, and the common feeling amongst us all that we soldiers are now the loneliest people on Earth.... we fight an enemy over here, and we have a country full of enemies to go home to that are our countrymen. We watched President Bush say his own political funeral, our commander and chief.. as well as ours..... He tried so hard to spin it, but... well.. there is no way to soften such a morale blow.

While you sit and Monday morning quarterback what we work so hard to do for you out here, just know that the spirit of your team is wounded..... YOU liberals, you America have done a great job of demoralizing us... Thank you.

Do us a favor though, when we do come home, spare us the ceremony....... We all now know that it is a bunch of crap, and what you think of us.......

I have to say that right now, I would rather be a pussy ass Frenchman, even though they have no will to fight, at least they have the balls to make a decision and stick with it...... They stuck to thier guns about staying out of this war, even if it was the wrong decision......America on the other hand, goes off half cocked, and when the decision appears to be a hard one, or something that might cost a little bit, they turn tail and run.....

WHAT A NATION OF PUSSIES!!!!

This week I am NOT proud to say that I am an American..........I think it is obvious why... See, we just have told the world that we are not a nation of people who are tough, and will fight for what we believe in... We have told the world that we are a giant coward that will shy away from any difficult challenge...

So, while you eat your cheetos, and sit there and watch your lazy ass get fatter, dumber and happier Joe Citizen.. Just remember this, I, and all my commrades payed a dear price to come this far and have you decide that we should fail...

Realize this, because of your action this week America.... do not expect so many men to be so willing to stand up for your next little whim just to be cut down in the middle of it all............

Realize this also.. you have just put a heavy price on the heads of us all...... Now that we are branded as cowards, we are an easy target, oh so inviting for the taking....... I swore to protect your children in your beds.... yet you fling the door wide open inspite of me to invite the scourge.... Well.... have it your way then.

Because of this, September 11th will soon be overshadowed by these same enemies.. my advice to you is get your lazy, self centered ass up and make peace with your God, and your family.. cause, time will come when they may not be there for you................Because you kicked me in the teeth, and so many others, I know I won't any more.. "

Aaron.

I have already written him an email and told him what BS this is, and I hope everyone else does too. Trying to make it sound like Aaron speaks for all soldiers. Makes my blood boil.

[SharonAnn]

1. Funny, the ones I've heard from have been overjoyed about it!

[aquart]

4. Ain't it?

[noamnety]

2. I love when the folks "spreading democracy"

get so irate when we practice it here. :)

[aquart]

3. WHICH soldier?

Because the US gov't would brag about any soldier who wrote this.......so where is his name? Where is he from? What does he do in Iraq? It's all kinda non-specific, dontcha think?

[sce56]

5. Give me his email I'll give him a verbal wall to wall counseling

And if he is for real it will ####@us.army.mil Just like my official email that all soldiers active or retired have the right too!

http://web.archive.org/web/20030602211200/

October 17, 2006,Will be remembered as the Enabling day of the 21st Century!
"The government will make use of these powers only insofar as they are essential for carrying out vitally necessary measures..."
~Adolf Hitler, March 23, 1933, before the German Parliament (Reichstag) as he urged them to pass his "Enabling Act"

Got Fascism Yet?


http://www.georgewalkerbush.net/bush-nazilinkconfirmed.htm



Fascism Accomplished!

[Qanisqineq]

6. Hmmmm

Well, my husband is a soldier and here in Korea, he and his fellow soldiers were watching the election results at work. They were cheering every time the number of seats on the democrats' side went up. Republican soldiers, too. I'd say the soldier that wrote that piece of crap is probably pretty freaking lonely in his views.

[msmcghee]

7. STFU Aaron!

If you aren't ready to take orders from the civilian leadership that runs the armed forces in this country - then you should not have signed up for it. You knew that was the deal when you took your oath.

And that civilian leadership, as of now represents me. So Aaron, I say STFU and do your job - while we try to save your life and the life of lot of Iraquis in the process.

[insane_cratic_gal]

21. See that's exactly what they want you to say

It's flame bait to make you look bad..

The man or freeper is entitled to say what he wants... but my husband an active military man was over joyed tuesday and could barley contain himself once Rummy was sent packing.


Really let Aaron say what he wants, you don't have to rise to the bait so they can point fingers and squeal "See! See how much they support the troops!" just smile and move along, we know the truth and it certainly isn't in the form of this letter.

[msmcghee]

35. I get your point.

I support the troops - 110%. I have the greatest respect for anyone who sets aside part of their life in service to their community or nation. Military service is one of the proudest traditions there is.

When you sign on for that service you agree to serve under the civilian direction of the leadership that this nation elects to office. I have nothing but contempt for anyone who signs up for that - and then complains about the orders they are given for obvious political reasons when that leadership changes.

I suspect this guy is lying. The letter was probably written by some keyboard warrior on the staff of some Repuke that just lost his job. I have heard many returning vets say they think this war is a bullshit duty - just like I heard from my returning friends during Viet Nam. I know what that sounds like. I don't think I ever heard a real front-line military person express disappointment that they won't get to shoot any more people.

You should be very proud of your husband. You also give up control of a large part of your life when he signs on for that service - and that's another type of service to your country. My thanks to both you and your husband.

:toast:

[John Q. Citizen]

8. Aaron might well be some college republican who didn't bother to volunteer,

for all anybody knows. The lack of a last name doesn't exactly speak to Aaron's bravery, nor to his (her?) credibility.

[StClone]

9. Time to Cut and Run from the Aarons of the world

Have you ever watched the UFC Aaron? These gonzo super buff freaks willingly and happily kick the shit out of each other for fun and money. That sounds like the (probably fake) type of guy old Rusty H spins yarns about. No real function to move forward, only to fight and fight and fight because its the way they function in the world. Sound like Alexander the Great type to me but he's 800 years too late. Time to move on unless there is a real reason to fight and Iraq is not, and never was, unless you are a plundering (nearly extinct) NeoCon reptile.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

10. Typical ANONYMOUS Right Wing astroturf. No credibility here. Who the heck

is "Rusty Humphries" anyway?

[dchill]

11. Rusty Humphries delivers another freeper load...

You couln't expect "Aaron" to send it to any Air America shows - they don't get broadcast in Iraq. But Rusty does. Don't forget to wipe!

[BlackVelvet04]

12. If this really is a letter from a soldier, he must be an idiot.....

"America on the other hand, goes off half cocked"

No, BUSH went off half cocked.

[4bucksagallon]

13. Go to his website and the letter is posted there for all to see

http://www.talktorusty.com/

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

14. Obviously another "cookie cutter" fat angry white man radio clone.

[bluerum]

15. So. Fucking. What. Get over it Aaron. Sorry to spoil your party in

Iraq - but I am sick of paying for you and you pals to run around Iraq with bull-eyes painted on your asses.

Get your ass home and protect the US instead of further ruining an already ruined country.

We voted - I assume you did too. There were more of our votes.

Now get things settled down over there and get your ass home.

edit. sp.

[Gman]

16. The same freeper wrote this that

writes all those serial emails claiming to be from a soldier or something. This'll be on Snopes not to long from now.

[Monk06]

23. It's Jim Robinson fantasizing again about being a being a troop.

In fact RimJob erved four years as a Navy
electrician before Muscular Distrophy
disabled him.

He never shot a gun in anger in his life let
alone being in combat.

Semper Fi indeed.

[alcibiades_mystery]

17. What have I learned?

At least one soldier is a hard core conservative Republican upset about the election results. Wow. That's a shocking revelation.

Needless to say, it proves nothing. You can go find a liberal soldier writing a celebratory letter. So what?

Next.

[Marr]

18. If Humphries can't name the soldier, he should apologize for using

the soldiers like toilet paper. He should beg forgiveness for being so cowardly that he would promote a piece of propaganda written by someone, perhaps Humphries himself, only pretending to be a soldier.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. Yes, there's a reason why NEWSpapers require you to identify yourself when

writing an op-ed letter that they will publish, whether it's as eloquent as the Gettysburg address or typical Astroturf screed.

[yellowcanine]

19. Bullshit. It could have been from anybody. Anyway, one soldier does not speak for all. If it was

a soldier, he obviously doesn't have an appreciation as to how our system works. It's called SEPARATION OF POWERS, CHECKS AND BALANCES, ONGRESSIONAL OVRSIGHT, asswit.

[insane_cratic_gal]

22. I won't email him.. but where did you get this letter from?

really this seems like a ploy of us to freak out of one man's opinion. But Because I know it to be bullshit I won't rise to the bait.

Aaron can say what he wants, it doesn't make it so nor does it hold water for the troops.

I'm sure they are happy about being stuck on their 5th tour of duty with no end in sight.

[sarge43]

24. Ah yes, a message from the fighting 101st Keyboarders

By the way freep, grunts don't call each other commrades{sic}. If you want to talk like a soldier, enlist or STFU.

[HawkerHurricane]

25. You mean the 101st Chairborne?

Bravely typing from his mother's basement, defending his right to sit on his arse from the evil of Democracy?

I thought only Marines called each other 'Grunts'.

[sarge43]

26. I believe the 'Chairs' aka The Lard Asses are the support unit

Marines started it, but it's spread to any poor bastard ground pounder.

[moc]

28. "Grunts don't call each other commrades{sic}"

Please shout this loud and long. Please expose the fellow for the lying sonofabitch he is. Non-military aren't going to know this and think this letter is legit.

And thank you for your service.

[alfredo]

36. We always called our fellow soldiers "brothers."

I was in during the cold war. Using comrade was not something we did.

Not sure one should base the validity of the letter based on one word. Bringing up the French speaks of his political leanings, but that doesn't make it a fake. His lack of military lingo or any other details seems odd to me. Your identity becomes very tied to your unit and location. It's a tribal thing.

Even if I wanted to keep my identity secret, I probably would have mentioned my unit or duty station. Pride in your unit it pretty strong.


I am proud of my brothers from Kagnew Station. Read about us in "I Didn't Do it For You" Michela Wrong.

See, I couldn't keep from mentioning my duty station.

[sarge43]

38. The comrade just jumped out as odd.

You're right about the tribal thing. If he were the real deal, he would have said "I'm a Marine" or "I'm Airborne" or something like. The clan is sometimes all you have.

[alfredo]

43. It's not a term you hear often in any situation.

[BrotherBuzz]

47. That was the red flag for me, too

Cripes, back in my days Comrade was one of the derogatory terms used for the enemy. :shrug:

[conscious evolution]

27. This sounds like propoganda from one

of those Pentagon backrooms.

[EFerrari]

29. Yep. No real soldier wrote this POS. n/t

[sarge43]

32. Nah. The Circus may be stupid; it's not that stupid.

There's any number of bored senior noncoms hanging out there who could have written a far more realistic sounding missive than that one. For example, there's not one expletive deleted in that thing. A lower ranking soldier or marine in a combat zone, full throated rant and not one riff on the word fuck. Oh please.

[conscious evolution]

50. They are that stupid

And they do have people who do just that type of thing.
There have been a brazillian posts here at DU concerning this.


Remember that line"we create reality"?

[petronius]

30. I think there are more real letters in Penthouse than there are letters

from soldiers on the internets...

(And there are very very few real letters in Penthouse, so I've heard.)

[alittlelark]

31. A link would be nice...

but I didn't expect one.... Not quite a hit-and-run. You posted once in your thread.


WHY are you posting this propagandist drivel? You must hate the troops if you would post this oh so obvious desperate propaganda. I know of 2 soldiers (Nat Guard) who have been there twice - I'm sure they would love to personally discuss this farce w/you.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

34. OP links in post #13. Dude is "fat/angry/white man/wingnut radio clone".

[alittlelark]

37. I figured that out while reading the thread.

The question is, 'WHY post idiotic propagandistic tripe?'.

:hurts:

[sarge43]

39. For the same reason Bush uses soldiers as a backdrop

and wallpaper when he's spreading his propaganda tripe. Soldiers are safe to hide behind.

[alittlelark]

40. Exactly!!!!!

:toast:

[KC21304]

33. Give it up ! You lost. 31% and dropping. nt

[yewberry]

41. Um, "Bulgarian soldiers?"

Didn't they pull out like a year ago? Or did they just stick around for the fun of it?

I don't believe that this is real.

[Kerrytravelers]

46. Looks like somebody forgot to fact check the propaganda!

Remember, this is the same cabal that paid Armstrong Williams to write under the auspicious of being "objective." :eyes:

[SeattleGirl]

42. Aaron, I'm willing to be that you are now in the minority with those

views. You are entitled to them, of course (that IS part of what it means to be a citizen of a democratic society), but I think you are quite wrong in saying that every other soldier feels as you. I'm pretty sure you are in the minority.

[Leopolds Ghost]

44. And when Kerry speaks, we say, "Go Tell it to the Bulgarian Marines!"

And don't forget Poland!

[MrScorpio]

45. Reads like a bad case of Stockholm Syndrome to me

Fucker fallen in love with Bush keeping him hostage

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

48. Flag waving cannon fodder overloaded on Testeronios.

[LynnTheDem]

49. Gee, that's not what 4th ID is saying.

I hate liars.

And I really hate idiots who pretend to be soldiers and pretend to speak for all soldiers with a pack of lies.

[B Calm]

51. This is RW BULLSHIT! Like the pic of soldiers supposedly in Iraq

making fun of Kerry's joke!

[Rockstone]

52. Stay there if you like war so much, Aaron

There will be no shortage of it.

[tabasco]

53. Propaganda 101

Anybody who gives these "soldier's letters" any credibility are pretty gullible.

It is simply pro-war propaganda.

"Iraq = 9-11." Same republican tripe they spew everyday in "a soldier's letter" format.

I just got out of the Army last year and most of the military people I know hate Bush's guts and damn sure didn't vote republican.

[kittykitty]

54. Rusty Humvees . . . .