Stripes letters from our troops: "Not Reserved in How We'll Vote" [View All]

Oct. 7, 2003

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As for those who say, “If you don’t like it, get out,” from what I’ve been
hearing around Iraq, that’s going to happen. Our voices will also be heard in
November 2004. All the governors and senators of our home states will also
hear our voices in the future for not trying to get us out of here.

Sgt. Christopher Clark
Baghdad, Iraq

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Oct. 6, 2003

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I know I don’t have the worst story around, and I’m definitely not the only
legitimate hardship case. But I do know when I’m being lied to and kept in the
dark. I’m sick of not being told anything, being lied to continuously about what
can and can’t be done, and not being stood up for by my appointed leaders. If
readers have similar problems, I encourage them to raise hell, question their
leaders and put their problems on their leaders’ consciences.

I will leave the military an angry, financially ruined man come next April, and I
will never, ever endorse the Army as a career choice to anyone. I truly regret
ever enlisting in the National Guard. If retaliation for this letter comes upon
me, so be it. I’ve done nothing but spoken the whole truth. God bless every
soldier in this quagmire. I pray for them all every day.

Spc. Kevin M. Rogers
Camp Arlington, Kuwait

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