"Hell No, They Won't Go!"

[orleans]

"Pablo Paredes, an ex-Navy petty officer who refused to board the Iraq-bound USS Bonhomme Richard in December 2003, estimates that up to 40,000 U.S. servicemen and -women have either gone AWOL (absent without leave) or deserted since 2000. The number of deserters from the Iraq War alone is estimated at around 10,000. The GI Rights Helpline—where The Bronx, New York, resident works—gets 40,000 calls a year—half from military personnel who’ve gone AWOL and want advice on their options. Paredes assumes that at least the same number do not call.

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_ian_will_070914_hell_no_2c_they_won_t_.htm

i'm playing randi's friday show back tonight and at the end of her show she said she heard a rumor that 10,000 troops are refusing to return to iraq. i googled and found this article by ian williams on opednews


“ You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
Sneak home and pray you'll never know
The hell where youth and laughter go. ”
— Siegfried Sassoon
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[ClayZ]

1. K and R

[golddigger]

2. K&R n/t

[Nutmegger]

3. R&K

Hello orleans. I hope you are well. :hi::hug:

[orleans]

4. hey nutmegger. thanks for the k&r. how are you? n/t

[lonestarnot]

5. R E S I S T

K & R

[EFerrari]

6. Let the chickenhawks send their children. We're not giving up ours

for Halliburton, or Hunt Oil or Unocal or Blackwater.

K&R