Great LTTE: A combat veteran's antiwar effort

[unhappycamper]

A combat veteran's antiwar effort

November 4, 2007

I WAS appalled at your coverage of the Oct. 27 antiwar demonstration on Boston Common ("10,000 in Boston rally against war," Page B6, Oct. 28). Not only was it buried deep within the paper, but it failed to mention perhaps the most significant aspect of the march to Copley Square: that it was led by a platoon of combat veterans.

When the troops speak out against this horrific war, their voices are silenced by blatant omissions from the mainstream media. As a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War, and as a combat veteran Marine who was among those leading the march, I feel deeply disrespected.

Veterans have a unique perspective on what is happening on the ground in Iraq. More than 1 million of us have served in Iraq and Afghanistan since the start of the war, and the truth is starting to emerge. Soon our voices will be impossible to censor, and America will be forced to confront how much blood is on our hands.

It's bad enough that I was betrayed by the country I swore to defend. It's almost more painful to be ignored by my hometown newspaper when I returned.

Corporal MATT HOWARD
Foxborough

The writer served two tours in Iraq with the 1st Tank Battalion, 1st Marine Division.


LTTE at: http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/letters/articles/2007/11/04/a_combat_veterans_antiwar_effort/

[madokie]

1. any news of the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan are buried deep within

in our paper, the Tulsa World. Our other paper the Pryor Daily Times doesn't even mention it, its like it never existed. most times its never mentioned on the nightly news on the tee vee either