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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Bill who wrote (107598)	8/23/2005 1:29:35 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

If I talked to a soldier, I would have to keep in mind that soldiers are brainwashed during their training. Also, that they are not really free to speak their minds. Not all of them agree with the Bush agenda in Iraq, you know, but you wouldn't hear a peep from any of them about that until after they return home. Then I would have to determine what part of Iraq the soldier fought in, and whether it is an area we have under good control or not. Depending on where in Iraq the soldier is, his point of view would be markedly different. I would have to evaluate whether the soldier I was speaking to was reasonably intelligent and aware of the underlying political situation. I would have to try and figure out whether he was the kind of person who is generally kind, or not. I would then have to determine if he had any battle related stress disorders, because I would have to understand quite a bit about the soldier to be able to put all his remarks in perspective. All of that is a whole pile of trouble! You still have not articulated why on earth I should talk to a soldier, anyway. I believe that reading a nice variety of articles by journalists from many parts of the world is a nice, fairly objective way to know what is going on in Iraq, unless you can convince me differently, and you have not so far.