Hit-and-Run Outrage

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Sorry, I meant to write a letter to the editor expressing my disappointment with the United States involvment in the middle east and it got intertwined with comments from this tragic hit-and-run story. I apologize for any confusion

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William BakerJosette ArvizuWriting 101 – CRN 1437117 December 2009Johnny Got His Gun and Johnny Got Brainwashed Into Believing That Bush And His Cronies Knew What The Fuck They Were Talking About and Johnny Got His Stupid Ass Sent Off To Iraq and Johnny Got The Shit Blown Out Of Him By An IED and Now What’s Left Of Johnny Is Coming Home To Mommy And Daddy In A Pine BoxDo I sound bitter? My hope in this argument is to convince the reader that we, the supposed United States of America, do not and never have belonged in Iraq. Being there is the result of the arrogance of the U.S. government to believe that “We the People” are the only ones in the whole entire world that have the ability and expertise to solve everyone else’s problems. I will utilize whatever sources I can scrounge up in the next couple of hours to help the reader conclude that, even if I’m not right, I sure as shit am onto something here. And anyone who thinks this country needs a mandatory draft is a goddamn moron that needs a taste of IED to wake them up to the reality that we are screwing ourselves over in the Karma department.Serving in the military for ten years, six of them spent overseas, has afforded me a unique opportunity to see first-hand how destructive of a force this country can be when it comes to global relations. I always laugh at the people I overhear in public who don’t understand why those “evil insurgents” are killing our “poor” boys and girls in uniform with roadside bombs, or IED’s as they are known. The online version of the Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines the word insurgent as “A person who revolts against civil authority or an established government.” Anyone can label these people anything that they want to, Insurgent, Terrorist, Radical or even Asshole, I don’t care. If I were an Iraqi citizen, I would be considered an insurgent as well, because I sure as shit would revolt against the American’s version of civil authority and their so-called established government. The best way that I can explain this is to hypothetically bring a situation closer to home. Imagine, for just a minute, a large country with considerable military power, like China coming here practically in the middle of the night, without any kind of invitation or request for help, and shooting missiles at buildings where they think someone is making bombs, except the building is close to a preschool and the bomb misses its target and hits the school, killing several small children. Innocent American children who have never done anything to China, let alone anyone else. Then they show up at your door, or my door at 3 in the morning looking for weapons or materials to make bombs. And they’re not very nice about it either, whether you are innocent or not. And they’re controlling the cities with checkpoints, telling us where we can and cannot go, and who we can see and what we can do. Well, then I must be an Insurgent because if that ever happened, if China or anyone else ever came here starting shit like that, I can guarantee that I would quickly pick up the skill of IED manufacturing, and I would be on a roof somewhere with a rifle picking off as many of those bastards as possible. And I wouldn’t be alone in this quest. I come from a Hillbilly family and these people are protective and vengeful, when necessary. They would all be right there on the roof with me, and I’m sure millions of Americans would do the same. Hell, we wouldn’t let someone come and take our country over like that. Our “American” spirit would never allow that to happen. So, why should we hold equally patriotic Iraqis to a different standard? The country of Iraq has never attacked the United States. The country of Iraq has never threatened to attack the United States. No Iraqi citizens were involved in the 9/11 attacks. No Iraqi citizen has ever been involved in any kind of terrorist attack on U.S. soil. And yet, there we are, all up in their Kool-aid, and we don’t even know the flavor.These poor kids that the military recruiters are suckering into all of this are only doing it because they think they’re going to get some quick college money, not a quick exit from their young lives. How much fucking oil does this country need?