There's a lady fighting for us

[reynardo]

and she goes by the name of ginmar. And she writes the following:

And let me make it very clear. Even one civilian death here is one too many. These people didn't do anything to us, nothing at all. There have been so many deaths, and when I read about them, they all make my heart clutch up in my chest. A family shot at a checkpoint, because the Western gesture for 'stop' is the Iraqi gesture for hello. Bodies dumped at roadsides after the insurgents killed them. Civilians caught in a crossfire, in a blowback, in a war. Too many of them, day after day after day.

The Iraqis just didn't do anytihng to deserve this. Nothing. And yet here we are.

I know how I felt when my mom died.

If you've lost someone you love, capture that memory for a moment. Close your eyes.

Now imagine that that person died as the result of well-meaning interference.

To read the whole item please click here.

I recommend her journal for its honest and un-prettied descrition of life as a US soldier serving in Iraq. And thank you jazzmasterson for pointing me towards her.

Comments

[jazzmasterson.livejournal.com]

You're welcome. I read her every day, too.

Also, the community rania_s_gate is the locked community for posts she doesn't want caught by censorbots. If you click join she'll let you in after determining that you're not joining under false pretenses (i.e., you have an actual journal with real posts that indicate that you're a real human who wants to join).

[ambitious-wench.livejournal.com]

Ginmar RAWKS my LJ word. We've butted heads over the whole mass exodus thing, but she's got my vote for Prez.

Love her!
(And you too, dear. *smooch*)
Edie