It’s good to see other people understand stupidity …
April 7, 2007
… It’s sad to see them pay for it so dearly. Damn.
“This happened about the same time the press learned that detainees were being abused in the prison east of Fallujah. Goody. What did Hajji learn that week? First, the U.S. can be defeated. Second, if he surrenders, he will be stripped naked, have electrodes attached to his testicles and (be) made to stand in a tub of water. Fucking brilliant. Where is my goddamned propeller hat? I need to get into the spirit of things.”
–Letter home from Army 2nd Lt. Brian Smith dated May 11, 2004, as quoted in last week’s edition of Newsweek. Smith was killed in action in Al Habbaniyah less than two months later. He was 30 years old.
I recommend everyone get this issue of Newsweek. Absolutely worth the read.
