Meanwhile: For Marines, Iraq a frustrating fight

Donald — 10/10/2004 2:35:25 PM (archived)

For Marines, Iraq a frustrating fight

Some soldiers question how and why war is being waged

By Steve Fainaru

Updated: 2:08 a.m. ET Oct. 10, 2004ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq - Scrawled on the helmet of Lance Cpl. Carlos Perez are the letters FDNY. After the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on New York, the Pentagon and western Pennsylvania, Perez quit school, left his job as a firefighter in Long Island, N.Y., and joined the U.S. Marine Corps.

"To be honest, I just wanted to take revenge," said Perez, 20.

Now, two months into a seven-month combat tour in Iraq, Perez said he sees little connection between the events of Sept. 11 and the war he is fighting. Instead, he said, he is increasingly disillusioned by a conflict whose origins remain unclear and frustrated by the timidity of U.S. forces against a mostly faceless enemy.

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1,071 - Donald - 10/10/2004 2:14:19 PM
- re: 1,071 - Lt. Welsh - 11/18/2004 12:54:06 AM
  - Terminology is not easy to deal with. Cut Donald some slack. - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2004 12:23:36 AM
    - re: Give Donald a break? - Sandra Jones - 11/26/2004 9:00:14 PM
    - Yeah, I know it's an old post, but my point is still a good one. (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 11/19/2004 12:24:45 AM
- re: 1,071 - Mark Eby - 10/10/2004 10:34:08 PM
- Meanwhile: For Marines, Iraq a frustrating fight - Donald - 10/10/2004 2:35:25 PM
  - re: Meanwhile: For Marines, Iraq a frustrating fight - Stephen Ahern - 11/8/2004 4:58:01 PM
    - re: Meanwhile: For Marines, Iraq a frustrating fight (n/t) - Stephen Ahern - 11/8/2004 5:03:27 PM
  - E-3. Any military types want to comment? - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2004 3:39:00 PM
    - re: E-3. Any military types want to comment? - gbaikie - 10/11/2004 6:49:36 PM
  - And How Many Do You Quote Who Feel Otherwise? - Mark Eby - 10/10/2004 3:49:13 PM
    - The problem with that. - Bowser - 10/10/2004 9:31:29 PM
      - re: The problem with that. - E-7 McKeen - 11/18/2004 12:46:06 AM
      - Really - Mark Eby - 10/10/2004 10:30:59 PM
        
        The Invisible Turtle Heads Theory - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2004 3:31:27 PM
        
        Oh, I do understand............. - Publius - 10/11/2004 6:39:42 PM
        
        re: Oh, I do understand............. - Tom Brosz - 10/11/2004 10:53:53 PM
        
        the difference is........ - Publius - 10/12/2004 3:53:40 PM
        
        Perception - Tom Brosz - 10/12/2004 4:28:01 PM
        
        Since I'm sure That Went Over Your Head - Mark Eby - 10/10/2004 10:38:36 PM
        
        You just make stuff up, don't you. Like Bush, reality doesn't intervene in your thinking at all. - Bowser - 10/11/2004 4:44:35 AM
        
        Try Reading Your Own Source (n/t) - Mark Eby - 10/11/2004 11:46:43 PM
  - And the quagmire continues - Donald - 10/10/2004 2:38:35 PM

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