Happy Iraq War Anniversary!
This past week had two important anniversaries for me. I got shot on St. Patrick's Day in 2005 (gods sick humor since I am half Scott) and it has been six years since this past March 20th since the Iraq war began. Last year out of frustration I joined Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW). IVAW seemed to be very promising at first. A mixed group of Iraq veterans would go speak all over the Midwest at various places of academia about all the injustices occurring in Iraq. It seemed like IVAW could really make a difference in the politics of the war. Last summer I was involved in planning all sorts of local IVAW sponsored events. IVAW really seemed to die down when Obama was elected. I was contacted out of the blue this past week to go to an IVAW march / protest this past weekend. I decided not to attend. The reason why I decided not to attend was that IVAW has been supporting all sorts of non Iraq related bull shit. I am against the war in Iraq for the the reasons that IVAW states on their website, however they have been protesting the Palestinian / Israeli conflict, and protesting the war in Afghanistan. WTF does Palestine have to do with Iraq? It sounds just like Karl Rove linking Sadam to Al Qaeda! I am completely against the war in Iraq, however the war in Afghanistan is legit, even though W mismanaged that war too. I guess the problem with so many of these combat veterans is that they have become pacifists (mostly REMFs. rear echelon mother fuckers), and since IVAW has all of these mixed messages it will never succeed as an organization.
Here is the IVAW link:
Here is a pic of me a day after I got shot and a spall wound WOHOO!
