Reading update…..

Fnished The Sutras of Abu Ghraib by Aidan Delgado and gave it 5 stars amzn.to/H9r8SO #Kindle — Dennis Reasinger (@dionysius) April 1, 2012 Awesome book! Profoundly moving memoir of a Buddhist soldier coming to terms with the war and his deep aversion to war. Also captures perfectly the bleakness of life in a war zone…

Sutras of Abu Ghraib…

I started reading the book. Quite gripping, I give it "5 stars".  In this video, the author talks about the book and his future plans....

War is such a waste….

http://goo.gl/wNls1 Article about an American soldier doing consecutive life terms in prison for killing an entire Iraqi family after raping the daughters.  Such a waste 4 people killed, 1 in prison for life. All of  these people had friends and loved ones; their lives are profoundly altered. I'm sure the consequences don't stop there either. …

Removal of “yellowcake” from Iraq…

U.S. removes 'yellowcake' from Iraq - Conflict in Iraq- msnbc.com - yes, there really were WMD in Iraq or in any case the raw materials needed to make them.  This story details the care  that was taken to keep this stuff away from Iran and other terrorists.  Also check out these other links: 500 Tons …

An Iraq Veteran has a personal message for Barack Obama

An Iraq Veteran has a personal message for Barack Obama

this is just hilarious !

...a funny in my email today. Even if it's not real this is just hilarious !

pics of soldiers…..

I got an email from Smitty complete with pictures titled "Pretty Sobering" that reminds us of the contrast between our daily living here and the daily hardships faced by our soldiers in Iraq... Cell phone is in your pocket. He clutches the cross hanging on his chain next to his dog tags. You talk trash …

documentary about Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq…

YouTube - Standard Operating Procedure Trailer Errol Morris takes a closer look at the abuse of suspected terrorists by U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib. - Interviews with soldiers who were there. related linkage... Looking For A New England: Lynndie England Misses Prison Lynndie England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Abu Ghraib prison - Wikipedia, the …

a rant on a sunday night…

I have read in several articles from various sources that the US developed special techniques designed to humiliate Muslims. The techniqes consited of the stuff we have been reading about lately: being kept naked, being forced to masturbate etc. I think the idea that the US did this specifically to shame Muslims is bogus as …

Some thoughts….

I am at work, on my second cup of coffee. I am nearly finished with the spreadsheet I started yesterday. So, I think I will take a blog break ! This morning I was quite hungry and the pantry was bare, so I decided to grab something on the way to work. I stopped at …

a rant….

Here is a good article from CT Weblog about the abuse scandal in Iraq. The Vatican has roundly condemned us and the article also made an excellant point that the female soldier in the notorious picture ought not to have been working as a guard in a men's prison camp -- excellant point I say …