I'm glad to see that our country is finally opposed to the war. Years ago, I couldn't even look at this board because of all of the cheerleading and misdirected testosterone towards "killin' ragheads". Those of us that opposed the war were basically ridiculed and called pussies. At this point, I barely even care anymore. You can lead a horse to water...

Until servicemen and their families step up to blatently and loudly oppose the war and publicly call out the non-fighting, millionaire war pig politicians, nothing will change. Nookie, what your son witnessed is terrible and has unfortunately been repeated thousands of times by our soldies (and hundreds of thousands of times to Iraq civilians). Your (and I'm sure your son's) anger and "f the raghead" sentiments are normal but everyone should at least try to think of how we, as Americans, would act if a country invaded us, removed our leader, changed all the rules, put a government in place, and then didn't leave. I'd guess we'd be doing some shooting and labeled as "insurgents" ourselves. I know we were told they "wanted us to come" but I hope everyone now realized that was propaganda.

I wish your son the best but it isn't a stretch to say he'll never be the same. The whole thing is incredibly sad. The long-term mental costs of this war are just starting to surface. You'll see the "Vietnam Vet syndrome" on our streets 20 and 40 years from now.

For those that look back and wish they would have done something to stop this thing from happening to begin with, you have your chance right now in regards to Iran. And if you want the real story on Iraq, turn off your TV and start searching for servicemen blogs, diaries, and videos on the Internet.