before I get to Iraq

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Wednesday April 11, 2007 · 10:19 AM PDT

2007/04/11 · 10:19

I have some shit to say.

To introduce: I'm sure none of you recognize my handle. I used to sign in and comment, but nowadays, I just read the front page, the recs, & some of the most recent diaries. I was going to start a running diary on military issues, but time constraints are a bitch, plus I don't have a computer where I live so my ability to post a diary on a regular basis is nonexistent.

Here's the deal - I'll be in Iraq soon. Like within a week soon. I'm in the Army. And again, like my first diary, I have some shit to get off my chest.

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Wednesday December 06, 2006 · 7:28 AM PST

2006/12/06 · 07:28

I don't write diaries. I don't have a computer where I live, so I don't check the internet/dKos from 11am-3am EST. Yeah, it sucks. Of course, I do have my computer here, but I use it for work the large, large majority of the time. But I figure I should try to start some kind of a diary to chronicle views from inside the military (or more specifically the Army) to the community.
There is a large divide between the military and civilian populace and an even larger one between the military and the liberal elite community (not that all liberals are elite or all elites are liberal. Don't start getting huffy yet.) I hope my diaries will help slow the growth of this gap, and maybe start to shrink it.

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Sunday November 12, 2006 · 9:36 AM PST

2006/11/12 · 09:36

I don't contribute much to the DKos community.
I read diaries, peruse comments, sometimes adding my own opinion when I think I have a valid opinion I fear might not be brought up.
I didn't personally participate in the election this week (aside from voting.)
But I figured today, having witnessed a landmark election in my lifetime, and being able to spend my Veterans' Day thousands of miles away from my home in Dallas without anyone noticing me, would be a good day to toss out some random shit on my mind I think is prescient and may resonate with some readers simply because of who I am: a 25-year old, racially mixed soldier in Germany who can't ignore the ignominy of politics. Read More

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before I get to Iraq

Forging a soldier's diary

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