Father No Longer Out for Revenge in Iraq is the headline of the story just posted on AP wire service. It tells the tale of a 48 year old corporal
Joe Johnson from Georgia who admits that part of the reason for his enlistment and service in Iraq was out of a Quest for revenge for his son's death:
"It's a lot of things combined," he said. "One, a sense of duty. I was pissed off at the terrorists for 9/11 and other atrocities. Second, I'd only trained. I wanted combat." And then, he said, "there's some revenge involved. I'd be lying if I said there wasn't."
I thought the story was significant for this man's soul searching and the conclusions that he has come to which burst the bubbles of a lot of Bu$hCo supporter's fantasies:
"I shouldn't even have come," he now says. And if he leaves bloody Iraq with no blood on his hands, he says, that's fine, too.
I'm just so surprised that this made it past the AP "headline crafters". The whole story is worth a read, and I think it's very valuable to take a look at it to see just how much change many on the "other side" are capable of. It's important that we continue to try to reach out to these, our fellow Americans, during their pain, because they will be important in effecting positive change in our country.