It has been nearly four years sense my return from Iraq and yet some days I feel like I am still in the ROC at FOB Speicher. Last night was one of those nights…<\/p>\n
I kept nervously shuffling through my pocket and playing with my Washington DC drivers license. I felt the smooth edges and ran my fingers across the face until it reached a corner whose own face has begun to peel. As I flicked the peeling facade of my ID with my finger I looked up and was bad in the ROC. I could hear MAJ M not the presenter. I strained to hear through the crackle of the radio, not the interpreter.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I hear ya Geoff. Waking up in a cold sweat, wondering if you clicked at the right time on that presentation…praying to God that the schematic diagram on slide #14 was right…reminiscing about the time that the <\/del>general<\/del> colonel Sanders <\/del> Chuck-e-Cheese <\/del> your make believe friend made a comment about Hadji’s driving…wondering when you’ll get investigated for the Stolen Valor Act…wondering why you don’t know the difference between “sense” and “since”…wondering what the hell “bad in the ROC” means….trying to figure out if you used “facade” correctly…. Christ, the humanity of it all, eh?<\/p>\nTo morrow night these same Iraqis will have dinner at the IVAW DC house. Maybe then they will see that what I do now is with as much sorrow and regret as it is with love and solidarity.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Hey Iraqi guys, don’t drink the apple juice in the fridge, it is extract of man root if you know what I mean….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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