Soldiers And Citizens Book

Series Editors' Foreword xi

Foreword by Christian Appy xiii

Acknowledgments xvii

Introduction 1

One Iraq and the United States: A Brief Sketch 9

Two The New Winter Soldiers Redux: The Patriotism of Antiwar GIs 21

Specialist Aidan Delgado, "He was juggling a Kuwaiti skull." 29

Sergeant Aaron Hughes, "Vietnam did not change until the veterans spoke out." 33

Specialist Michael Harmon, "The whole war was a lie." 38

Lieutenant Harvey Tharp, "I was able to use Halliburton's greed to my advantage." 41

Corporal Adam Charles Kokesh, "Kindly, go fuck yourself." 43

Sergeant Kelly Doughtery, "The U.S. invaded Iraq to control the oil resources." 46

Staff Sergeant Andrew Sapp, "We need to get closer to a social revolution." 51

Staff Sergeant Camilo Mejia, "There is no greater freedom than the freedom to follow one's conscience." 57

Three From Bunker Hill to Baghdad: We Will Continue the Mission 67

Captain James L. McCormick, "It really is a sense of honor; it is the right thing to do." 72

Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Sisinyak, "You signed up for this.

You have a responsibility to fight." 77

Sergeant Vincent Micco, "The man reached over and kissed me on the cheek." 80

Lieutenant Jason Nichols, "It is not supporting the troops by keeping them from doing the job that they volunteered to do." 85

Colonel William V. Wenger (Ret.), "They want you your family and everyone you know who is not a Muslim dead." 87

Specialist Jennifer Sardam, "It was almost a personal quest for me." 93

Major Brian Bresnahan, "You know who the bad guys are, don't you?" 97

Four The Sacrifice of Military Families 103

Celeste Zappala, "How is it okay for my son to go and bekilled in this war that no one can explain, but the people who wanted the war don't send their kids." 105

Teri Mackey, "It touches you in ways that you can't imagine unless you've been there." 107

Monica Benderman, "The issues are more important than we are." 112

Carlos and Melida Arredondo, "Dad on fire." 116

Five War Managers: Pundits and Policy Officials 123

Andrew J. Bacevich, "The military effort is a futile one." David Horowitz, "There is no question that the war was justified." 132

Hans Blix, "How can you prove that there is no mouse in the New York Metropolitan Opera?" 136

Colonel Lawrence B. V/ilkerson (Ret.), "I do think that there will be some war crimes action against the Bush administration." 142

Douglas J. Feith, "We worked in the open, not conspiratorially." 148

Lieutenant Colonel Karen Kwiatkowski (Ret.), "I call propaganda production." 152

John Brady Kiesling, "What would happen if I resigned?" 158

Major General Paul Eaton (Ret.), "You have the number two guy in government saying that torture is okay." 163

Terrence K. Kelly, "They put themselves in harms way to try to help Iraq." 167

Samir Adil, "The Iraqi people believe in unity, we love each other." 172

Donny George Youkhanna, "This was a serious accusation; it meant killing immediately." 176

Notes 181

Bibliography 193

Index 197