Anonymous officers speak out on the Iraq conflict
February 9th, 2004
“We can t even go out in convoy with anyone from Halliburton or Bechtel
without drawing a crowd of angry Iraqis. They hate the Halliburton and
Bechtel guys worse than they hate the soldiers. It s like painting a
target on your back just to travel with those contractors and try to
protect them.” … “They have had to evacuate at least 5000 soldiers for
mental reasons already. Who knows how many are having problems and are
afraid to tell anyone.” … “How the hell are we supposed to bring
democracy to Iraq when the government is going after all the soldiers
that have been speaking out?” [link]