Marion thanks for the lovely coffee and biscuits.

http://groups.msn.com/IraqWarV…..8490544227

==Well most of you know I am a Marine Mom, Ive been haveing some bad feelings for the past 4 weeks now. At one point in this 4 weeks I was told by a friend they talked to my son, He is overseas right now, In Anbar Province.He talked to them because he is a Viet Nam Vet and he felt he could talk honestly to this man, Which he did and he could at anytime.

Well he told this man that he was injured again, Appearently on March 27th,07, There was a RPG that blew up a Humvee where he was standing by, and he saw it coming and ran, He heard someone calling him and he turned to see, and he was hit in the face and chest with shrapnel from the Humvee.

There has been alot of this happening and I know that most of you have been thru this type of thing. My son recieved many injuries to his ribs and face near his left eye, he also had a piece of shrapnel severe his left ventricle in his heart, but do to the Lung being injured they immediately worked on fixing the lung and then the heart and face. My son was not issued a Flak Jacket, and many of the guys from his unit have not been issued one either, They two are KIA. His unit has lost 20 men and they had 27 in his unit.

My son is in a hospital recovering from his injuries and the Cmdr of his unit came in and asked if he was ready to go back to the feild, Of course my son being the good Marine replied with, Yes Sir. My son is saposed to be headed back to Lejeune Naval Hospital in 2 weeks, But the CMDR told him he has order to go back into the feild in 1 week. He just had Major open heart surgery, he has no vision at this time in the left eye, and they want him back into the field?

My son is freaking out because of this. The Dr told my son he is Not going back to the field not with them injuried, and He cant lift anything heavy as to the surgery he has had.

My son was injured back in Nov, 06 when he had to kill a child because of a bomb straped on him and headed towards him and his unit. My son recieved injuries to his legs, with shrapnel at that time, and Big gashes in his legs,They got infected at that time, and now they are healing, and now this.

Im angry that they want to send him back to the field, and Im even angrier that they have no flak jackets, to protect them. Ive heard about 5 soldiers already headed back to the field after injuries,some life threatning to. Is the military that despreat that have to send injured soldiers back out to fight? I dont have any clue as to why? Maybe some of you can enlighten me as to why?

Do the families of these soldiers have to defend there soldier at all cost? Do we have to sit back and do nothing while our soldiers are being hurt and killed and maimed? I cant do this. I need to get the word out what is going on. I know that there are just a few soldiers who have been thru this, and What can I do to help them and my son at the sametime?

Ive contacted my congressmen about the flak Jackets, he said not all our soldiers have a flak jacket there few and far in between. Our soldiers are fight a war, and dont have the issues military gear to do this with. Thanks for listening to me vent. God bless, and Help with this will be appreciated.

I know this is EPU, get ye to your congresscritter ASAP, tell this story to them (or their staff), A wound to the heart will involve sutures, any stress to the heart may cause suture failure, potentially fatal until full healing is acheived. There is a commanding officer that should be answering court martial proceedings in over ruling a Physian’s orders concerning medical protocol. I am not a medic or lawyer, this still is unwarranted abuse of military personnel by the chain of command. I truely hope this turns out favorably for you and yours. All the best……

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Coffee and tea are all ready, and the biscuits are hot out of the oven. We’re still reveling in the 5 inches of rain we got. My jasmine is rejuvenated.

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and another thing

(from prior discussion on last thread now up here)

PS – The part above about the CA Med Board is a reflection of why I post and have done political/enviro activism under my name.

[This might seem unremearkable to those without EarthFirst! friends named Garlic, Orca, and Lichen.]

The false threats of criminal sanctions when we use our freedoms against the megacorps is an act of intimidation.

The point of citing the Med Board is to put the lie to the false threats.

Public ID with my legal advocacy affirms that boycotting megacorps with the stated intention of hurting sales to change corporate behavior is nothing to hide – it’s something to celebrate!

now I can go to sleep – tonight

Good night, Petro!

ET – that sounds wonderful. Thank you.

Time to take my belfry off to bed.

G’nite, pups!

Smoke the megacorps with your freedoms while ‘ya got them!

Alas, another one bite’s the dust! Nite, KM!!!

I think they did. Just went back down the hill and they’re still there – no swallows. Maybe it was an argument at shift change, though, eh?

Good one, 707!!!

ET – that sounds wonderful. Thank you.

Time to take my belfry off to bed.

G’nite, pups!

Smoke the megacorps with your freedoms while ‘ya got them!

PS Hi tw3k!

Bye tw3k!