An interesting seat-mate.

On my flight back today I had an interesting seat-mate. She was a GI returning from Iraq, and thankful to be coming home. She told me how the whole war on the ground has gone to Hell. She was stationed in the south where things are allegedly getting better. She told me the real reason the Brits left that area, and the real reason her battallion were let go was because things are so terrible they don't want troops there any more. The local generals are apparently pleading with the theatre commanders to get everyone the heck out but she said they're all being ignored. She told me how for every soldier killed, she was seeing or hearing of 10 to 20 maimed or injured. She said they're getting no support from back home and told me she had no idea where any of the 22,000 new troops had gone because as far as she knew, they were in the process of pulling out and drawing down the troops. She said that the major pullout would happen around mid June this year and that all the generals were planning for it. She said for the most part, the GI's on the ground are all just counting the days - they can't wait to get out.

Funny how stuff like this doesn't get reported in the press.

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