 The Last Letter
A Message to George W. Bush and Dick Cheney From Dying Veteran Tomas Young
 March 18, 2013 -- I write this letter on the 10th anniversary of the Iraq War on behalf of my fellow Iraq War veterans. I write this letter on behalf of the 4,488 soldiers and Marines who died in Iraq. I write this letter on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of veterans who have been wounded and on behalf of those whose wounds, physical and psychological, have destroyed their lives. I am one of those gravely wounded. I was paralyzed in an insurgent ambush in 2004 in Sadr City. My life is coming to an end. I am living under hospice care. [MORE]
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The Crucifixion of Tomas Young
Chris Hedges - Mar 10, 2013 --- Young will die for our sins. He will die for a war that should never have been fought. He will die for the lies of politicians. He will die for war profiteers. He will die for the careers of generals.
KANSAS CITY, Mo.—I flew to Kansas City last week to see Tomas Young. Young was paralyzed in Iraq in 2004. He is now receiving hospice care at his home. I knew him by reputation and the movie documentary “Body of War.” He was one of the first veterans to publicly oppose the war in Iraq. [MORE] |
"Do you want to know what the foreign policy of Iraq is to the United States? (Gives the finger.) F*** the United States! That's what it is -- and that's why we're going to get him."
—George W. Bush, at a Congressional breakfast, September 2002 / doonesbury.slate.com 3/20/13
"Kick ass! If somebody tries to stop the march to democracy, we will seek them out and kill them! Our will is being tested, but we are resolute. We have a better way. Stay strong! Stay the course! Kill them! Be confident! We are going to wipe them out! We are not blinking!"
—George W. Bush, during a White House videoconference call, April 6, 2004 / doonesbury.slate.com 3/21/13
"My interest is to hit Saddam."
-- Donald Rumsfeld, at a White House meeting five hours after the 9/11 attacks / doonesbury.slate.com 3/22/13
"I didn't advocate invasion. I wasn't asked."
-- Donald Rumsfeld, November 20, 2005 / doonesbury.slate.com 3/22/13
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Veterans Today - April 26, 2008
BODY OF WAR: The Tomas Young Story – Paralyzed Iraq War Veteran Documentary
by Nick Lento
 Body of War is a documentary following Tomas Young, an Iraq War veteran paralyzed from a bullet to the spine, on a physical and emotional journey as he adapts to his new body and begins to question the decision to go to war in Iraq. From soldier to anti-war activist, the film takes an unflinching view of the physical and emotional aftermath of war through the eyes of an American hero. The film unfolds on two parallel tracks. On the one hand, we see Tomas evolving into a powerful voice against the war as he struggles to deal with the complexities of a paralyzed body. And on the other hand, we see the historic debate unfolding in the Congress about going to war in Iraq. [MORE]
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Dick Cheney on invading Iraq
"Once you got to Iraq and took it over, and took down Saddam Hussein's government, then what are you going to put in its place? If you take down the central government of Iraq you can easily end up seeing pieces of Iraq fly off. It's a quagmire if you go that far and try to take over Iraq."
-- Dick Cheney, on not invading Iraq, April 15, 1994 / doonesbury.slate.com 3/23/13
"If I had it to do over again, I'd do it in a minute."
-- Dick Cheney, on invading Iraq, March 15, 2013 / doonesbury.slate.com 3/23/13
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