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My feelings are mixed by what I read and hear about the war protests all over the world. I'm not anti or pro war. In truth, I'm not anti or pro much. I firmly believe in live and let live or not. I read others' views and I am astounded by the strength of conviction others have. I am going to ramble to try to get my thoughts around what is going on. I came of age in the summer of love. I lost friends, one very dear to me, in Viet Nam. I was arrested back in '67 for being an organizer of a riot out in front of the police station in my home town. I hate the thought of war. Yet for this one I am very ambivalent. Two people I have met in Kuwait were human shields during the first Gulf War. One, an American, was captured mid-war and spent the rest of his time as a POW. The second, a Kuwaiti, was leaving his base to go home for the night and was captured on August 3, the day after the invasion of Kuwait. Whatever he suffered during his time as a shield has lived with him. He suffers from pituitary problems that are directly linked to his time in Iraq. I have met and lived with and talked with these men. Remembering their stories now, sickens me. The Kuwaiti is in the states now, he has been for the past year, trying to get his health in order so he can father a child. Well not only to become a father but that was an impetus for the trip to the U.S. The American is back in the states now, too. He left last August, because he was ready to retire. I think he is soon to be 60. In the few months he was in Iraq, he lost 40 kilos. Nearly 90 pounds in less than 5 months. This does not sound to me like he was living in a club med. ( Read more... )