A soldier maimed by war now questions the mission
(Boston Globe) : http://tinyurl.com/lho2d

By Brian MacQuarrie, Globe Staff | August 2, 2006

WASHINGTON -- President Bush came and sat by the side of Sergeant Brian Fountaine,
a 24-year-old tank commander from Dorchester, a gung-ho soldier who had lobbied
to be deployed a second time. Now Fountaine was among the wounded at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, his legs amputated below the knees after an explosion June 8 ripped apart the Humvee in which he was riding.

The president chatted about the sergeant's beloved Red Sox, but made no reference to the war, the soldier said.

If the topic had come up, the president might not have liked what Fountaine had on his mind. In a dramatic change of heart, Fountaine now considers the war a military quagmire in which American soldiers are caught in a deadly vise between irreconcilable enemies.

In his view, troop morale has plummeted, suicide has increased, and the sacrifices being made in American blood and treasure suddenly seem questionable.
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I hope this kid finds some answers to his questions and realizes the 'mission' was making vultures like Dick Cheney richer.
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