WMD's my ass!

[shadowmayor]

20. So sorry

This was not meant as an anti-Hillary jab. Just an observation about how the NY Senators wouldn't respond to soldiers from their state. I don't know if the Senators actually saw the letters, perhaps their staffers tossed them out? Who knows? But what I can personally attest to, is the fact that several NCO's (myself included) were signatories to letters to Senators Clinton and Schumer specifically regarding the removal of detainees from the combat zone. The Bush team kept on and on about how detainees weren't in the same category as civilians or POW's and used this ruse to stifle our requests. Even the Red Cross was far too reticent on this matter. Bottom line, I was there, I signed some of the letters and you weren't. Sending these letters posed a great risk to us, and the powers that be were always on the alert for "subversive" actions and criticisms of the war effort. It could be possible that our mailings were interfered with as well, I wouldn't be surprised. I do know that the New Yorkers in my unit sent many letters to their elected officials to no avail whatsoever.

The Shadow Mayor