Fatigue Cripples U.S. Army in Iraq
August 13th, 2007Even the “Public Affairs” people, who are paid to lie to reporters, are having trouble maintaining appearances now.
Via: Guardian:
Where once the war in Iraq was defined in conversations with these men by untenable ideas – bringing democracy or defeating al-Qaeda – these days the war in Iraq is defined by different ways of expressing the idea of being weary. It is a theme that is endlessly reiterated as you travel around Iraq. ‘The army is worn out. We are just keeping people in theatre who are exhausted,’ says a soldier working for the US army public affairs office who is supposed to be telling me how well things have been going since the ‘surge’ in Baghdad began.
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