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Gulf War Lies

Imagine this: walking through a blinding sandstorm, scattered machine fire going on around you, with visibility reduced to three feet. The sand stings your eyes, muffles your ears, and is ground into your teeth. You do not even hear the muted shout of, “Incoming!”, before your body is torn to shreds by an RPG.
Or, instead you lay your life on the line willingly for your country, and live to tell the tale, only to be die a pointless back in the good ol’ USA caused by a mysterious disease, with symptoms such as: chronic fatigue, pains in the joints, digestive problems and headaches, because of the untested “anti-body” injections that were given to you by your superiors as well as “inadvertent” exposure to chemicals and radiation.
These are the two unique fates of the soldiers involved in the Gulf War of 1991.
It was a war of lies and half-truths against the American people, filled with innumerable injustices for the soldiers and civilians of b...

Posted by: Rebecca Wyant

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