Road Trip: I-5 to the OR line

When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier
Mother dry your eyes, there's no need to cry
I'm not a boy, it's what I signed up for

When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier
I can't take the heat, and I hardly sleep anymore
What'd we come here for

Standing out here in the desert
Trying to protect an oil line
I'd really like to do my job but
This ain't the country that I had in mind

They call this a war on terror
I see a lot of civilians dying
Mothers, sons, fathers and daughters
Not to mention some friends of mine
Some friends of mine

Was supposed to leave last week
Promises they don't keep anymore
Got to fight the rich man's war

When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier

Late in 2004
Comes a knock at the door
It's no surprise
Mother dry your eyes

Mother don't you cry, no, no
Someone told you a lie
Yes they did, why
Mother don't you cry, oh no
Mother don't you cry

When you're used up, where do you go
Soldier

"Twenty" - Robert Cray

Ft. Lewis WA

4 years after "Mission Accomplished"

Comments

[abbycat]

colorful pictures - Don't tell me I can't complain -
you have to wonder if these people who are so full
of bluster would put their own lives on the line

[Zapata]

I don't get that one sign: If you keep voting for bigger govt, expect less freedoms? WTF??? We have some serious cognitive difficulties amongst our people.

To abbycat, above: no, these are people who do NOT sign up for the military.

[soldier stabbed to death at Ft Lewis]

Soldier Stabbed to Death at Fort Lewis
By Associated Press
2 hours ago

FORT LEWIS, Wash. - A soldier was stabbed to death outside a barracks on the Fort Lewis Army post early Friday, and a suspect was in custody, military officials said.

The 22-year-old soldier died at Madigan Army Medical Center about an hour after the attack, according to a news release from the post.

Military police and Army Criminal Investigation Command officers said an investigation was under way. They described the stabbing as "an isolated incident" that should not reflect on overall safety and security at Fort Lewis, located between Tacoma and Olympia.

The slain soldier was not immediately identified.