A Soldier Speaks Out Against Bush

"On January 2 of this year, a team of soldiers in my brigade stopped a couple of Iraqis near the town of Samarra... Four soldiers stopped two Iraqis. In the passion of war, on a day marred by anger and tragedy, the two Iraqis ended up getting thrown off a bridge...

No matter what happened on that bridge, the soldiers were ordered to lie about it. And they were ordered to lie about it not just by their team leader, but by the entire leadership of their unit, from their company commander all the way up to their battalion commander.

... We never should have been sent to Iraq without any clue of how to win the peace, the hearts, and the minds of an Iraqi public who knew full well that we supported Saddam when it suited us, that we backed a rebellion against him when it was convenient, and that we left their brothers to twist slowly in the wind when it wasn't.

... There's only one man who's responsible for all of this, for the vast mess that is Iraq tonight, and his name is George W. Bush."

Read the full story: Over the Bridge.