Voicemails from an MP in Baghdad

Leonard Clark, 860th MP CO, AZ Army National Guard, has been leaving voicemails for his friends back home. MP3 of recent message. Second recent MP3.

Typed hurriedly while I listened: “The leadership says we’re winning the war, that Hagel and others are wrong. I hate to tell you this. Mr. Hagel and Mr. Kennedy are right. We are losing. This IS a quagmire…. Almost every soldier I talk to says we’re losing … Every soldier that dies now is A NEEDLESS DEATH … Including very conservative soldiers who are diehard Republicans … About those who say that objections lower the morale of soldiers: We are calling our families back home and telling them… this is a fundraiser for Halliburton, KBR….”

Do listen to it all. It’s devastating in its clarity. And, at leonardclark.com/blog, you can read Leonard’s e-mails back home. Of note:

His desire to be as vocal as possible on these issues and the need to “Bring the troops home” has inspired him to run for Arizona Senate against Jon Kyl as the Progressive Democrat in the Primary. He will run on a “Bring the troops home” platform and be the voice of experience, being on the ground there. His letters follow this introduction by Esther Lumm.

Thanks — again — to Norma for this incredible information.