Soldier Enlightened

The soldier opens his eyes,
And the light beams into his brain.
Truth slashes through lies.
After this, he will never be the same.
The soldier breaks down and cries.

He sees that he has been used,
For all the wrong reasons.
He now knows that he's been abused,
Learns truth during the war vets season.

(by Treva L. Van Fossen copyright © 2003)

I'm taking the liberty of copying the portion of the conversation that I saw and posting it here. I hope that the chatters don't take offense and decide to kick my ass for this. Really, I feel honored to have seen their text-based conversation and I want you to see it, too. So here it is (the text qualities [bold, italic and underline] were done by me and did not appear in the conversation in the GNN chatroom):

sts yes i joined to serve and protect and preserve lives, not have the govt manipulate me and fellow soldiers
born2liberate quite rite
GlassBender i think that you shoulld be happy, knowing that you finally see the light . there are many other followers that are still losing friends and loved ones that are still in the dark. welcome to the other side
sts is this tyrue plz tell me this some fanatsasy someone cooked up I am crying right now no joke I am for real I gave up everything for my govt
born2liberate man it ok to cry u know, soft as it may snd!
born2liberate hey jus read up on everythin u can, it dont really mena u gotta believe it
GlassBender its ok to cry. pain is a powerful motivator. the pain causing your tears sould be focused now. direct it towards preventing others from blindly making the same decisions.
sts So now what we just stand bye and let us it continue? or what can we do as americans, I am tired of more bodies falling over probably oil, not liberation for a free iraqi
born2liberate did u actually serve in iraq then?
sts was the election cooked up so this would happen, no way Gore would have let it happen. We should have never let a former CIA run our country in the first place, Former Pres Bush, and now his son can finish up stuff for him., I have been reading im freakin
SeeOtter st you should read Stan Goff latest
GlassBender i gotta jet. be well all
SeeOtter "you were chumped"
born2liberate take care, peace
SeeOtter http://www.counterpunch.com/goff11142003.html