A voice from Iraq

I've asked my boss' son to write a little bit about his experiences in Iraq, for a 1st hand perspective:

I'VE NEVER REALLY TALKED ABOUT MY TIME THERE. FIRST EXCUSE ALL OF THE MISTAKES I'M GONNA MAKE WITH SPELLING AND EVERYTHING ELSE, I TAKE AFTER MY MOTHER. I REALLY AM LAUGHING! IRAQ WAS HELL ON EARTH. I'LL TELL YOU MY EXPERIENCE FIRST THEN MY VIEWS ON THE ELECTION.

FIRST, I MISSED MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTH AND ON THAT DAY I WAS CONDUCTING A RAID IN A PLACE CALLED AL JUIGA - A SMALL TOWN OUTSIDE OF KIRKUK WERE A TOP CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL ENGINEER WAS HIDING. WE (MY SQUAD AND I) WENT IN WITH NIGHT VISION AND BLACKOUT DRIVE ON. WE CAUGHT THE TOWN BY SURPRISE. A HEAVY GUN BATTLE ENSUED, I LOST A GOOD FRIEND BUT THE MISSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED. I WAS NEVER SO SCARED GOING INTO ANYTHING, THEN ON THAT DAY AT THAT RAID.I WAS PROMOTED AND HIRED EARLY ON AS A SQUAD LEADER. I WILL SEND A COPY OF THE DAY THAT I EARNED MY VALOR DEVICE TO YOU.

POLITICS - I VOTED FOR KERRY, BUT I WILL SAY THAT WHETHER WE DID IT OR NOT, THE IRAQIS NEEDED HELP. THAT COUNTRY WAS A TOILET. BUSH SAYS STAY THE COURSE, WELL WHAT THE HELL IS THE COURSE? IS IT HIGHER OIL PRICES AND TIME FOR 150000 FAMILIES TO BE WITHOUT (their loved ones)? THE DAY HAS COME WHEN THE MILITARY IS SPREAD SO THIN THAT WE ACTIVATE THE INACTIVE RESERVE. TIMES ARE BAD. THERE IS NO ONE TO PROTECT THE HOME FRONT. THIS WORRIES ME, ESPECIALLY WITH ALL OF YOU IN D.C. I DON'T LIKE THE TIES BUSH FAMILY HAS WITH THE BIN LADIN FAMILY OR HALIBUTON AND DICK CHENEY. SOMETHING AIN'T RIGHT IF A STAFF SERGEANT IN THE US ARMY CAN SEE IT THEN HOPEFULLY FLORIDA (HA HA JEB BUSH!!) AND THE REST OF AMERICANS CAN TOO

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HAVE MORE THEN LET ME KNOW. I GUESS I HAVE A LOT OF TIMES I COULD TALK ABOUT.