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Since the Army was kind enough to send me an invitation to go back to Operation Iraqi Freedom, I decided to R.S.V.P by writing a little Op-Ed piece about it for the San Francisco Chronicle.

 

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/07/ED3J10IGLO.DTL

Return to Sender - Iraq Veteran Gets the Call Again.

The article appeared on page B - 7 of the May 7, 2008 San Francisco Chronicle.

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Colby,

your piece should receive national attention. I hope the Chronicle and Red Room get it out there to as wide an audience as possible.

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This just seems terribly unfair

Colby,

I have great respect for your strength and courage. My thoughts and good wishes are with you.

Thomas Dotson - Red Room Staff

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I'm so sorry.

Yes, you're so screwed (as your tag puts it), and so are we all by this useless and terrible war. Stay safe, and may your deployment be brief and very, very boring.

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WHAT A RIP-OFF!!!

Hang in there, Colby!  We're rootin' for ya!  We support you 100%!!!  At least you should be able to get another book deal out of this.  Hope this second deployment is uneventful and that you'll be on your way home before ya know it!  Take care and God bless.  When you get settled over there, please provide us your mailing address so we can send you care packages.  ; )

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thats *ucked up!!!

thats *ucked up that they would do that. your book is the only book ive ever read (besides those "see jane run, see jane run fast" books) so of course i checked it out on the internet (when i finally figured out how to turn the son of a bit*h on and finally googled something. i was agrivated that i was through with your book. that i didnt have anything else to read that involved cussing and blowing shi* up, so i started the book over and found your webpage. then i found out you were called back, i printed up the sheet and stuck it in my book. i drank a beer that night for you. people who dont want to go, go twice. ive volunteered over and over again, they wont send me. i was the exact opposite before i enlisted. i enlisted originally because i just trashed my car, and got drunk one too many times with my army buddies. wrong idea. dont drink beer and think you still have a sound enough mind to sign a contract. yes there was a breathalizer, but the major hangover didnt help the thinking process either. i gave your book to some friends after the second time i read it. they looked at me the first time they saw me reading it and said "well damn jones, i didn't know you read?" and belive it or not, they were serious. i wanted to tell them how i could spell my name and count to twelve, but i didnt. you know how that sergeant vs. private thing is. but hell, i guess if it wasnt so fuc*ed up all the time, it wouldnt be the army. dont worry if im over there at the same time, you wont have any room to fuc* anything up. because more than likely ive been there, done that, and now, youll have a saftey briefing on it. so keep your head up. you keep a lot of people smiling with your writing, and hell, if you do go back, write another book, make some money, and come home. dont think too much about all the fine details, it will only make you crazy. ive got to buy another one of your books (fourth copy) for my friend overseas. they are all just reading and passing them on. and like i said, i never read, but your book is fuc*in awesome!!!!