Raya joined the Marines after high school graduation and had served one tour in Iraq, according to officials at Camp Pendleton, where he was based. He was supposed to have reported for duty back at Pendleton on Sunday after a holiday leave. Marine Corps officials said his unit was not scheduled for an immediate return to Iraq.
His family and friends said something seemed to have happened to Raya when he was in Iraq.
Though he spoke little about it during the holidays, Raya eventually told his parents "'I just don't want to go back'," his mother, Julia, told KPIX-TV. She said they hugged him and tried to give him the best Christmas they could.
I have no moral, no message, no jokey-joke bullshit for this one. It's just something to consider the next time you see Bush, or Cheney, or some interchangeable think-tank pencil-pusher telling you what the deal is, and what it's all for. This is exactly what the deal is, and I guess we can decide if we have the confidence that the will even exists among the "leadership" to see it through.
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