G.I. resistance.

• Author: Grossman, Zoltan
• Position: On the Line - G.I. coffeehouse - Brief article

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Lakewood, Washington

Two baristas serve steaming mugs of espresso, while their coworker produces graphics on a computer. Another employee plays Rachmaninoff on the piano. Customers are sipping their coffee as they read the morning newspaper.

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Both baristas are Iraq War veterans wearing T-shirts against the war. One served in Iraq as an Army machine gunner, and the other as a Marine machine gunner. The guy on the computer was an Army counterintelligence agent in Mosul, and the guy playing the piano was a private first class in the Army National Guard. Most of the customers are wearing khaki fatigues, and reading about their imminent deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan.

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This is COFFEE...