tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34540356.post8579685216848280341..comments2023-08-27T06:02:15.849-07:00Comments on Back To The Egg: How I spend my Memorial DaysGingerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10633249243313445632noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34540356.post-29257151136164510172007-06-08T09:38:00.000-07:002007-06-08T09:38:00.000-07:00Alex, thank you for your comments. Coming from one...Alex, thank you for your comments. Coming from one who has 'walked the walk', it means so much more. May I also add that I am very happy you are alive and here today making these comments. =)<BR/><BR/>I can't imagine myself being told that I was going to go to war, but like you, if I thought it was for the betterment of the world, mine as well as others, then I would go. This war doesn't seem to be covering any of that. <BR/><BR/>I feel sick for the soldiers who have gone under these pretexts and are still there today for what exactly? Away from their families and the safety of their country. <BR/>I feel sick too, for the families who live every day with the knowledge that the next phone call or knock on the door can change their lives irrevocably. This is not our war even tho' it may have been presented that way.<BR/> <BR/>I don't pretend to be a war strategist, nor do I profess to know all the answers, but of one thing I'm certain. Like you, I think unless the American people band & demand, we will remain in Iraq for a long, long time & we will continue to lose lives for no clear & real reason.<BR/><BR/>Good to have you back. I hope you will stay now...?Gingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10633249243313445632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34540356.post-82874926504721637442007-06-07T18:54:00.000-07:002007-06-07T18:54:00.000-07:00Very well put, you have some great and valid point...Very well put, you have some great and valid points. I am currently in the military and I was part of the initial 'invasion' into Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division. I remember when I was first told I was going to Iraq I was filled with pride and a sense of duty. I felt we were all going over there for a very valid and REAL reason.<BR/><BR/>I returned from Iraq after 13 months away from my family.. 6 months later I got to repeat my experience for another 13 months..<BR/><BR/>My feelings about the Iraq war today are very different than what they were back then. I've lost and suffered as many did. <BR/><BR/>But you are absolutely right -- and most soldiers feel the same way, we are fighting a war for someone else, not the American people. I joined the military to serve our country, not to serve politicians special agendas.. These democrats really piss me off, they have all this talk about how they are going to end the war. If you ask me, we are there to stay.. We will never leave Iraq.. There's too much oil there. <BR/><BR/>The first thing we did when we entered that country was secure oil fields.. medical aid for Iraq's?? nah... we gotta protect that oil.. Tell me what does oil have to do with Weapons of Mass Destruction?<BR/><BR/>--AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com