We found out recently that our son-in-law is being deployed to Iraq.
He and my daughter will be married a year this week. They are the parents to our precious 5 month old granddaughter Ryleigh.
Suddenly your attention to the war is changed dramatically. You start reading every article you can find and watching every news report you can see concerning whats going on over there.
You start to feel the incredible burden of worry that every loved one carries who has a son, or daughter, mother, or father, brother, or sister, husband, or wife serving over there in harms way.
It seems as the days pass, the majority of Americans think less and less about whats going on in Iraq.
After all, George W. Bush declared the war over a long time ago.
You here very little talk in his camp about the 900+ who have given their lives, or the thousands who have been injured.
It's becoming almost blasse to those back here in the States, especially to those who have no friend or loved one involved in the danger over there.
But the fact is, young americans are continuing to die and be injured, fighting what I damn well call a War in Iraq!
A War with absolutely no exit strategy.
A War to supposedly liberate a people, the majority of which, no longer want us there.
The goal was to remove Saddam from power. That has been achieved.
What are the goals now?
Are we waiting for a certain amount of days, or weeks, or years, with no uprising before we say ok time to go.
If, as our leaders say, the vast majority of Iraq' people want democracy why is the fighting and resistance becoming more and more intense?
Perhaps because we have no idea about the culture and religious ideals of the people we are trying to liberate!
As we speak we are in the middle of destroying the most sacred City in their country!
And that my friends is the whole deal in a nutshell.
It's THEIR COUNTRY!
Whether you deem the cause good or bad, we are invaders. We occupy THEIR country.
They want us to leave just as we would want an occupying force to leave our shores.
It's now their's to deal with.
Do you honestly believe there will be in a thousand lifetimes an Iraq without turmoil?
There will not always be another Sadaam waiting to try to take control?
George W Bush and his expert panel of advisors, had absolutely no clue what they where asking to have to deal with, long term, by invading Iraq and setting them free.
If were waiting for the day they accept the western way of life and democracy, we might as well start setting up permanent military bases there right now.
What happens after we finally pull out, and a year or two or three from now another clone of Sadaam attempts to take over or indeed does?
Right back we have to go?
There are so many different religous factions over there, it will never ever be a stable region!
So now, our family is about to join the hundreds of thousands of families, who live their days in constant worry for their loved ones who serve their country with the greatest of honor.
You can hate this War, you can vehemently disagree with our reasons for going, but never forget or stop praying for, or honoring, the Men and Women who are risking their lives every minute they are there.
Take a few seconds out of your every day, and say a prayer that the hostilities will end.
He and my daughter will be married a year this week. They are the parents to our precious 5 month old granddaughter Ryleigh.
Suddenly your attention to the war is changed dramatically. You start reading every article you can find and watching every news report you can see concerning whats going on over there.
You start to feel the incredible burden of worry that every loved one carries who has a son, or daughter, mother, or father, brother, or sister, husband, or wife serving over there in harms way.
It seems as the days pass, the majority of Americans think less and less about whats going on in Iraq.
After all, George W. Bush declared the war over a long time ago.
You here very little talk in his camp about the 900+ who have given their lives, or the thousands who have been injured.
It's becoming almost blasse to those back here in the States, especially to those who have no friend or loved one involved in the danger over there.
But the fact is, young americans are continuing to die and be injured, fighting what I damn well call a War in Iraq!
A War with absolutely no exit strategy.
A War to supposedly liberate a people, the majority of which, no longer want us there.
The goal was to remove Saddam from power. That has been achieved.
What are the goals now?
Are we waiting for a certain amount of days, or weeks, or years, with no uprising before we say ok time to go.
If, as our leaders say, the vast majority of Iraq' people want democracy why is the fighting and resistance becoming more and more intense?
Perhaps because we have no idea about the culture and religious ideals of the people we are trying to liberate!
As we speak we are in the middle of destroying the most sacred City in their country!
And that my friends is the whole deal in a nutshell.
It's THEIR COUNTRY!
Whether you deem the cause good or bad, we are invaders. We occupy THEIR country.
They want us to leave just as we would want an occupying force to leave our shores.
It's now their's to deal with.
Do you honestly believe there will be in a thousand lifetimes an Iraq without turmoil?
There will not always be another Sadaam waiting to try to take control?
George W Bush and his expert panel of advisors, had absolutely no clue what they where asking to have to deal with, long term, by invading Iraq and setting them free.
If were waiting for the day they accept the western way of life and democracy, we might as well start setting up permanent military bases there right now.
What happens after we finally pull out, and a year or two or three from now another clone of Sadaam attempts to take over or indeed does?
Right back we have to go?
There are so many different religous factions over there, it will never ever be a stable region!
So now, our family is about to join the hundreds of thousands of families, who live their days in constant worry for their loved ones who serve their country with the greatest of honor.
You can hate this War, you can vehemently disagree with our reasons for going, but never forget or stop praying for, or honoring, the Men and Women who are risking their lives every minute they are there.
Take a few seconds out of your every day, and say a prayer that the hostilities will end.
