A phone call is never going to go well when the first thing the person at the other end says is 'are you sitting down?'
That's how J called home tonight.
A friend of his maint. was in Afghanistan. He was just over there a few months. He was killed over the weekend by a roadside bomb. He normally worked on base, but was called off base to fix a vehicle. He had no combat skills, they don't go through special training.
I told J last week of a guy stationed on Ft. Rich that was just killed. He had only been over there a month, only in the Army for a year. He had a one year old daughter. That daughter will NEVER get to know her father. She will have no memories of him.
It kills me that our soldiers are still dieing EVERY SINGLE day over there. We haven't had any loses from our base in a while, now there are two in two weeks. Afghanistan is really heating up and I couldn't be more grateful that my DH wont (errrr, shouldn't) be there. It kills me to think that some people very close to me will be there.
What I find even more upsetting is our 'commander in chief' (using that term loosely right now) no longer calls it a war. It's now an ongoing struggle with terrorism. So I'm separated from my husband (he's missing watching our kids grow), who is being shot at..... for a 'struggle'. He is such an ass.
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ReplyDeleteOh.My.God. To whoever wrote the comment above, I pray you never have to feel the pain that a military family feels. I could get angry and argue and fight back against the absolutely horrible and hurtful things you have just said to a family who is currently suffering to give you the right to be hateful, but instead I will just pray for you. You should be ashamed.
ReplyDeleteErin, it's ok. I feel sorry for them and the life they live.... to be filled with so much hate. I feel even worse for any children they may bring into this world, to be raised with such hate.
ReplyDeleteThey clearly feel so bad about their own life and lack of accomplishments they need to bring down others.
As far as education... just because you have an education doesn't mean you are smart (as they have so clearly made obvious). Second, I do have a college education, making you an even bigger idiot than I would have thought for speaking about things you know nothing about. AND since you are talking about things you know nothing about, you very clearly know nothing about Obama and his bullshit plans. Every one wanted peace when Bush was in office (when my DH joined, to fight Bush's war) and no that BO is in office, the war is ok?? I don't support BO and I don't support his war. I support my husband. And now, because I can, I'm going to delete the comment!! YAY!