I want to thank you all for your response to my question. I have gotten some very interesting ideas and thoughts from each of you and I have touched on a few of them in times past. Now, I have to figure out how I am to give each of you some consideration. I will, however, answer one of those questions here about something I am very passionate about and that’s about what our troops are fighting for and the hardships they face and being away from loved ones.
To be perfectly honest, I’m not sure what it is they are fighting for. I don’t even think our soldiers know what it is they are fighting for, except what they are being told; for our country and our freedom. That’s a given. September 11, 2001 was, in my opinion, an excuse to go to war, period. There are so many variables that happened that day and in the time leading up to that day, that just didn’t add up or make sense. All kinds of bullshit stories and explanations come out of the woodwork that day and to this day there are many unanswered questions. I make no apologies for what I am about to say but I think that the then current administration knew it was going to happen a long time in advance and there was a shit load of money to be made in allowing it to happen. It would not surprise me one bit to find out it was all master minded by that administration. I never trusted GW Bush then and I certainly don’t now. In my mind, he is an evil spirited man.
Now to our troops, they have always fought for our freedom and our country. They go off to foreign places with the thought of never returning alive to be with the ones they leave behind. They live moment to moment, some praying, others hoping they are the lucky ones to get to go home. Others do go home, but their quality of life is so battered from war that it takes somewhat of a miracle to allow them any kind of joy. I was a soldier. Although I never had to go and see actual combat and the thought of that was always in the back of my mind. I take my hat off to the young men and women who volunteer their services for me and all of us. I am also very proud of our citizens here at home for the support they are giving our troops now as opposed to what it was for the Viet Nam Era soldier. I remember one day, my son and I were strolling through a mall in North Carolina where he was stationed. He was in uniform at the time and two very young ladies, about 8-10 years of age, come up from behind and tugged at his uniform. We turned and they said to him, “We just wanted to thank you for what you are doing for us.” That touched my heart as well as his at the deepest level.
Our soldiers could very well be fighting for something worth fighting for, even if only for human rights that seem to be lacking in that region of our world, and even our own. Who really knows for sure why? I do want our troops to come home and very soon. I know their families want them home very soon. God bless our soldiers and their families for they all are sacrificing a great deal and then some, even their all. I have many deep seated opinions about this war and for the moment I will keep them to myself. I won’t nor can I say they are there for no good reason. But the soldier’s heart is about the ones they love, the ones they leave behind and the hopes of answered prayers of returning home again. I pray they do!
I will answer more as time goes by. I just wanted to write about this because it touches me on a very personal level. My son was in the army. I was in the air force and four of my five brothers were in the military. It’s an honor and a privilege to serve in such a capacity. Never take our soldiers for granted no matter the reason they serve. In fact…the next time you see one, give them a hug or shake their hand and give them the thanks they truly deserve.
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