mpdsnowman

My cousin Jeremy is a Navy Seal on this fourth tour in Iraq. He is the perfect soldier, smart, dedicated, good heart. We have had alot of conversations about iraq and his role whenever he was on leave. For as much as we have had conversations u really dont get the full jist of it...until it does hit home.

Here is an email I got from my other cousin Francine this am when I came into the office:

I am sure Jeremy wants to pull the damn bullet out himself and get back to his platoon. One thing is for certain. A soldier is a soldier thru and thru. As families at home suffer we need to keep a reality check that the soldiers are prepared and willing to do this job. It doesnt make it easier at home...particularly when it hits close to home.

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con3593

Ironically enough, my cousin Jerry was in a similar situation, he was the gunner on the back of one of the trucks, when there was sniper fire, the driver freaked out and hit a roadside bomb. The truck blew up and evreyone but my cousin died. My cousin lost 2 fingers and had shrapnel ldged in multiple places in his face

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I voted buckethead asshole,

Snowolf

Best wishes for you and your family and for his speedy recovery. Let us hope that he wont have to go back there. Political points of view aside, the rank and file soldier has little say about overall policy and are just trying to do the best they can. With Obama leading in the polls significantly, it looks like soon, they will all get a new Commander in Chief who is worthy of their service and perhaps we can finaly make a course change in Iraq policy to begin the slow process of fixing what we broke.

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pyrielmarquis

leaving the country and never looking back is the best option, you cant help a populous that is too callow to help themselves, i used to love my occupation but as my 3rd time out comes to an end i tend to dispise it day after.....but then again i suppose if we were actually "fighting" and it was to actually defend our people instead of trying to police up the rest of the world without taking care of our own first,and instead of having hands tied to balls, then maybe i would feel differently, dunno