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a little girl standing in the middle of two machine guns? that's pretty powerful. Not something you would ever see in Nebraska.
Those aren't machine guns. Those are M16 rifles.
More guns usually are correlated to more safety (Switzerland being a good example).
ok, so you won't mind when we have men carrying rifles standing on your street corners.
No, I wouldn't mind at all if they were U.S. military and were there to protect me, God bless them!!!
here's another book you should read. Love My Rifle More than You - Kayla Williams.
i don't think you have a complete perspective on what goes on in the US Army.
anonymous, I don't mean to be a parrot, but I don't think you have a complete perspective on what goes on in the US Army.
little girl, i am in the US army.
And how do we know you're not just saying that? You seem to have a pretty negative view of the war on Iraq for being "in the Army".
(What do you do in the Army? What's your rank? Have you been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan yet?)
specialist. in the 4th ID. spent a year in Iraq - mostly near Balad about april 03 - march 04. now at Ft. Carson. am going back this fall.
damn right i have a negative view of iraq. you spend a year there. you'll find most soldiers have a negative view. you're a smart kid, but there are many problems in that country that you don't see. go listen to this interview...for a female perspective. i read her book. its very good.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4814647
I'm sorry if my writing has been offensive or rude to you. That was not my intent in starting this blog so I apoligise.
So I will start over. Why do you think moving into Iraq was the wrong choice? I can't say that I have the broadest view ever of the war on Iraq of course, having never been there myself (that will soon change! :), but I do enjoy reading the opinions of many soldiers who blog, including the biggest bloggers ever; Assumption of Command, Blackfive, and my blogDaddy; MDG. (assumecommand.blogspot.com, blackfive.net, madeucegunners.blogspot.com.)
So far, it seems to me, that the positive opinions outnumber the negative, if you are willing to leave the mainstream media.
Once again I apoligize if I have been offensive in my writing.
Thank you for your service.
Hey Mr. Sunbeam- I mean, Anonymous- I found a interesting article you might want to read.
http://opforsoldier.com
It's titled "Who is CPT Green?" I'd like to know what you think about it.
P.S I take back that "you don't have a complete perspective on what goes on in the US Army" comment.
in 03 i was in favor of going to iraq. i thought we could make a difference and i was ordered to go. and i have a couple years left, and i'll stay in the army. Soldiers i know, and our leadership try very hard to make good decisions, train iraqi security forces and help the people. its just a very hard thing, and the iraqis don't always trust us, and its hard for us to trust them.
there is just a lot of chaos. no matter how much you try to do good things, that country is a mess.
i found your blog from ma deuce gunnar. you write well, and its obvious you support the nation. appreciate that. you're not offensive, people here are allowed to disagree. that's why the US is great.
but the best thing about coming back to the US is KNOWING that there aren't guns on every street corner. you wouldn't want to live this way. trust me.
i read lots of soldier blogs, i'll check out that link.
So you don't think we can make a differance in Iraq? What else can we do other then stay the course? If we leave, Iraq will become a terrorist breeding place and we'll just have to deal with it in the future anyway, right? That's the way I see it anyway.
I'm the girls' mom and I'd like to add a little.
First, about the guns on street corners, we all have to be so thankful that we don't NEED them here in the US. We live in relative peace and safety and our government is not oppressive to the point of controlling us at gunpoint, so we don't have soldiers around guarding us. But if we did have armed soldiers on street corners, I would hope they would be there to protect me from evil rather than to dictate my every move and take away my basic rights.
Second, about anonymous saying that it's messy in Iraq, I'm sure none of us civilians know how messy war really is. Men have a sinful nature, and it must show up more in situations of war than anywhere else. Plus, we are trying to help a people who have been in tyranny, with no freedom, even basic needs not being met, being told that the West is their enemy and not to be trusted. All of this leads to it being a long and slow process to change to the qualities needed to take the responsibilities of a democracy. Our own country took a long time in the process and we were a pretty free and independent lot before the war, we initiated our own freedom and had a vision for it. We had people who had educated themselves in what freedom was and how to achieve it, and still it took 12 years, I believe, for us to adopt our constitution.
Today, we have become an impatient lot, expecting the Iraqi people to throw off their chains and the lies they have been fed, living responsibly and capitalistically, creating a democracy while fighting off terrorism - all within 2 years!! Isn't this extremely unrealistic? Is this some of what you meant, Anonymous, about Iraq being a mess? Did you mean that it's hopeless and mismanaged, or that it's a slow and ugly process, but can be done? The difference is really key.
Isn't Mom smart?
You scared him off, Mom.
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