The Truth Behind a Military Life
People are fooled into thinking the military will do a good job of providing your family with their needs if you choose to join. That is, in fact, the most perfect example of false advertising I have ever seen. In no way do the benefits outweigh or even supliment the sacrifices families in the military have to make. Family readiness groups are a complete joke and utter waste of hope. Salaries are undesirable at best (unless you're an officer) and even the health insurance isn't as fool proof as they claim. The truth is, our soldiers leave their spouses at home dealing with the burdens and joys of the family, while they deal with the burdens of another country's government. My husband doesn't make enough money to be fighting a worthless cause. Yes he knew what he was getting into, but he was led to believe there would be benefits. Riiiight. He had better benefits working as the night manager at Safeway. Shoot, I had better benefits working for a dance studio when I was still in high school.
The bottom line here: I hate that Ryan is in Iraq. I hate that he is not here with me. And I hate that our soldiers aren't making the slightest dent in that country.
Let us take a minute to lick the sugar coating off how I really feel about things. Why are we trying to reconstruct the government of these peoples who are just sitting around laughing at our futile attempts to turn the world into a democracy? This world will never be a democracy. There will always be some world terrorist threatening to nuke the planet and kill every living creature. Why does this have to be our battle? Can't we take a break for a couple decades and let someone else fight for a while? What about Canada or Australia? Why don't they start building up some armies and stop terrorism from taking over the world?
Maybe Hillary will bring our boys home. Maybe a woman president is just what we need to turn our eyes to the homestead for a while. We need to fix a few things here before we go out and continue trying to fix other houses. Maybe she can do that.
HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT 2008!
(maybe thats the feminist coming out in me, but I'll probably vote for her if she runs)
The bottom line here: I hate that Ryan is in Iraq. I hate that he is not here with me. And I hate that our soldiers aren't making the slightest dent in that country.
Let us take a minute to lick the sugar coating off how I really feel about things. Why are we trying to reconstruct the government of these peoples who are just sitting around laughing at our futile attempts to turn the world into a democracy? This world will never be a democracy. There will always be some world terrorist threatening to nuke the planet and kill every living creature. Why does this have to be our battle? Can't we take a break for a couple decades and let someone else fight for a while? What about Canada or Australia? Why don't they start building up some armies and stop terrorism from taking over the world?
Maybe Hillary will bring our boys home. Maybe a woman president is just what we need to turn our eyes to the homestead for a while. We need to fix a few things here before we go out and continue trying to fix other houses. Maybe she can do that.
HILLARY FOR PRESIDENT 2008!
(maybe thats the feminist coming out in me, but I'll probably vote for her if she runs)