Reposting from Amanda
A good friend of mine posted this. One of her childhood friends is in Iraq with the Army, not for 12, 15, or even 18 months, but for 2 solid years. I felt this deserved to be reposted, and it's EXACTLY how I feel (regarding all the VT publicity). Oh and if any of you want to flame me for reposting this, don't bother. You won't change my opinion and I don't have time for your drama. Just remove me from your flist and be done with it. Thanks.
well Iraq sucks hotter than hell and the damn bugs are ridiculous....and then there is the war factor as well no need to go into detail.....for the first time since i have been here my mind wandered back to home and i got homesick for a little bit nothing to break ya down to tears but enough to change your mood......to be honest i kinda like it here its fun.....tiring but fun and im glad im here doing what we do....actually really considering staying a little longer with another unit after my unit goes back home extra money before the college kicks off nothing wrong with that....as far as stress goes its a different kind of stress that no one back home could understand unless you been here its not like pull your hair stress just that mind goes blank and you just stare off into space kinda stress....i think they call that the 1000 yard stare but whatever its not like people back home care right.....take Virginia tech yeah it sucked someone went crazy and killed some people at a college for no real good reason......man they got like news coverage for like a week and a national day of morning with the flags at half staff....but wait what about us.....some lady said no 19 year old kid should ever have to deal with something like that...they will be traumatized for the rest of their life and another one said that when one of the girls who was shot in the hand will look down on her wedding day and see the gunshot wound on her hand...all i gotta say to that is big deal......what about 18 year olds that have to shoot a kid because he will not listen to instructions and is a high possibly of harming you and your buddies....what about having to carry burned bodies from a damaged humvee....what about a watching your best friends blow up in front of you and you can even identify what is left of them....what about those guys who come back with no limbs or missing limbs what about them....we do we get? a IM PROUD OF YOU and a spot on the local newspaper and then we are forgotten....and put a oh well.......and then you wanna cut our funding so we have even less of chance of coming home......Jesus you are ass holes and to all those people who support that i will gladly stand at attention and in my uniform with my medals and say FUCK YOU........cause at least i did something for this country and not bitch about it.......what have they done except complain.....whats their main excuse to many people are dying.......hello idiots its a war....people die.......it happens.......it really sucks but it happens.......so when i see the national grieving for the VT students i wanna puke because most of the us cares more about people that go to a college then people who die and fight for the beloved stars and stripes....as my platoon sgt......."im fucking happy to be here".....
Even though you'll never see this, thank you Josh, and thank you for serving so selflessly. My son will have a wonderful, FREE life because of you and yours. Be safe.
well Iraq sucks hotter than hell and the damn bugs are ridiculous....and then there is the war factor as well no need to go into detail.....for the first time since i have been here my mind wandered back to home and i got homesick for a little bit nothing to break ya down to tears but enough to change your mood......to be honest i kinda like it here its fun.....tiring but fun and im glad im here doing what we do....actually really considering staying a little longer with another unit after my unit goes back home extra money before the college kicks off nothing wrong with that....as far as stress goes its a different kind of stress that no one back home could understand unless you been here its not like pull your hair stress just that mind goes blank and you just stare off into space kinda stress....i think they call that the 1000 yard stare but whatever its not like people back home care right.....take Virginia tech yeah it sucked someone went crazy and killed some people at a college for no real good reason......man they got like news coverage for like a week and a national day of morning with the flags at half staff....but wait what about us.....some lady said no 19 year old kid should ever have to deal with something like that...they will be traumatized for the rest of their life and another one said that when one of the girls who was shot in the hand will look down on her wedding day and see the gunshot wound on her hand...all i gotta say to that is big deal......what about 18 year olds that have to shoot a kid because he will not listen to instructions and is a high possibly of harming you and your buddies....what about having to carry burned bodies from a damaged humvee....what about a watching your best friends blow up in front of you and you can even identify what is left of them....what about those guys who come back with no limbs or missing limbs what about them....we do we get? a IM PROUD OF YOU and a spot on the local newspaper and then we are forgotten....and put a oh well.......and then you wanna cut our funding so we have even less of chance of coming home......Jesus you are ass holes and to all those people who support that i will gladly stand at attention and in my uniform with my medals and say FUCK YOU........cause at least i did something for this country and not bitch about it.......what have they done except complain.....whats their main excuse to many people are dying.......hello idiots its a war....people die.......it happens.......it really sucks but it happens.......so when i see the national grieving for the VT students i wanna puke because most of the us cares more about people that go to a college then people who die and fight for the beloved stars and stripes....as my platoon sgt......."im fucking happy to be here".....
Even though you'll never see this, thank you Josh, and thank you for serving so selflessly. My son will have a wonderful, FREE life because of you and yours. Be safe.