Life is funny, no matter how greater or lessor you are it has a way of bring you back to earth. For years I believe that doing good is the right way to go, do not get it wrong I have done wrong and have great regrets. What I am talking about is as a kid I believe that there are three things in this world that you could hold on to and this country would reward you for it. The three things are services to country, education and family. These are the things that I regard as the greatest thing in this world. Do not get it confuse God is the greatest but God is not of this world.
After twenty years I now watch talks of Pro and Con about the wars that is being fought and I am at a lost to understand why the two cannot work out there different if both are talking in terms of country, family and service. The truth of the matter I do not see honest from either side what we seeing are power plays. Neither want to look weak why both are tearing this country down.
For those that are against the war I say do not go in a pull troop out with set deadline. I am against this war but I know that pulling out with set deadline or to early with cause more problems then it would solve. We must look at the long term advantage and disadvantage of pulling out and do it in a straight forward and honest way. Fund the troops needed and began to deal with the withdrawal as a separate issue. Do this openly without and not behind close door.
For those that are for the war stop calling other name and the personals attacks take a step back. As I stated earlier I served twenty years in the military and by the end of my first tour I understood what I were serving for, that is for those that disagree and the ones that agree with this war. The problem is we all need to stop speaking like donkey or elephant and began speaking as eagles. The eagles units us and the other two divides for there own personal use. You are right to agree if that is what you believe and I do respect you for it. Let us began to look like a country with different opinions and stop looking and acting like one working up to our own internal war.
If you support the troops began to push our leaders to take care of them with what is needed better health care for family member because tricare is a joke, better review of disability claim and within a reasonable time, stop having the solider pay his own disability out of his retirement after all we are talking about giving illegal aliens the kitchen sink why not the solders ,job training,better education for family and help with bills.
As a country we need to wake up and take care of those that truly do the country calling because the ones that are all over the TV and in the new paper are enjoying now what soldier prior and present have been great at doing, serving there country when call and serving it well