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Maria
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Not exactly. The soldiers signed up to defend their country, yes, but they didn't sign up for this specific war. Yes, they knew the risks, but that doesn't take away the pain of losing your child over nothing. |
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tickled blue
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repeated tours of duty...extended time at war....lack of benefits upon return....lack of adequate health care upon return. |
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Goof
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Because Bush was a draft dodger ? |
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shelly
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they are being treated like second class citizens. you need to read the paper more about how the wounded soldiers who are discharged are being asked for the money back that they had received for signing up, they have to fight for medical insurance. which is not fair at all they all should be treated like gold. |
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crazyziggy6_0
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Not sure what you are asking but my family supports me and are not mad for being deployed. |
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UltrosII
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Because the war itself was stupid to begin with. |
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Bridgeit21C
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I just returned from Iraq 2 months ago. I was deployed with 168 of my closest friends. I know most of their families. We were gone for a total of 18 months. I don not know any of the family members that were angry that we were there. People missed us and worried for our safety but not angry. Maybe it is because we come from a state that knows better then to listen to the content reported as news and realize that there is an actual war that needs to be fought regardless of what the public opinion is. Soldier's know the risk and possiblity of sacrifice when they join. For those who just joined for the college money or were told they wouldnt deploy should have looked a little deeper before they signed 8 years of their life away. Yes, 8 years. Ever single military member signs up for 8 years. All of this about "well his contract was up" forgot to read the bold print. There is an 8 year military service obligation when you sign on that dotted line and the military is nice enough to only make you serve 6 in the guard and sometimes as little as 4 on active duty. However, until that 8 years is up you still belong to the military and if they need you the will call you. It is not hidden. It is explained in detail in the enlistment contract. So it is just to bad that when things get tough or uncomfortable people want it to instantly feel better. Have some discipline. |
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cordeliabrainiac
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First of all, they are service members, not everyone is a soldier.
Second, I have friends who have going over for their third year+ and there are other people who have not gone at all.
Third, there are way too many civilians who do not understand or appreciate the sacrifices that our servicemembers and their families make. |
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pain
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Ask about American soldiers too before you talk trash on another country. |
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C.S.
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Just because they signed up for it doesn't mean that their families can't disagree with how they are used. For example, if you were working at a convenience store and the manager decided to switch you to the night shift which was much more dangerous; do you expect your family to smile and say, oh well? |
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flirty30
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You are completely correct. But, no one wants anything to happen to a loved one. We have sadly lost a great deal of soldiers and my heart goes out to the families. |
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Eva
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It's their way of coping with missing them. |
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Forget War Buy More
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My brother who is off to Iraq is angrier than our families members. We talked the other day and he stated that 'the people who voted GWB in twice have failed Americans and the troops".
As for us, we're not angry, just extremely worried. |
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Mataleon
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To be there for the right reasons is one thing, but to have no logical explanation as to why we are there in the first place for this long is hard to deal with. Imagine if your loved one went thinking he /she was doing good only to find out that all the good that could be done already has and now you have no clue as to why they are there. That is how some soldiers and their loved ones feel, its not that they are in Iraq but why. |
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♥ Infantry Wife ♥
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well coming from one army wife...personally i'm not mad about my husband being in the war..it's his job and it was a joint decision for him to reenlist...i get a little teary eyed when i think about the fact that he'll miss important dated with our children and myself but once again it's his job...i would love to have my husband home for good and have no more deployments but he signed up for the military and there is always a good chance of him deploying somewhere in the world... |
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Loving Mommy
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They did sign up, but they miss their family members. I don't agree with everything about the war, but I support it. Most people are upset b/c their tours of duty are too long, and there are way too many tours. Nobody should have to make 5 tours of a war zone. Nobody. No matter what they signed up for. |
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THE"IS"
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I THINK U DIDN'T UNDERSTAND,THE SOLDIERS FAMILY HASN'T BEEN TAKEN CARE OF LIKE THEY WERE TOLD THEY WOULD |
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louis
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Most of them didn't realize what they were getting into.
Most just wanted a means to get a free education. Some were there because they felt we were under attact after 9/11.
But then you get there and it is totally different than what you thought it was going to be. You don't know who the enemy is and one minute you are training this guy and he is getting weapons and ammo and training and the next he is shooting at you. So you are acting as refrees between two radical religious groups who hate each other worse than they hate us.
Their general course of life is very foreign to an American soldier. Women and children are not treated so well.
It is just a different culture that takes some getting use to.
So all you really want to do is go home alive and wonder why you ever signup in the first place. Seemed like a good idea at the time and you can be called back after you serve your time. So your never really safe again. All I can say is it is not anything like what you hear in the states. |
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karisob
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I think that the war has taken a turn that not many people anticipated. My husband was deployed during the ground war and now he is deployed again. He has much different views and feelings towards being there. Does that mean that he is not doing his job to the best of his ability? No. He may not agree with what is happening now, compared to almost four years ago, but he is a soldier and he believes in that. Now, how do I feel? I am heartbroken that he is over there, I am upset that we are apart, that we wake up each day and face the unknown, but I am also very very pround of him and every other soldier that is deployed or has been deployed. They are the true American heroes and despite their personal feelings, they are doing what they do to make things better for all of us back home. It may not seem like it now or even in the near future, but they are. |
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irisheyes5150
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its not that were getting mad.. its that we miss them and want them home. George Bush is an idiot and is making war for no reason. You need to have a person in the war to understnad. I have 6 family members in the war and i know what its like to have an empty house. it gets pretty lonely. Thats why we're upset |
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ecsluver
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I'm sorry if I offend you guys, but SHUT UP! My cousin just came back in July from Iraq, and all you guys are doing is yacking a ton political junk that has nothing to do with this. HERE is a main reason, in my family:
One of my inlaws cousins signed up when he was seventeen. The recruiter said that the military wouldn't send him over for atleast five years. My family argued with him, but he wouldn't budge. He signed up. A few months after he turned 18, he was deploid.
A person is only allowed to be deployed twice in five years. There are guys preparing to go back for the third plus time.
YOU SIGN UP, YOU ARE SIGNING A LEGALLY BINDING CONTRACT. NO LAWYER WILL DEFEND YOU IN A COURT OF LAW IN AMERICA. |
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Sunnie Taylor
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most signed up for tours of duty that have ended already and they refuse to send these young men home, a friend of mine has been deployed more than 3 times and all he wants to do is come home to his wife a friends brother signed up aand he was deployed straight out of boot camp now i ask what does he know about fighting a war if you were this 18 yr old boys father how would you feel.
please, lets think about this yes they signed up but im pretty sure what they thought they were signing up for and what they got is two diffrent things and who is left to voice there anger at what is happening to them the families and we have a reason to |
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tiffany715
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because we are scared for their lives and we are angry that they are losing their lives over bad decisions from an (what some people feel) idiotic and corrupt government. |
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nesserz2.0
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Im not mad at all! People ask me how i can go day to day knowing that he is gone in Iraq and not cry all the time and be sad.
My answer has been and always will be :
I could cry a million tears and they wouldn't be enough to bring him back home. So instead, i will be proud of the job he is doing. He signed up for this (i say that all the time..really..haha) and this is part of his job. He is proud to do it and i support him completely. When he signed those papers and took that oath, he knew that met he would be ready to deploy at any time he is called. Its the military. Why else would you sign up? Its your JOB...if you sign that paper..that means you are ready and willing.
Its a good question. I get sick of army wives crying about it all the time. They knew it would happen...a lot of the guys i know signed up after the war started. What did they think? It would suddenly end one day and they would bring everyone home? honestly...think before you join if that isn't why you are joining! |
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ArmyWifey
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Not angry. Irritated that everyone seems to think they can support the troops but not the war, that they know what's really going on based on our liberal media's horrible reporting and back to back tours. but not angry.
Those families who protest certainly have a right to do so but it's a black mark against the rest of us and demeans their soldiers service. I would Never do that to my husband!
As far as the multiple deployments -- you are there as many times as the Army/your country needs you! The orders read "or until mission complete" most times which has nothing to do with a set time period. That makes it hard but it's the way it is... complaining and grousing won't change it just make it worse. |
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Maria R
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You go over there and maybe you will have a better understanding. They want to defend their country, not steal from another country and not benefit from it. |
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beany bou
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the families are getting mad because the Prez is a RETARD!! we dont need to b in irag evn tho Prez Bush told us to. i hope u ppl out there realize that US(the people of the U.S. ar the boos of the Prez not the other way around. |
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trevors30
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They are mad, because they are civilians, and they can't begin to know what a military person is feeling. They can't understand loving your country so much that you will enlist in the U.S. military and fight for their families freedom. |
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