I don't feel good tonight, so short and sweet. If you didn't read yesterday's blog, PLEASE GO BACK and read it and contact your congressmen, senators and the White House.
Below is a website where you can find your officials at every level and be informed about what is happening in the House and Senate any given day.
http://www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml
When you see something that is unfair and ridiculous, write them. When you see people being mistreated, falling through the cracks, write them. When you know there has to be a better way, write them.
Our government is a democracy so that one voice does not overpower the many. Let the many rise up and take a stand for things that matter. Like keeping our military strong and properly compensated for the immense sacrifices they make for us!!
In a few days, deer season will open. For most of you reading this blog, it will pass you by without a thought. For Chad, deer season is his Indy 500, UFC, Superbowl and World Series all rolled into one. Other than for me and his children, my husband lives to hunt. I currently have half my garage devoted to his various hunting paraphernalia. Every year that he is home, he goes hunting and brings home his limit. He tans the hides, mounts the skull, butchers the meat. He has missed hunting season for 5 out of the last 7. Now he has been creative and found ways to get to hunt, bow hunting and muzzle loaders, and hunting Axis deer which are not regulated in Texas, but 5 out of 7 years!?!? Ridiculous. That is just one of many sacrifices he and his fellow soldiers make.
They deserve the salaries they earn. They and their families deserve the health care. If they serve for 20+ years, they deserve the best retirement and health care we can give them. Make your voice heard today.
If you don't . . . . . . . . . . . . . . whose voice will they be hearing and what will it be saying. Please GO BACK and read yesterday's blog, get involved!
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Thursday, November 4, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Day 356: Rant
I hope everyone reading this understands this is my opinion, and I don't always have all the information to form the most educated opinion about complicated military decisions, but today I am really upset about the safety of my husband and the rest of the "security" forces in Iraq right now.
Tuesday night, President Obama addressed the nation regarding the war in Iraq. I wasn't able to watch it because I had to greet parents at our open house. But I caught a news wrap up version and summary, immediately followed by a General talking about the increased violence in Iraq. Can we say I was less than enthused to hear that report right now. Chad is still transitioning INTO Iraq. His regiment is primarily still in Kuwait, training and unloading equipment for a few more weeks. His biggest fear right now are the Kuwaiti drivers who apparently make the drivers in Jamaica look calm. Let me tell you THAT was a cab ride! I will worry about him in the heat, in the traffic and miss him, but it is less stressful for the days or weeks that it takes for them to transition into country and back out for leave and redeployment than it will be when he is at his post in Iraq.
I am very happy that the President is making a sincere effort to follow through on the promises be has made to the American people; however, I am concerned that maintaining a set timetable in order to fulfill those promises may take precedence over protecting American lives. When the troop numbers have decreased so dramatically, followed by an increase in violence, shouldn't that tell us something? Are we hanging these security forces out to dry? Do they have the numbers and resources to protect themselves? Are the decreased numbers just an invitation to terrorists?
I felt pretty secure during previous deployments that our soldiers had enough of a presence to discourage most of the opposition. What about now? Are the Iraqi police and military forces really allies? A friend of mine at school told me he was concerned that this conflict is showing many similarities to Vietnam. The soldiers can't always tell who the combatants are. They are outnumbered in a harsh environment and the battlefield is sometimes unclear.
I don't know if I was just delusional before and the danger level isn't much different or if getting older has made me understand the real risks. I just don't want the government trying to use our soldiers to accomplish diplomatic goals that perhaps are a tad optimistic. I will worry either way, but want him to have the best protection he can have around him to keep him and his soldiers protected. Just my humble opinion, but don't reduce the troop levels so much they can't continue to stand for what they are defending - us!
Tuesday night, President Obama addressed the nation regarding the war in Iraq. I wasn't able to watch it because I had to greet parents at our open house. But I caught a news wrap up version and summary, immediately followed by a General talking about the increased violence in Iraq. Can we say I was less than enthused to hear that report right now. Chad is still transitioning INTO Iraq. His regiment is primarily still in Kuwait, training and unloading equipment for a few more weeks. His biggest fear right now are the Kuwaiti drivers who apparently make the drivers in Jamaica look calm. Let me tell you THAT was a cab ride! I will worry about him in the heat, in the traffic and miss him, but it is less stressful for the days or weeks that it takes for them to transition into country and back out for leave and redeployment than it will be when he is at his post in Iraq.
I am very happy that the President is making a sincere effort to follow through on the promises be has made to the American people; however, I am concerned that maintaining a set timetable in order to fulfill those promises may take precedence over protecting American lives. When the troop numbers have decreased so dramatically, followed by an increase in violence, shouldn't that tell us something? Are we hanging these security forces out to dry? Do they have the numbers and resources to protect themselves? Are the decreased numbers just an invitation to terrorists?
I felt pretty secure during previous deployments that our soldiers had enough of a presence to discourage most of the opposition. What about now? Are the Iraqi police and military forces really allies? A friend of mine at school told me he was concerned that this conflict is showing many similarities to Vietnam. The soldiers can't always tell who the combatants are. They are outnumbered in a harsh environment and the battlefield is sometimes unclear.
I don't know if I was just delusional before and the danger level isn't much different or if getting older has made me understand the real risks. I just don't want the government trying to use our soldiers to accomplish diplomatic goals that perhaps are a tad optimistic. I will worry either way, but want him to have the best protection he can have around him to keep him and his soldiers protected. Just my humble opinion, but don't reduce the troop levels so much they can't continue to stand for what they are defending - us!
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