Well... war sucks... plain and simple and it's sad that we live in a nation, or at least some of us do with a President who was, and still is so eager to start and continue this War.
My younger brother's best friend,who's becomealmost like another brother to me,Eric is over there right now. He is a marine and within the past three weeks two Marines from this area have died in combat. Everytime we see it on the news, or hear that one of our marines was killed we hold our breath. I cannot even imagine the pain the parents of these boys (most of them under the age of 23) feel when they learn the news. Proud as we may be of all the soldiers we never want to see them die!!
Eric only just turned 20 himself and he entered the marines less than a year ago and now he's over there fighting for something (still not sure exactly what, prob. never will be.) He kept telling my brother and all of his other friends before he left that he didn't think he'd be coming back (whether he really feels it in his heart or not I don't know) and that if he doesn't he wants them to have a huge party with lots of laughter and fun to celebrate his life... not mourn his death...thatany 19 year old(he was at the time) should have to think that way just baffles me. But we pray daily for his safe return tothe U.S. and an ending (though it couldn't be safe, or easy now) to this war.
Oh and It's just my opinion... but I don't think Iraq is the only country that needs a new leader...
~Rachel
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