I was most disturbed by these two sentences:
>And, everyone is complaining about our troops being killed/injured...
>That is what they signed up for!!!!
As if to say "What's the big deal, it's their own fault"
I think we owe it to them to bitch and complain about every day they are in harms way, as well as every case of heat stroke and every shrapnel wound, since they, by law, cannot complain for themselves. If our administration cannot justify the cost in terms of lives and livelyhoods, we should bring them home. If they can justify the costs, it is our job to make sure they get everything they need to do the job right.
We should not, however, complain about them or what they are costing us. That is OUR part of this bargain.
Jerry Johnson
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I heard an interview with a family of a soldier that had been in Iraq. He
was shot in the back of the neck, but didn't die. He's at home now. He's
also a paraplegic. It's a shame, he's 22 can't talk clearly, has to have
his family do everything for him, but that's all right because he "signed up
for it". The interview went on to talk about how the dad had to quit his
job because the mother wasn't strong enough to lift and turn her son every
two hours that is required. The family consists of the 2 parents and 1 son
and 2 teenage daughters. The parents and the daughters take shifts 24 hours
a day to look after him since he's on machines to keep him breathing. If
the machine were to fail, he's not able to alert anyone so someone has to be
with him constantly. I guess they "signed up for it" as well?
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