I think the best thing to do with this thread is lock it and make a policy of no religious/political threads
As far as serving in Iraq, Im a professional Soldier. Some of you are Mechanics, some of you are Stock Brokers, some of you are CEO's, some of you are Factory Workers and so on, I serve the needs of our Nation, if that need is in Iraq for 15mo at a time then so be it. Nobody has forced me to serve. I serve here so you dont have too. I serve to protect our way of life. I serve the needs of the Nations policy makers and I am used as political muscle to deter hostile nations from making poor decsions. No matter who is the President, this will never change for myself and the other military members here and all Service Members who serve there country past and presently.
I can also say that I would love to be home with my family (and my cuda), but right now we are a Nation at war, agree or disagree this fact does not change. I have had chances to take assignments that would not deploy me but I chose to stay in my unit fully knowing that I will deploy in support of the War on Terror. I will be soon wraping up this deployment and will have spent a total 39 months deployed in support Operation Iraqi Freedom out of the last 70 months of my life. The point Im trying to make is its always nice to be home but if there is a job to do then I go do it, no matter how I feel about it because that is my job, to protect those at home and our way of life.
Don
