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Tuesday, 23 October 2007 |
My fiancé is a United States Marine.
He has spent countless hours training to go to war so that we, the citizens of the United States, can sleep soundly knowing he is here to protect us.
I have heard numerous people talk about how our troops should not be in Iraq and that what they are doing is wrong.
The United States Military serves our nation by risking their lives to keep the rest of America safe.
So why is it that we, the American people, do not seem to support our troops?
While the people of the United States participate in protests of the
war, they seem to have little concern for the welfare of the troops who
risk their lives to protect them.
All they want to do is stop this war.
Many people do not support the war and believe that protesting the war,
and the American troops in the process, is the way to handle the
problem.
Regardless of the politics of this war and whether you personally believe in its goals, our troops are there.
Our troops are only doing what they are supposed to be doing.
Our troops believe they can help others and that is their goal.
When Americans protest the war, our troops are the ones who feel the lack of support.
When my fiancé was in boot camp, he told me he was not afraid of dying, but afraid that no one would care.
He was afraid the American people had little concern for his death because of their discontent with the war.
The American people do not see brothers, sisters, sons, daughters, and fathers and mothers dying - they see numbers.
They see that a certain number of American troops have died.
Perhaps the worst part is that the troops are the ones who experience
the horrors of war and face problems like Post Traumatic Stress
Syndrome.
Not only this, but soldiers must return home to face people telling them what they did as their duty in the war was wrong.
During the Vietnam War, many veterans came home to a similar situation.
These soldiers were only doing what was asked of them.
Many people are now comparing the Iraq war to the Vietnam War.
Do we have to make this war the same in all aspects?
Do our troops today have to suffer the same way they did in Vietnam?
Our troops should know when they come home, they will be welcomed.
The last thing they should be forced to worry about is their friend’s
families and neighbors being ashamed or upset about what they are doing.
Our troops deserve the support of the public.
They need to feel the patriotism coming from our country.
Some of the time, the people back home are the only things that keep
our troops going. So why are we going to take that away from them when
they come home?
During the six or more months they spend overseas thinking and dreaming
about their families, it the only thing that keeps them going.
Then, when they come home, their families are protesting the very thing they are fighting for.
I urge the American public to remember when they protest the war, our troops are the ones who feel it the hardest.
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Regardless of anyone's political affiliation or beliefs about war, our soldiers are giving something the rest chose not to and for that, they deserve our respect, our prayers, and our gratitude. Thanks for the article and stating the obvious that too many folks choose to ignore.
Thank you, Marines.