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Everyone's a cheerleader when it comes to "bringing the troops home." We're great cheerleaders. We yell good. That's a nice title to the book, but what fills the pages inside is what really matters. It's irresponsible to bring home 160K+ troops and throw them out in the street. That's what's happening now with the few lucky ones that get out of Iraq alive. There has to be a more intense transitional program for these men and women. People of any service are asked to perform various tasks civilians simply will not/can not do. A lot of times there aren't simple parallel job/skill sets outside the DoD. Where's the VA?
Another concern I have with this clip is why are these people out of the military. Are they doing tours and getting out? Signing up for shorter terms? Guard? Reserve? I know the enlistment requirements have "loosened," but I wasn't aware of 12-15 month enlistments. The role of the Guard and Reserves has been totally redefined. Any recruiter will have to tell you 1-2 tours in Iraq in a 4 year enlistment. Weekend warriors no more. Their "real-life" jobs are not kept as required either. Companies employing them are required to allow them to serve and hold the job, but that return is no longer guaranteed. The company is put in a very tough moral dilemma. As has become apparently clear in any moral decision, the companies will put profit above people. They roll the dice...
Could you leave your job, serve 2 years in Iraq, then return without skipping a beat? What if you were hiring someone 3 months removed from Iraq? Would you discriminate? We can't deny the mental well-being of people who volunteer to do what we won't, for what we want. What does that say about us?
We made a terrible mistake after invading Iraq. No plan. Look what has become of the situation. Possibly, an endless war. The Americans who've sacrificed to serve for this cause will forever be questioned, right or wrong. Right now they're doing what they NEED to do in order to survive. Needless to say, most of what's going on in Baghdad would not fit into everyday life back here in the US. And like any human, they need help. Regardless if you agree with the war, those sent to fight it have earned our support. No price is too high.
Gas is now more than $3, never to return. Food, clothing, and shelter are as expensive as ever. Although your TV will tell you different, we are in a very bad fiscal position. Have been and only getting worse. It's a challenge for anyone within this economy of ours right now. A year or two to fight a war helps no one, but the arms dealers. We've sent so many jobs overseas that it's almost impossible to revive an economic model where the middle class could thrive like it once did.
Over 35 MILLION Americans went hungry last year. That's 12% of our population. The bottom 12% don't eat, while the top 10% controls 71% of the wealth. One is aware of the other. Sadly, the wrong one.
Not many of us will ever get a chance to perform a job where we would give our life doing it. It takes a great cause to warrant that intensity of purpose. Or a great lie. Many of our neighbors, family members, fellow citizens are being used as tools for a plot that has nothing to do with what they're told. For the cause of AMERICAN FREEDOM. When they return from their noble cause they're treated as if their contracts have expired. It's as if those running this war are fine with 100% casualty rate on both sides. Play your position, slave.
I WANT THE TROOPS HOME, BUT I WANT THEIR EXPERIENCE TO BE BETTER THAN BAGHDAD. THAT DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A GIVEN.
WHAT MORAL HIGH GROUND?
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