Archives
6:22:00 AM CDT
A lil' rant here and a lil' rant there
1st let me say that yes the hub works side by side on most days with an IA member who is happy to be training with our Army. They may not have built any kind of trust level with one another but they both are working toward a common goal. What is hard for me to understand is how an Iraq Army service member can walk away from his post when the fighting looks as if it will get a little intense. How can they just leave abandon an important check point that is put in place in regards of safety? If they aren’t even willing to die for their own Country why should any of our people be expected to die for it? Before any feathers may get ruffled this isn’t new news, its splashed all over the media and just because I hear it 1st hand doesn’t mean I am reporting anything that isn’t already out there for the world to hear. It breaks my heart every time I hear the hub just got back from intense battle only to find out that the IA’s left them out there hanging. When are we going to stop doing our job and theirs too? The hub gets to go to a Green Zone every so many days to take a shower, run to the post office if there is time, and get a haircut when needed. The rest of the time he is out there doing his job. He isn’t allowed to go home every night, he isn’t allowed to take a few days off, and he doesn’t get to run for cover when things get intense. So why are we there doing all this when the people we are there to help aren’t even helping themselves? Are we doing it for the select few that actually stand up and get what must be done, done?
On to a lighter note, how funny is it to hear an Iraq person picking up on our slang phrases? Example was one of the IA’s misfired a gun which could have ended in a very bad result and the only thing he continued to say, “OH my bad, OH my bad.” As much as I didn’t want too I had to laugh. I think the word idiot is International since it seems to be used daily by both the Americans and Iraqis service members. There is always some intense news when the hub calls me but sometimes there are those funny moments where I can get a smile going. When the hub was in Iraq before it was nothing like what he has went through this time around. He has been very lucky on more than one occasion; or rather I should say saved by the prayers that go out for him. I also am blessed that he gets a chance almost every single day to call me. Sure it costs us money for him to do that but it is well spent. He has never failed to stay in touch with me and like he tells me repeatedly he has been this way since the day we got married so why change now. I don’t know how he does it but he finds ways to get in touch even when it seems impossible to me. Got to love the man for that!!
Well I am still debating on when to leave home again and return to my mom’s. It has felt good to be home but I left unfinished business back there so I must pack up a bag and get headed out very soon once again. I have been gone a month and only back home just a few days. I think I am delaying it because I know when I get back to my moms it will be another month until I am home again waiting for the hubs return. Well off here to go buy some patches when the PX opens to get mailed off to the hub. Hugggs!!!
Written by loverobin32 Blog about this entry |
Add to del.icio.us | 
digg this
-
I know that you are not breaking any opsec rules. I am glad that you are back to writing! I will have to go to our base on monday. I so hate that drive.
Kelli
http://journals.aol.com/kamdghwmw/noonmom
4/26/08 5:49 AM
Lyn
http://journals.aol.com/ukgal