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Leaving Iraq

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So the US is finally pulling the rest of the troops out of Iraq. Thinking about this I am concerned. I am glad the troops are coming home. Their country however will just go back to how things were before. I am sure they will keep the democracy we started but for how long? I don’t think we should stay either. We are really in a tough place because the soldiers need to come home, but leaving puts them back to how things were. I don’t have all the answers and from a soldiers perspective I wouldn’t want to be there. What should America do after we are gone? Should we wait and see what happens? Should we stay close and be prepared to react if they do something? What are your thoughts?

For the troops

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For all the soldiers out there I want to thank you. On a day that is not normally considered a day to thank, I am thanking you. Every one of the people that have fought, in some way, for this country you are appreciated. If you get the chance you should always show your thanks to those who have sacrificed because they did it for you. I watched a video thanking World War veterans and it made me think about everyone that has served. I just wanted to say thank you. You and those that gave their life for us are not and will not be forgotten no matter what happens in politics or this country. I am proud to be an American and everyone else should be also.

The government is not this country and without us they wouldn’t even exist. Remember that when you vote and know that we choose who is in the office. Other countries don’t have this privilege so don’t forget it. We are the strongest nation in the world and it is because we pray and God protects us. If you don’t believe that look at all the countries in the middle east. They are lost and suffering because they turned their backs on God long ago and even though He is everywhere He has mercy on those that pray and allows things to happen where He isn’t wanted. Pray always and turn to God. He is what our country is founded on and just like our money says “In God We Trust”.

Times are changing and bad things have been going on for years. Are you ready for the end? Choose Christ because He chose you. Enjoy what you have been blessed with and be thankful to the One that allows you to have it. He loves you more than anything else in the world and to prove that He gave His only Son to become the sin He then destroyed. It is finished and He is the way. Believe in Him, He believes in you.

Stay away from the extremes!

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The left is liberal the right is conservative. I prefer to hang around the middle. I like a little of both sides. However my beliefs don’t conflict and my information stays the same. I state the same information every time I talk to someone. I don’t understand how people can get away with saying one thing and then turning around and saying something completely different. They need to stand for whatever they truly believe and not just change for whoever pays more money.

Politicians don’t know anything real world they sit in an office all day and just say the opposite of their opponents. On the Iraq issue they need to interview REAL soldiers who have actually been there, not other politicians or whatever wing writers they have. Quit poking fingers at the other side, just address the problem(s) put in a bill and take care of the issue!

Fort Braggistan

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Starting off I would like to say that I had a horrible time while I was there. I would actually consider it a waste of time all together. I was supposed to go there to be demobilized and to be medically retired. I will let you know now that it wasn’t that way at all. First of all I was put in a Super 8 motel and I was told it would be for a temporary stay. I was there for six months. I was put in a hotel and forgotten about. Oh they also gave me a bunch of pain pills it seemed to me they just wanted me to die. Maybe if they tucked me away in a little room they wouldn’t have to help me.

I wrote many complaints to the Senator and to other “accomplished personnel” but nothing came back. Not even a “sorry to hear that” letter. That is when I realized how small I was in this world. The pain didn’t go away and either did the nightmares, sleeplessness, anxiety and depression. I didn’t have to go to war to get PTSD I could have got it just by being there where they were “taking care” of me. In the part of Fayetteville NC I was in I heard gunshots every night, prostitutes were all over yelling obscenities in my window at night, and someone cut the screen cover on my window cause I didn’t want any drugs. I think I was attacked more there than in Iraq.

I really was in a hole there. I think I even might have hit rock bottom. All I did was sleep until it was time to take drugs watch TV or movies until I fell asleep again. Then it was time to eat and take more drugs again repeating every 4-6 hours. Anyone who has been on pain pills before knows that you always need more to take away the pain. At first I was taking 1 every 4 hours then it went to 2 all in about 3 weeks. By the time October came around I was probably taking 6 pills every 4 hours. Then as you probably guessed I mixed in other things as well. Muscle relaxants, different kinds of pain pills, sleeping pills, and finally alcohol. Anything to keep the pain away, but not just physical pain I was hurting mentally. Mixing pain killers with alcohol and all the rest were the only things that would numb me after all that time.

I was severely depressed and dieing inside and Uncle Sam didn’t care. I didn’t understand why the government “lost me” and why they didn’t care. I know my family was there and so were a lot of friends in a matter of speaking, but there was no one there physically with me. No one came to visit I just talked on my cell phone and to my roommate who was just as doped up as I was. I was totally falling apart and felt like I was going to literally die there alone. “In a Super 8 motel here lies umm… what was his name again?”

No place like home

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After I found out I was going to be sent to Fort Bragg I was extremely upset. I could not believe it. After I had gone through all the crap, they had the nerve to take me away from my family again. It was so wrong to send me away. I needed to be home with my family to heal. It’s very hard to get better when you are drugged and no one cares if you live or die. I am not exaggerating when I say that not ONE military personnel cared enough to even question where I was. Something that’s even worse is when I contacted Missouri’s “Great” senator; his office took the fax and said they would get back to me that week. Guess what? No calls, not even a sorry letter. From that point on for 6 months I was led to believe that I would go home daily and then forgotten all together. I was lost in the paperwork and shuffled under the desk, not only did they forget they lost ALL my medical documents from when I got hurt. All I needed was some Ruby Red Slippers so I could go home.