Our guys being over there, is it really worth it?

Question

My fiance has been in Iraq since last September and I have been alone. Nothing could be worth so many people to be going without one of their loved ones that long, with a chance never to see them again. Ugh, how I wish it would all end

Answer 1

You and millions of other people around the world wish the troops would get sent home. It was a big, big mistake and the ones paying for it are the troops from the coalition of the "willing". Keep hanging in there though, he'll be home soon.

Answer 2

We all wish it would end. My prayers are with you at this time. I do understand what you are going through as I have sons in the military. There are times when you think you will go mad with worry about them, how they are doing, if they are still alive.

The news for the most part gives us all the bad things that happen there. We don't ever see the good that is done... for instance the little care packages that we send, the boys will share them with the Iraq children. They help build schools, teach these people of a better way of life. I had a woman from Iraq write to me and tell me how much she appreciated what my son and his unit were doing for her people. She said even though they live in fear because of the war around them, they still feel safer than when Saddam ruled Iraq.

I hope your fiance is able to come home soon. My thoughts and prayers are with you always..

An Army Mom

Answer 3

Yes it's really worth it. I have many friends and family members that have gone over there and come back alive(thank God). And one that did not make it home. I missed them, and still miss the one that is gone. But I have dealt with it.

And BEFORE all you BASHERS open your mouths, how about you visit a military town. Like Killeen, neighbor to the biggest military post in the free world (Ft Hood, TX 4th ID, and 1st Cav ROCK!!), and talk to the Iraqi people that are here now. The Iraqis that come here to personally thank our soliders for helping them. Talk to children from Iraq. The children that are not trained to kill. The ones that are now attending schools that OUR SOLIDERS established for them. What about the medical centers that are now established b/c of OUR SOLIDERS. You don't hear about this on the news b/c it is not drama. It's something good, and people don't like to see good on the news.

And for the ones talking about our soliders killing women and children in Iraq. Yes they do. They have too!!! What would you do if a child or a grown woman opened fire on you with the intent to kill you? It's no different that a child in the states trying to rob someone, or sell drugs on the corner.

So before anyone passes judgement on any of our military members, you need to walk a mile in their shoes!

And for the poster of this message. I will give you the speech that I give any other soon-to-be military wife. "Suck it up. He's in the military and will be leaving you at anytime, for any amount of time. There is nothing you can do about it. Support him, and don't cry to him about it. He's on a mission and needs to have a good mind frame."

Signed
A military wife who has not seen her husband in 2 years!!!!!!

Answer 4

We all wish it to be over. If we pull out of Iraq or not, there's still going to be issues cause it seems that these people need to be dictated. Now we are facing these issues with Iran and Korea :/
It's kinda good that we have some troops over seas. But I don't understand how families that have a soldier over seas complain if that's what these men and women wanted to do, instead of supporting them. My husband is a USMC, and I knew what I was getting myself into when we married. I say we should support our country and our troops instead talking down on them And our president!!!

Answer 5

We all wish it would end, and it would VERY quickly if we took off the gloves instead of worrying about disgusting liberal whiners. In fact, we should also get otu of the UN. It is because of that worthless organization and the failure of so-called "allies" to as a minimum seal the Iraqi border that so many American lives have been lost.

Answer 6

Yes, sometime in the near future I am going to go into Army Infantry, and I believe they are over there for a reason, and I hope to be one. You people don't understand, America is the way it is because of our world power, would you want terrorism and communism to just grow and we do nothing about it until they're strong enough to attack us directly (do you people want more 9/11's ?)

Answer 7

No it's not worth it and I'm so sorry you are without your fiance. My prayers are with all troops that they come home safe SOON. May Bush, Harper & Blair rot in hell for their useless attempt at "keeping the world safe" It's about nothing more then oil and power

Answer 8

That's a yes and no answer there. Yes they are there to help to start over. That's what we do in the USA help others out. We don't help our self do we look at Katina. But than when something as same or different we help big time. But than there no answer. No we shouldn't be there. But we will be. Yes we should be there but not for a long time. Little by little we need to pull out.

Answer 9

Your fiancee and yourself KNEW this was a possibility. If you think him being gone for a few months is bad, try being one of the spouses who will never see their loved one again. While you are at it, try being one of their children who will never see Mommy or Daddy again. If we pull out and end this, we will just be saying the hell with everyone who died here. We NEED to finish this mission. Would you be upset if your fiancee died over there and a day later they pull out?

Answer 10

Oh please. My husband left just three month after our first child was born. He went over there to ensure that our son would enjoy the freedoms that we do. Don't be so selfish. You don't deserve the love of a good military man if you hold these kind of views. He knew what he was getting into when he enlisted and you knew what you were getting into when you started dating him so stop whining! Tell you what, here's your options, have your fiance fighting over there or let the terrorist come back here and we'll fight them here. Yea right! Suck it up. We have to be strong and supportive not whining little b**chs!