I know many, many men, and women, that i think they're children and themselves, would love to be home for Christmas. They have a big chance of dying out there, fighting, and they want to come home.
Thank you.
2006-12-21 02:58:40 · 15 answers · asked by Lily K 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
100% of them would love to be home for Christmas. And a significant portion of the would not want to come home if it meant defeat and the job unfinished.
They are professionals who entered the profession with both eyes open. They do NOT need to be protected by someone who'd make their sacrifices to have been in vain by handing, undeserved, victory to our enemies.
They'd tell you, "Thanks for the kind thoughts, but no thanks. We've got a job to do."
2006-12-21 03:32:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The last I checked, joining the military is a personal choice(ie meaning it is voluntary). I would also guess that a great majority of our personnel are not in Irak. Yes we do have many oversea bases but we also have many stateside that are occupied by, yes you guessed it, American military personnel. There has been for a long time, and will continue to be people in the military and, gasp, civilians who can not be home for any of the holidays because of their JOB.
2006-12-21 03:15:58 · answer #2 · answered by Jedi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is sad that these men and women are away from their families and children, however not to sound cold, but they volunteered for this. They knew that joining the military put them in places far away from what was familiar. They knew that they would be putting their lives on the line so that we can have discussions such as this. Yes it sucks for those of us that are here missing those that are away yet that was the sacrifice made. Shouldn't we be focusing on how generous these men and women are for choosing to fight for our freedom? Should there not be some gratitude given to them for making sure that we are safe?
I wish that my husband was home here with me instead of being there. However, I admire him for doing what he does. I think that maybe you should too.
2006-12-21 03:09:37 · answer #3 · answered by jackandjenninaz 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually I had a blast overseas at Christmas time. We had the meal that we wanted, we exchanged really cool presents, didn't have to deal with goofy relatives, so it wasn't so bad at all. Many soldier will be home for Christmas, but the Military doesn't doesn't shut down for holidays. They however make it possible for everyone else to shut down though.
2006-12-21 03:09:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately there would not be enough time now to bring them all home for Christmas!
Better we plan to bring 50% of them home on June 30th, 2007 and the remainder of them on December 30th, 2007 -
and immediately impeach this Ba$tard Bush shortly thereafter on general principles - if nothing else!
2006-12-21 03:11:07 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many think they should be home before then. Home for the holidays doesn't sound too bad, it's not like the entire war will go in favor of the enemy if the troops spend ONE DAY with their family, especially after a year or more of nothing but enemy fire.
2006-12-21 03:06:44 · answer #6 · answered by Huey Freeman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
My father-in-law was in the US Navy, sometimes during war and sometimes in peace. My brother-in-law recently retired from the Navy as well, and we had many a holiday season with him away from home, and our nephew recently returned from Iraq, where he was last Christmas.
They, as have all our Troops, volunteered to serve our country. They understand what this means. Please respect their decisions to serve, and support their families while they are away. Whining about it does nothing but demoralize them. They are proud to serve, and we should be proud of them. This is not about politics, people. This is about supporting our troops.
2006-12-21 03:05:55 · answer #7 · answered by ItsJustMe 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am here now
I would LOVE to come home for Christmas
I would never leave my fellow soldiers behind
We cannot all go home at once (too many reasons for that, lets just say we don't have enough planes to get 168,000 of us outta here at once)
2006-12-21 03:15:00 · answer #8 · answered by wolf560 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry Lilly, but we are in so deep now it's going to take awhile to get out.if we expect to live with the freedoms we have we had to go to Afghanistan, but the Iraq war didn't need to happen.we can't take back what we have done so we need to pull back to a safer area and prepare for the next step.
2006-12-21 03:14:00 · answer #9 · answered by jeff d 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure lots of people want them home before Christmas. Is it prudent to bring them home before they are finished doing what they are there to do? No, it isn't. Too much at stake to wimp out now.
2006-12-21 03:04:04 · answer #10 · answered by Rich B 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋