If you were given a choice either to go to Iraq or stay at your duty station/home...which would you choose.
Nevermind that it's your duty, what you signed up for, to do what you're told to do. I want to know your personal choices. Peace to all!
2007-01-11 12:17:57 · 10 answers · asked by michelle a 4 in Politics & Government ➔ Military
thanks for answering, but I gave 2 options to stay or to go...there is no in between for this question.
2007-01-11 12:43:08 · update #1
I would stay home with my family, but it is not that simple. If I do not go and lead my soldiers, bad things can happen. I took my company to Iraq and did not have one fatality. I would like to think my leadership helped contribute to that. I signed on to do a job and I will do my job. No one drafted me, I volunteered.
2007-01-11 12:44:57 · answer #1 · answered by Damn Good Dawg 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I would deploy. I did not join the US Army to ignore my duties or be a coward. I could not live with myself if I stayed back and my unit deployed. I could never consider myself a leader anymore, and could never ask for the respect of my men again. Call it what you will, but I would rather come back draped in the Stars and Stripes before I forfeit my honor.
2007-01-12 00:13:26 · answer #2 · answered by Geronimo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I could choose I would go to Iraq. I tried, but my job at my rank is needed home more than in Iraq.
2007-01-11 21:41:28 · answer #3 · answered by Jake W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, I think if it was an open & shut choice, every military person would choose to stay stateside....under the circumstnances, I feel they would all do what was right and just....and that is to go.
No one hates war more than a veteran.
2007-01-11 20:27:41 · answer #4 · answered by PoliticallyIncorrect 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you join the military you usually join to serve your country. When you join you loose your right to decide where to go and what to do. Your there to serve you country and it’s interest. If you join the military and want to stay home you should get a desk job and leave the serving to really men and women.
2007-01-11 20:31:57 · answer #5 · answered by artygnr 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whether we believe in the reasons behind the war or not, training to fight is boring. i think most people in the military actually want to put their training to use. So, I choose Iraq. (Altho, I'll stick with my 6-mo deployments... you can keep that year crap)
2007-01-11 22:59:27 · answer #6 · answered by hunting wabbit 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a marine not a solder. However, I choose Iraq.
every marine is a rifleman first.
2007-01-11 20:24:48 · answer #7 · answered by nick w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I deployed. No way was I going to let my troops down.
2007-01-11 21:14:17 · answer #8 · answered by MikeGolf 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nobody wants to go to war. But if it is necessary then they will go and do what they have to do.
2007-01-11 20:41:17 · answer #9 · answered by Jon M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Neither, Afghanistan's where it's at, don't forget about that
2007-01-11 20:39:53 · answer #10 · answered by Koolaid1730 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋