WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE Pres Bush still sending troops to Irak?

Question

my husband is in the marines and he been in irak but this year his goin back to irak and like him alot more marines, army, navy r still going and leaving fam over here. like me alot of wife are suffering cause the deployment and kids that doesnt understand why daddy is going and leaving you know my son think he did wrong because daddy have to go for a hold year.

Answer 1

The soldiers in Iraq are mostly volunteers, they chose their vocation, Bush didn't make that choice for them.

Answer 2

the situation is this. The sectarian wars between the two religious factions will in no way be eradicated, tamed or the rest. what is going to ensue is this: President Bush will deliver interior the 20,000. Then some months will pass and he will announce that we are winning this conflict with the insurgents yet we decide for greater troops to end the activity. greater troops would be sent. Then as though on cue, some months, or maybe a 300 and sixty 5 days will pass and the President will returned announce that we are winning although we decide for greater troops to make certain that the factors that we've cleared will proceed to be so with greater troops on the floor. This charade will save happening. The upshot of all of it somewhat is it is we are able to in no way go away the section. we are able to consistently have troops interior the section and the troops will proceed to die. no count what the administration states the main considerable situation is oil. consistently has been, consistently would be. i'm a Republican and that i say this. the only course we could desire to consistently take is West, a procedures west all a thank you to the long island harbor with our troops.

Answer 3

As the kid grows up he'll start to understand why dad is over there. My kid didn't understand it either, but she has a good idea of it now and she still asks me about it. (she's 7 now)

Bush or No Bush, we can't (and probably won't even when he's not in office) completely pull out. It'll be like turning our backs on on a bunch of goth kids torturing kittens. We pull out now, the terrorists win, Iraq is once again in the hands of those who choose to oppress citizens with fear for their own greed and finacial gain. And we're right back where we started if not worse.

Stay the course, it's a shame it has to take this long and that my buddies have to go back fro a 3rd deployment while I sit in my office. I've been there and seen it, these people need help, we're there to do that. It's just unfortunate that the kind of enemy we're fighting isn't a straight forward enemy and has no compassion for anyone but themselves and their cause and will kill anyone friend, foe, or innocent civilian.

Answer 4

Irak too? Isn't it enough that they are Iraq? But now Irak? Oh the horrors of it all.
You husband is there and you can't spell the place? Makes us wonder!
The kids are just going through what every kid goes through in that situation. They are not the first and will not be the last.
Don't get out much do you?

Answer 5

Im sorry alot of people are responding who have never been, nor will ever be in your position. There are alot of insensitive answers on here that woudl NOT be this way if they have felt our PAIN.

This is the hardest part of being a military spouse. When my husband is deployed, I find myself asking the same questions...and a few others...

Most of us dont know what we are in for when we marry a marine...or whatever...There should be, and IS a class for military spouses, fiances to enlighten you on all the things your husband doesnt think to tell you.

It is called L.I.N.K.S. Go sign up, sit in and participate. You will come out with a better understanding of your husbands job, and your IMPORTANT role as a military spouse...maybe you will learn how to spell IraQ too!

As far as him being gone, I put pictures of daddy up all over in the kids rooms next to their beds, taped on the wall next to teh changeing table, etc. I used to tell my older child "daddy is in Iraq protecting us" But we lived on base, so it was COMMONLY spoken about. Also, take time for yourself, put the kids in daycare at the gym, whatever to get a moment to breathe and try to relax.

I think it is a good idea to surge the troops...UNTIL of course my husbands number comes up...then I will think it is a bad idea...

Answer 6

I think that this is more than just sending troops over to Iraq and separating families. This is preventing families too. Yeah they say it is for the protection of the country, but really, the whole war is based on a deal of ideology and you can't fight a war on that. AND you can win a war against people who are not afraid to die, but don't get me on my soap box about that. Anyway, you have a valid point about families. Unfortunately, I am not married and I think that I may be an Iraqi widow because the person that may have been meant to be my husband, has probably already died over there. So I am feeling your pain...maybe not directly, but I am there with you.

Answer 7

I was in the Army and in Iraq, not Irak. If you do not like delpoyments and can not handle them, leave the service. It is 2007, the war started in 2003. Most enlistments are for four years, so he has either just joined or reenlisted. Either way you both new the risk and joined or reenlisted anyway. Do not blame Bush for him going, you could have done that from 2003 to 2006, you have no one to blame but yourselves.

Answer 8

First of all, learn to spell IraQ!! Second of all, President Bush is continuing to send troops because we need them over there to fight the war on terror. I can't say I know how you feel because I am not in your position, but the best thing to do is support your husband, support the efforts of the troops and explain to your children what is going on and where daddy has gone. President Bush is doing what he feels is best for the safety of our country. I would much rather have our troops deployed over there, then to sit back and wait for terrorists to invade our country and always having to look out wherever you go. God Bless our troops, God Bless President Bush and God Bless America.

Answer 9

It's called the surge and for the first time since the war began we our making a dent in the insurgency and stabilizing things there. I'm sorry your family is split up but that is the sacrifice all military families make, including mine. Thank him for his service from me and all Americans.

Answer 10

You're still better off than the tens of thousands of Iraqi families that have lost fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters and live without hope and without a reliable supply of water and electricity. What would you say to an Iraqi widow who asked the same question?

Answer 11

Ditto answers 1, 2, and 3! Me, I was in the Army; all of my brothers served in the Military (2 in the Navy). 3 of them fought in Korea; one of them got to go back to Viet Nam, not just once.
I suggest that, in the meantime, you enroll in classes on base or a community college; it might help your English usage. Either you, or someone else, explain to your son what is going one, that his daddy is fighting the evil dictator's regime. Just tell him that the terrorists are like that gang of bullies at school, and he will understand.
Me, I think a nuke would fix the problem. As to Americans fighting and dying, would you prefer more die here like the 9/11 ? THAT is the alternative.
Take care of yourself and your son and learn what is going on in the world (including inflation and crooks in city hall and global warming) and learn how to improve life.