Would you send your child to fight in Iraq?

Question

I keep seeing all these young boys 17-18 wanting to fight in Iraq.. Is it even possible parents want there children to go into this war knowing what its all about..

Answer 1

HELL NO , i wouldnt because i am completely against the war
i dont want my child riskng there lives in a war for the ******* presiden'ts oil.

Answer 2

I was 17 when I joined the Air Force. Vietnam was still going on and I had the possiblity of going there. Nevertheless, it was something I wanted to do regardless of the posssiblity of going to war. My mother was concerned about that and she kept asking me if I realized that I might get killed. But that didn't bother me. When I was through with school I was assigned to a SAC base. They had several bombers loaded with nukes and fuel to fly into Russia and engage in WWIII.
Everyone there knew that if those bombers took off, they were not coming back; and, more than likely, we would soon be dead since Russia would bomb us. But that did not keep us from doing our jobs.

What I am saying is that when a person raises their hand and states they will serve, they know what they are getting into and have weighed the cost of it. They might die or be wounded, but they serve willingly and hope for the best.

No parent wants to lose a child in war, but each also knows that there is a cost to live in our country and their child may have to pay it. They are afraid, but would never hold the child back.

Answer 3

This is a good question and I think it will get a lot of answers on both sides of this war.

For me, no kids on two legs, so no, my dog is ret. military and served for 4.5 years for bombs. He is home now, and after two years of the 4th in my town he is not looking forward to the week before the 4th of july this next year.

This year he hit the front door with all of his body weight and opened it, ran out and was looking, nose in the air, trying to find the fight, the men the women, but only found kids playing in the alley.

I see how it effected him, and I know how it has effected me, I wouldn't want to send kids to do the work of men, so no , no kids only young men that are trainned to protect and service. Most will come home, some will not, to those few I say, I sorry, to the rest, I say, I understand your pain. To the rest that don't go to war, I say your lucky, someone else did it for you.

War's have been going on for all of history. My father took the time to teach me what he learned in 6 years of fighting in WW2, so that when it came my time to fight I would know how and why and what to do.

The why is so we don't ever have a war here again. He was only 60 years after the civil war and still they knew how the hurt of war and the effects are on people and the country.

I did 40 years in the service of my country I saw war first hand and keep going back. I would still do it today, but age and time have ended for me to fight now for others, so who do you send now is my question?

Do you want a war here, it will come if you don't go to the war, it will come to you. Look at history and see why the men you to go off to war and not wait for war to come to them.

Johnny

Answer 4

As someone who is currently in the military, I know that parents do not want there children to go to Iraq. It is not the parents decision and as parents they understand that their child wants to be part of the greatest military in the world. I'll tell you the reasons why late teenagers want to join and it is mostly not the recruiter that gets them to. There are a couple of reasons: ONE; they want to get education out of it (which is good because they pay for as much as you can learn), TWO; they want to serve so that all the people who have died before them protecting this country will not have died in shame, THREE; they are expected to by their family as a tradition, FOUR; they like the idea of being held to a higher standard than most, and FIVE; they might join to get away from their current life.
Now if you are a parent and your child is wanting to do this military thing, what would you say to them if: ONE they cannot afford to go to college and can't get scholarships? TWO their grandfather or father died in a war and they wanted to join so they wouldn't have died in vain? THREE family tradition military members don't really have much of a choice. FOUR your child tells you that the freedoms you have experienced where only because we have protected ourselves with military force and if you want to continue having them he/she is needs to join? FIVE If you live in a really bad neighborhood and your child tells you that he/she wants to join because they don't have any other means of getting out of the "hood". Maybe your child has had a bad track record and wants to escape that scene. As a parent you need to accept the fact that at this point in your childs life, they need to make these life altering desisions on their own (whether you like it or not). P.S. let me remind you that you do not know why we are over there, you may think you know. Guess what, the people of this great nation do not know with certainty why we are in iraq and if you think you do then show me some proof I'm from the Show Me State. Yes if they wanted to.

Answer 5

I would honor my child for their decision to go, if I were in that situation.
So far as what it is about, oil may be a part of the issue, but there is a lot more to it than that. Islamic terrorism needs to be stopped. That is a part of the effort at hand, whether people ascribe to that or not. Personally, I believe that our rules of engagement needs to change, dramatically. To use the 23/rd Psalm, with a little twist to it, our way of war there should go something like this: yea tho I walk through the valley of the shadow of death I will fear no evil because I'm the meanest S*B in the valley. We should be making things so hot for the insurgents that they should be sure that we won;t stop until the land is devoid of any life that looks like them. Combatant, you're dead, no questions asked and no holding back either. Non-combatant, we have no argument with you, and will leave you alone. Yet, America is to nice and gets taken advantage of to often. That is what I have the most trouble with.

Answer 6

i doubt parents want to send their children to a war zone but really it isnt there choice. the 17-18 year olds that you see going over to Iraq all signed up in the armed forces and they knew in doing this they had the chance of going off to war. they made their decision to defend our country.

Answer 7

of course no parent would want their children to be in Iraq. but then again, what's the point of being a soldier if u can't fight for your country? yes, it is hard for a parent to deal with having their children in Iraq fighting, but, they should be proud that their child is doing something with their lives. like joining the military services.

Answer 8

Well if people did it in the 1914-16 and the 1939-45 war then why is now any different? Young men who go off to fight, in my opinion, are the true heroes in the world. They give up their lives for us and most of us don't even appreciate it. Please don't patronise me and other teenagers by refering us as 'young boys'. At seventeen/eighteen, we are adults. Perhaps young adults but adults all the same. As soon as they get out there are realise what it's all about, then they'll regret it.

Answer 9

A parent can't 'send their child to Iraq" . I would not want my child to go, BUT, I would stand behind their decision and be proud that they wanted to fight for our country!

Answer 10

Wow, very patriotic bunch of Americans.
I praise you. You don't see much Malaysian wanting to fight for their country. I'm so embaressed.

If I had a kid, I love him with all my heart,
But at the end of the day, when he can make his own decisions, I'll have to let go.
Even if he died a brutal death, I'll be proud to be his parent for sacrificing his life for the country.
I'll be sad of course, not being there at his death bed, but well,
We'll all see each other in heaven right?

Answer 11

Parents do not send their kids to Iraq. those "children" choose to join the military to serve their country.I do understand where you are coming from though. when i was in college (1997) i called my dad to tell him i was going to join. he was like never. he is a Vietnam vet and you know that was back before all this started. I have no kids and i do not think i would want to them to go to war, but if i did have kids who wanted to serve, i would be very proud of them!!