So I'm supposed to blog about something I care about politically. I guess it's the war in Iraq. I have no idea what we're doing there. The war started when I was in my first year of middle school. I'm in my last year of high school now and we're still there.
I remember being so excited when the war started. I had no idea why we were there except to help free the Iraqis from Sadaam's dictatorship. It was the coolest thing because I never thought I'd be alive for a war involving America. Now everything is affected by the war in our country and because of the election it's being brought to my attention even more.
As a young driver, I don't want to spend $40 to fill up my Civic. At one point this summer it cost almost $50. Our economy sucks becasue of this war. Almost $4 for a box of cereal. It's very, very strange. I'm glad the gas prices are dropping lately though.
I feel bad for the students in my mom's class who are traumatized by the fact that their father is in Iraq and have had to go back for the 3rd time. I understand that when you are a solider, you have to sacrifice things and leave your family. I'd be so frustrated if I had a husband and kids, and my husband had to leave to go back to Iraq for the third time. Why have him leave if we don't even know why we're there?
I support Obama wanting to end the war in Iraq because I think he understands that most Americans don't know why we're there anymore.
2 comments:
I agree with you about not even being able to imagine what it would be like to have to take care of your kids while your husband and support is leaving you for anywhere from 3 months to a year to possibly be killed. I know someone who's fiance is in the war and he just came back for a 10 day leave and is gone for three months again. It's just such a hard thing to have to go through, and especially when we don't even know if it's truly helping...
You really put the longevity of this war in perspective. From 6th to 12th when you say it like that it is just crazy
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