Carmellion's Blog

my brother is in the U.S. Marine Corps. his fist tour was in Al-Asad, then the hot spot of Bagdad and now he is in the dessert somewhere close to Al-Asad again. he cant give us much detail because of the nature of his job. i think most of it, is him trying to ease us of worry. but he in charge of transportation and sometimes when we didnt hear from him, he let us know later he had to go out with his caravan to deliver food, amunition, mail and other needs of the troops. maybe once he gets out, he'll discuss more about his experience there. he is due to retire in June of this year. last year he was given a Proclamaition by Mayer Slay, Senator Clay and the Govenor. so he has 3 days in the spring named after him. we thought it would be his last time, but he was back again at the end of the summer. Please every, be in prayer with us as we await his safe return once again as well as the others cought up in that horrible Civil War....

I agree with you my brotherinlaw is over there right now ny son is in korea. They have never sent enough troops over there since it started. big busness wants this war. thats all this is about our forfathers wanted agree with this war from the get go big business is running our country now for big profits can someone tell one thing that we have gain as a country for being over there do you fell any safer since 911 I don't I fell alls we are doing is pissing off the whole world and making them all hate us put yourself in these people minds for a second if some one atacked our country we would do the same they are doing would we not.

I'm in support of us being in Iraq and think that we would do well to remember that lobbying bombs was not the answer. We put boots on the ground in the middle east and plant the virus of freedom their. Americans smile alot... we are a happy people. Our soldiers sailors and marines are their on the ground giving a troubled middle east nation a taste of something that we take for granted here.

This thirst for freedom through strong central and democratic government is bought and paid for with the blood of patriots... over 3000 so far. And if Vietnam taught us nothing it did stop the onset of Russian and Chinese Communist aggression. Look at Vietnam now...

No, I think it was the right choice to send boot and not cruise missles. And the men and women in those boots are planting the virus of freedom in a people who may have lost such hope.

sis, I honestly thought this was his 5th tour, but either way, many are losing their lives every day and for what? Do we even remember what the war is about? And the soliders seem to get younger and younger. How do you explain to a young child that their teenaged parent is dead because of a war no one seems to believe in anymore?