Thinking!

I couldn't think of a name for this post, but I was thinking about one, and therefore I called it thinking, because it got the thinking process overwith earlier, plus I just realized that spelling thinking really fast on the keyboard is really quite cool! Try it. It is like playing a George Lynch guitar solo! Anyway, enough with the small talk!
Remember when I was talking about how when the cats are away the mice will play, and that is normally good, but those cats are usually the ones that protect the house from bigger animals when they are home, and in this case it could not be more accurate. See, when your protectors are gone to stand up for you, you get tasked with a lot more because you can't say no or argue your point, and I am in no mood to argue any points right now, so I play the good soldier and bend over. That is fine, because we get the job done, but I can say that the bickering between the people that plan those missions, and are in the upper echelon who talk behind each others backs as really high leadership is amazing. People that have gotten somewhere, but will use other people to make themselves look good, or making other people look horrible to escape their mistakes!!! And then bragging about it, or basking in somebody elses failure! HMMMMMM, WHERE HAVE I SEEN THAT BEFORE??????????????????????????
I think all you in the know and who get it can figure that out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyways, attacks have been on the upswing, especially in our area, and I saw in the StarTribune they had a story of the VBIED at the BIAP(airport) checkpoint. That was our gate here, and the Liberty PX was hit by a couple rockets the other night right in the middle of eating area, so prayers go out to the SGT killed then, and I know they had a memorial service today. I don't know if they(Al Quieda) are making a last hurrah, or these are lucky strikes, but like I said this was going to be a heavy week, especially in Baghdad, and it has, so lets hope the idiots are on the last of their ammo, and they all are being wasted by suicide bombs that hit nobody, and the Iraqi people can fight themselves, but it is a powerful sight seeing the sight of a fresh attack and they summons 2 Apache helicopters to hover over for security. It looks like 2 hornets hovering in the air! And the F16's that come in, I don't know really how anyone would mess around with that, because even if they live they are going to die!
I don't normally say things about attacks, but I want to let people know that it is real! And it is still real to me, and some nights I just want to forget I am here, and when I wake up in the morning and I am here, it sucks, because usually I have dreams about home. Either about my wife or kids, and then I wake up and realze I am here, and I gotta say the dreams are much better than reality!
I do all this talk for therapy purposes, and not to make people worry, or feel bad, but also to let people know that even though I have decent facilities, and am hooked up more than most people, doesn't mean that we are in a safe zone, and sometimes even we forget!
Anyways, I think building on my theme from the other day, when I get back I might start one of those organizations myself. And I know they ALL do great things, but I also know a lot of stuff from those places gets thrown away, but I want to gather things , and send things theyreally need, and not little packets of candy, but maybe bigger things, like send Playstations, or TV's, or bigger items to units and let them build a day room for all their soldiers! Well just a thought, but I am serious, and I might raise money before I even come home! See I know that a couple thousand MN soldiers are going somewhere in Sept. so I can start with them!
Thanks for the rant!
Later,
Erik