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Well, for those of you that missed my interview at voicepotential.org, I have been asked on a regular basis to give my thoughts on the troops thoughts as far as being here, and our view of President Bush.
So today I thought I would let people know day to day thoughts as to what we think and talk about!
First of all regarding President Bush? I did not vote for him origionally in 2000, and I thought it was a political joke the way that whole ballot thing went down. Now, September 11th 2001 was a horrible day in our history, but it showed me something. It showed me we weren't weak, and we could come together as a nation when we get over thinking about ourselves, and WANT to come together! Well, I believe President Bush handled that situation VERY well, and put on a strong face in a time we needed it! I don't care if he stutters in speeches, or takes a second to answer a member of the presses questions. That is human, and I saw the first 20 min. of Farenhiet 911, and it portrayed a bumbling George Bush on that day. Michael Moore should be ashamed that he made millions off of shaping a story by good editing, and a liberal point of view! That movie made me sick, not because things were or weren't true, but editing made that thing so 1 sided, and people believe he made good points! How do you know if they were good points, when you don't know how much he was embellishing it! He is guilty of the same thing he accuses everyone else of doing! Profiting at the expense of others! For his own good! As far as I know he did not donate his proceeds for the greater good! Michael Moore sucks!
Anyways, the President has, in my opinion, been the right one for the job in this period of time! Did I mention I voted for Clinton 2X?
Also, as far as the troops opinions over here on what we think of being over here or not, most people I know do not think about WHY we are here. We just are, and our goal is to get out of here and back to our families. So we try to keep our eye on the missions we have and being over here, yet try to maintain a sense of sanity, and a feel of home! I know EVERY soldier loves to hear from people at home, and just little things, like seeing a type of name brand item from a care package we haven't seen in a long time is a big booster! But we see a little more firsthand as to what we are accomplishing, and we don't get involved in the why's and why not's. We DO have opinions though, and we talk about those amongst ourselves. I know that LTC Spear in out office is die hard liberal, and we chide each other a lot! He sends me forwards from his friends about Bush, but I think it's funny! Other than that we all pretty much see why we all should be here now, and we think aside from the killing of innocent people, the insurgents, while getting clever in tactics, are just so stupid in that they are not proving any points for their side. And the people here are just getting more mad that civilians are getting killed! And not at us!
And the more they do outside of Iraq, like London, it will justify why we should be here fighting those same terrorists! Yeah, some days it sucks, and I try to show that in my posts, but they really only suck because of the situation. Hanging around the same people, same food, same toilet, same everything, and no porn!(Kidding)! Just the fact we are way from families, and everything else you would expect, but we are taken care of, and no matter where you are someone has done something to improve things! At FOB Lima, down by Karbala it was a very small FOB, that had little amenities, BUT it had a GREAT MWR with a theater and gym!Sometimes when I go to these other small FOB's I wish I was there the whole time, because less politics, and you just do your mission! I just performed a PDHA about an hour ago on a Major General here in our office, and I did no bootlicking, BUT I was myself, polite, and courteous! Maybe that I why I didn't get a coin for it? In short, we don't think, we are not paid for that! I hope somehow that answered some questions for everyone, and I will be glad to monitor my comments and respond to anyone that has a different opinion. Including that person the other day that called me a zealot for our government!
Later,
Erik