So today I was reading a blog from a friend of mine whose currently spending the next year in Iraq on his second tour. While I was reading it I started thinking about what people think about this war. I think that it’s stupid that we are still there and that we should have pulled out our troops a very very long time ago. Sometimes I can’t believe that it has actually been 8 years since this whole Iraq War started……8 years! World War II didn’t even last that long! I mean come on it’s not even a war it’s us sending our troops into a dangerous country where they protect and get killed by so many different people. I know you guys are probably thinking that I’m one of those people who think that I am one of those people who think that the U.S. should just mind there own business and not get in the middle of other countries problems. I think it’s good that we are trying to help them I just think that at some point we have to be able to say “I’m sorry we tried to help your country, but it’s about time you learned to defend it yourselves” and then teach a few of their high ranking military officers how to train their troops in a secure place and then slowly, but surely start calling back American troops and let them defend themselves!
People always talk about wanting world peace, but did anyone ever think that if we had world peace it was one of the signs of the apocalypse and if we had world peace our economy would simply fall apart. I think we should have world tolerance….I mean that’s not the same thing. World Tolerance is hating other countries without actually going to war with them or trading with them or being their ally. This can be a way of having hatred in the world without anyone having to die for that hatred. Not everybody can love everybody or even try. There are some people that don’t deserve to be loved, trusted, befriended, or even acknowledged as a person. Now this all depends on what kind of person they are and what they have done. Of course you can not love, trust, befriend, or acknowledge someone as a person and still pray for that person. Because you know that even though they are a bad person, something happened to them that made them that way. Sometimes they choose it and sometimes it’s forced upon them, but either way they still deserve our prayers because EVERYONE DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE.
Thanks for listening.
In case you want to hear about whats happening in Iraq first hand from an actual soldier that is currently on his second tour you can visit this blog: http://damieniniraq.wordpress.com/
Sara
