Lady! Your daughter joined and is following orders set in motion back during Dubya's administration. President Obama has already shut down one war and is in the process of shutting down the other. Romney and Santorum would keep us in theses wars to help the military continue getting money for their guns and bullets.
When you are in the Army you go where you are ordered, not where you want. Willard knows nothing of Army life hiding out in France during Viet Nam. The mother should tell her daughter to ask her commanding officer why she is where she is or go AWOL if she is having second thoughts about Army life. Then again Willard could ask one of his sons to take the daughters place in Afghanistan. This so called story ounds like a plant to me. I can't picture any American mother saying such a thing of a child serving in the volunteer Army.
I agree as far as joining the military: You intrinsically understand from the beginning that you no longer control your life. You no longer have a say in where you fight, why you fight, or even the overarching objective past what part you are to play in an operation.
It must be hard having your daughter overseas and fighting, but how did the mother envision her daughter's military life?
"Oooh, yeah, I don't really doooo the whole listening to a CO thing...ummmm awkwaaard"
Grow up, get informed, and prevent the political abyss that Romney has created; a blackhole devoid of any rhetoric of worth or substance, a political machine that upon inspection is a cardboard cutout that says "You can ask your questions and I'm gonna give you my answers: This is a tank, trust me. - Love, Romney"
I suspect president obama sleeps at least as well as bush, who led us into this mess. The president sees the need to get us out. And Mittney, well he's just pandering.
Mitt is playing the game. He jumped on an opporunity in an election year on something that could potentially make the President look bad. Nothing less, nothing more. Obama did the same thing making a phone call to Sandra Fluke....nothing more than playing the game in an election year.
by DesertRat7303 March 3, 2012 10:41 PM EST DUH, the bigger topic is justifiable reasons for war, not Afghanistan. Remember this if the Democratic controlled White House starts another war on behalf of supporting Israel in the near future.
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Obama might, but I think it unlikely. More probably he's going to tell Bebe "You don't decide for us which wars we'll fight".
dubya and the bunch of current repub clowns, excepting Paul, yeah - in a heartbeat.
her daughter calls home constantly from Bagram Air Base, where she serves with the 82nd Airborne Division, and is confused about why she is still there.
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82ND Airborn member calling home constantly whining to mommy, eh?
I remember when the 82nd used to be a tough outfit.
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Welcome to Afghanistan I guess you didn't wonder enough.
It must be hard having your daughter overseas and fighting, but how did the mother envision her daughter's military life?
"Oooh, yeah, I don't really doooo the whole listening to a CO thing...ummmm awkwaaard"
Grow up, get informed, and prevent the political abyss that Romney has created; a blackhole devoid of any rhetoric of worth or substance, a political machine that upon inspection is a cardboard cutout that says "You can ask your questions and I'm gonna give you my answers: This is a tank, trust me. - Love, Romney"
DUH, the bigger topic is justifiable reasons for war, not Afghanistan. Remember this if the Democratic controlled White House starts another war on behalf of supporting Israel in the near future.
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Obama might, but I think it unlikely. More probably he's going to tell Bebe "You don't decide for us which wars we'll fight".
dubya and the bunch of current repub clowns, excepting Paul, yeah - in a heartbeat.
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82ND Airborn member calling home constantly whining to mommy, eh?
I remember when the 82nd used to be a tough outfit.
Not any more, obviously.....
Be careful of the "us" vs. "them" mentality.
All governments lie. That includes the United States. Doesn't matter the party in power.
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Agreed.
But then again, whoppers are just that.
dubya said Iraq would cost $50B AND THAT IRAQ WOULD PAY! Remember?
Add the WMD's to that, and you have the biggest pair of whoppers ever told.
And here we are, 11 years later, with Afghanistan precarious and Iraq as well after $3T in BORROWED money plus interest to pay off.
Rank stupidity.
ABSOLUTELY RANK.
They're always down for running up debt for a good war.
Their cronies make megabucks while we get stuck with the tab.....