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Originally posted by playa
Think what i gotta go thru
I have no idea where my brother is, but everytime i hear bout some marines dying i start to cringe and worry bout getting that dreaded phone call
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I know what you mean here. We have several very close friends in this and though I don't talk to my brother at all, was just told today by my husband's best friend that their troop was called up and they are on their way to Ft Campbell to be prepared to go over there. Now this is just the National Guard and they are cooks and so on, but no one is immune to being killed over there as we seen from that Supply group that was ambushed this morning.
So while I may not talk to my brother, I don't wish anything bad on him and quietly worry about their safetly, as well as the safety of our best friend's wife, among the other Navy boys we have that we grew up with. I think there isn't one person in this country that isn't in some way worried about someone they "know" that is over there.
LM..... as for your comments, I was just telling my husband this the other night while watching a family in California that had to flee their homes (In Iraq) because they feared for the safety of their own families..... their biggest wish is to go back home....... how sad it must be to be ripped fro everything you know just to protect your families........ I sat here while watching that, looking at the face of my youngest sleeping on the couch beside me and the horror I would feel if I wasn't in control of their happiness and safety. As their mother, my BIGGEST worry is that they will fall and hurt themselves. I wouldn't be able to stand it if my worry was whether they were going to get shot down for even the most minor infractions. So while the USA may not be the best place in the world and have our problems........ I don't worry about them getting shot down by our own government for just walking down the street.
The whole world has gone mad, but as you say, you and I can sit here in our own little safe havens, but not everyone can say that........... wouldn't it be nice if no one else had that worry either.