What is the War For?

I have received letters from friends who are overseas in Iraq fighting. They have told me things the media doesn’t speak of. I am appalled at what I hear, it’s devastating what some of our men and women go through during war. I have had family whom has gone overseas for military purposes. I have kept letters and done interviews to learn and share the experiences of these men and women.

In a letter receive from my friend A. Jameson, a female Marine currently serving in Iraq, “Girl, It’s so different here. The men look at us [women] in disgust because we don’t hide our bodies like their women do.” Many of the locals do not like the fact that we have sent women overseas to fight. It’s because of their beliefs that they ostracize the women who fight. That has an affect on the females in the military because they aren’t used to being looked upon as blasphemers. In the first letter received from J. Gonzalez, my brother who was a Marine, “Honey, I miss everyone so much. It’s hard being over here not able to talk to anyone. You would never guess what happened yesterday. A car bomb went of right in front of the local market. It was the most horrid sight. Children and women were blown everywhere. It was the most unfortunate event. I cried for those innocent children later that night.” These terrorists don’t care whom they kill to get their way. You have to think about what it does to the soldiers who have to witness these types of events. T. Baldwin is a Marine who was in Iraq for two consecutive years. When he returned he was no long the man I used to know: He was quiet; He cried alone in his room; He wouldn’t let me get close to him emotionally; He wouldn’t talk about what it was that he saw over in Iraq; He was no longer the fun, loving, caring man I loved so much. War does terrible things to people; it changes them mentally not just physically. In the third letter receive from J. Gonzalez, “I killed a boy today. He looked no older than 13. It wasn’t my choice; we had to shoot because they were shooting at us. I’m going to go mad here; I can’t take this much longer.” The media hasn’t said anything about children fighting, has it? In the last letter received from C. Lafayette, a female in the Army, “Most of the people in my platoon don’t even know what we are here for anymore. We aren’t doing anything for our country, but we are fighting for them [Iraqis].” What are we fighting for now? We are fighting in their civil war. This has nothing to do with this country anymore. It’s about helping the Iraqis fight the Taliban. Since when did this war go from tracking down terrorists and Osama Bin Laden to fighting a civil war for another country? Is “Little” Bush finishing daddy’s war?