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Rekna · 01-07-2005, 01:27 PM

While reading reports from Iraq today I noticed something that struck me as odd. The article said something about Iraqi soldiers dieing in a bombing. Here is the strange thing, I notice that I feel worse about Iraqi soldiers dieing then our own soldiers. I don't know why I feel like this but for some reason I feel like these soldiers are giving a lot more than ours. They go to work with a fraction of the gear we have, by joining the military they put their entire family at risk, they are taking a much larger risk than our soldiers. I hope that their sacrifice will not be invain.

I know our soldiers are making big sacrifices also (especially since it isn't for themselfs) but at the same time I have a feeling that there is this shadow over everything they do because I don't have faith that our government has been interested in what is best for Iraq as a primary concern since the begging of the war (just look at how often the justifications have changed). Also since our soldiers are removed from the results of the war (aside from their death) they do not always act for what is best for Iraq.

Overall I think the real heros in Iraq are the Iraqis who haven chosen to try and make it a better place knowing the risk they face.

What do you all think?

01-07-2005, 01:27 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rekna Junkie	Soldiers While reading reports from Iraq today I noticed something that struck me as odd. The article said something about Iraqi soldiers dieing in a bombing. Here is the strange thing, I notice that I feel worse about Iraqi soldiers dieing then our own soldiers. I don't know why I feel like this but for some reason I feel like these soldiers are giving a lot more than ours. They go to work with a fraction of the gear we have, by joining the military they put their entire family at risk, they are taking a much larger risk than our soldiers. I hope that their sacrifice will not be invain. I know our soldiers are making big sacrifices also (especially since it isn't for themselfs) but at the same time I have a feeling that there is this shadow over everything they do because I don't have faith that our government has been interested in what is best for Iraq as a primary concern since the begging of the war (just look at how often the justifications have changed). Also since our soldiers are removed from the results of the war (aside from their death) they do not always act for what is best for Iraq. Overall I think the real heros in Iraq are the Iraqis who haven chosen to try and make it a better place knowing the risk they face. What do you all think?