Wednesday, October 26, 2011

What Are We Really Fighing For?

People and our US Government always point out the reasons why our soldiers should stay in Iraq but fail to point out the reasons on why they should not.  I believe  the reasons that they should not are far more important then the reasoning they are kept there. 

Everyone has their own reasoning but my number one reason is that far too many soldiers have died in the last couple of years in Iraq and for what?  How much have we really accomplished?  Yes our troops found and killed Osama Bin Laden but how many people died before he was killed?  I know that there is always a chance another person that is a threat to our country can show up but why keep people there when we are not in immediate danger?  We also are fighting a war that is not ours to be fought any longer or for the time being.  Yes there are other people in other countries that depend on our soldiers for their safety but while they fight for someone else’s freedom and safety they are losing their life and freedom.  Life is precious and can only be lived once.   US Today gives a poll on the amount of troops we have lost in the last couple of years that is rather shocking.  It is also so sad to know that so many soldiers have to go month after month and year after year without seeing their family or loved ones.  I know that our troops have just as much pride in themselves, as we do in them for risking their life’s to save others, and our country but when is enough, enough? 

The government also continues to want to keep soldiers in Iraq but who is paying for it?  Our tax payers.  This also supports why we are in the financial bind we are today.   Why not use the money to help repair the problems we are currently experiencing instead of the ones that we really don’t have?

Of course this is completely my opinion and others may have relevant reasoning on why we should keep our troops there. 

1 comment:

Maurene said...

I understand your view point and I do agree to some degree that we should bring home our troops. However, I think we're also forgetting one important fact...We are quick to point out how many of our troops we have lost, but how many did we lose on 9/11?

I am all for bringing home troops but it's not as though it was something they were forced to do. I have friends that eagerly joined the armed forces due to 9/11 and that wanted to go and fight the "good fight". All we can really do is say thank you. Yes, our tax paying dollars go toward the war, but if we were to start naming off where else our hard earned money went there are a few other topics I would point out that are far less important than the war against terrorism. What we can be thankful for is that our troops will be coming home shortly. It has been a long ten years and we have lost countless important lives over there, but those lost lives were fighting to protect us. It has to make you think, how many other almost 9/11 situations were disrupted and stopped due to the fight across the sea as well as here?

We are lucky enough to have people fighting for our very right to sit here and speculate on whether it was all worth it or not. I just hope that when our troops are back here aclimating to citizen life that they are treated with the respect they deserve. I only bring this up due to the fact that when soilders were brought back in caskets and all their families wanted to do was honor them and put them to rest they couldn't do so without interruptions. They were bombarded with hateful signs and ugly words! No matter WHAT we think about the war on terrorism, I hope all Americans have the decency to treat them as the heroes that they truly are.

So all in all, I agree with you to an extent. Our troops should be brought home, but I don't think it was for nothing. Go up and ask a soldier if he thought he had been wasting his time...I've asked my friends and although it may have only been four of them, each and every one of them believe they were there for a good reason.