It is great that the troops are coming home from Iraq. Really wonderful.
The twin towers were attacked and we went to Afghanistan. Then the war in Iraq started and no one heard about Afghanistan anymore. The news media (print and tv) were all over it if anyone was wounded or killed in Iraq because the decension in the country about the war meant people were watching on either side of the debate so it sold ads and made for great ratings. They fueled the agenda to sell add and air time and to discredit a conservative president. iI's all anyone talked about and all that time men and women were going to Afghanistan and dying.
Since we have had a new president all anyone has talked about is jobs, economics and "bringing our men and women home from Iraq" and our people are still dying in Afghanistan. You still don't hear about it. No one is against it, so it doesn't make for controversy, so it doesn't make for good news or debate questions. It's shameful.
I am neither right nor left. I am American. We see the lost at this Air Force Base every single day, and the sacrifice is almost unbearable to think about.
It is so very important to be glad and thankful that these troops and ANY TROOPS are coming home, and in my opinion if you are out in public and you see a military member or someone with a vet's sticker on their car, they should never have to pay for another meal, or another tank of gas, or anything else.
But, with that joy, we need not take our eye off of the ones still serving and not the ones likely to come home soon. I didn't mention anything it Tracy's post because I took it in the manner I felt it was intended as a "Go USA" message of joy that troops were coming home, but I can't help thinking of the troops coming home without thinking of the troops that aren't and the troops that never will.