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Re: The Iraq War - Chapter 5
My boy Austin joined the USMC three days after graduating from Kamehameha/Keaau. He told me he wanted to support our troops by becoming one of them.
Austin just called me the other day telling me after infantry training at Camp Pendleton he's off to Afghanistan in March 2008. Apparently the Marines are withdrawing from Iraq, letting the US Army do mop up. The Marines' focus will be on Afghanistan.
I'm relieved he'll be in Afghanistan instead of Iraq as that's where the focus should have been. Even Lt. Watada indicated he would've gone to Afghanistan. But we're in Iraq and we gotta finish the job whether we like it or not. Leaving now sends the message that we can't finish something we started, like Vietnam or our involvement in the Afghan war against the Soviet invasion back in the late 70's early 80's.
But while some are deserting, my boy is advancing to the front lines and I'm so proud of him for offering his service to his fellow comrades who are already out there. He and I know he will be putting his life on the line but Austin told me he wants to help those out there in a direct way.
Putting a magnetic ribbon on your car is one way, volunteering to serve in the USMC and shouldering a rifle on the front lines takes guts and for that he and all those serving overseas commands my highest respect.
The war on terrorism may be wrong (I personally don't think so) but we must support or troops. Our Vietnam veterans never got the respect and proper treatment they should have gotten like our WWII Vets did. We can't make that same mistake again.
My boy Austin joined the USMC three days after graduating from Kamehameha/Keaau. He told me he wanted to support our troops by becoming one of them.
Austin just called me the other day telling me after infantry training at Camp Pendleton he's off to Afghanistan in March 2008. Apparently the Marines are withdrawing from Iraq, letting the US Army do mop up. The Marines' focus will be on Afghanistan.
I'm relieved he'll be in Afghanistan instead of Iraq as that's where the focus should have been. Even Lt. Watada indicated he would've gone to Afghanistan. But we're in Iraq and we gotta finish the job whether we like it or not. Leaving now sends the message that we can't finish something we started, like Vietnam or our involvement in the Afghan war against the Soviet invasion back in the late 70's early 80's.
But while some are deserting, my boy is advancing to the front lines and I'm so proud of him for offering his service to his fellow comrades who are already out there. He and I know he will be putting his life on the line but Austin told me he wants to help those out there in a direct way.
Putting a magnetic ribbon on your car is one way, volunteering to serve in the USMC and shouldering a rifle on the front lines takes guts and for that he and all those serving overseas commands my highest respect.
The war on terrorism may be wrong (I personally don't think so) but we must support or troops. Our Vietnam veterans never got the respect and proper treatment they should have gotten like our WWII Vets did. We can't make that same mistake again.
I text him an essay of how much I love him and miss him!
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