Casualties of the War on Terror

Everyday we see on the news that more soldiers have died in Iraq. Today, the 27th of October, is another one of those days that raise the question as to whether we should send more troops to Iraq or to pull them out. Today 8 more soldiers were killed in Iraq between two attacks. The first attack, the insurgents used an IED (improvised explosive devise) combined with small arms fire which killed six soldiers, then the second attack killed one soldier with another road side bomb. Most people are opposed to the war because our soldiers are dying. Should we keep the soldiers in Iraq? Well, if we don’t, then their lives would be for nothing. Our soldiers did not die for their cause to achieve little to nothing. We have saved countless lives and I can’t even imagine the terror that the women, men and children face in their everyday lives. We are the only chance they have to rid the terror and fear that their average day holds. We have brought food to families that are starving and helped a country that is having a hard time to fend for themselves. If we give up now, then I should see everyone in America visiting those graves of those who died for a good cause that achieved little because the American population turned against the war and a so called American president who does not even honor our country by putting his hand over his heart and saying the Pledge of Allegiance like every President before Obama has. In the next week or so, the disgrace of our country will decide whether to send troops or to pull them back. This rests in his hands, so I hope he makes the right choice, and though he and others might not see the long-term benefit of cleansing the terror out of that country and it citizens who live there life in fear then for our soldiers always be honored more then they are today. It hurts me to think, that on Veterans Day, kids are in school, rather than being encouraged to honor those whom have given their lives for our freedom and the freedom of others. Please give to the Bruce McCandless State Veterans Nursing Home to give back to those disabled veterans for their sacrifices and losses, emotionally and physically.

By Sully


Information on the 8 soldiers killed found on: http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/27/afghan.deaths/index.html?eref=rss_topstories