From Someone serving in Iraq

[Guest NYTruckie]

>This is from a very good friend of mine serving in Iraq. He wanted me

>to try to get the message across, things are getting bad out there and

>need some support. Politics are causing things to go south please read

>and repost.

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>

>Hi everyone, things here are, well, i'm still here..... Very rarely

>have I ever mentioned when something bad has happened in my posts...

>And this post is partially about bad things. First thing is first.

>Please say a Prayer for the families of, and for those Brave and

>Wonderful Men and Women that we have lost or have been injured. (no

>matter if you believe or not or what that belief is). And also that

>there will be no more terrible, heart wrenching, bad days.... People

>at home have bad days and it may result in an argument or maybe

>something minor being broken, something really insignifigant..... Bad

>days in Iraq would mentally destroy most normal people, However,

>People that are serving over here have to put it aside and get their

>job done.

>Unfortunately

>over the last month Bad day have been on the increase (in number and

>in severity). A lot of this is due to politics. The American public

>which really only sees what the media wants them to, is pressuring a

>premature drawdown of troops. Which is the reason the second reason I

>am posting this. I am not big on the whole repost thing, but please

>repost this and reply back with your thoughts. Maybe some of the right

>people will read this and hopefully rephrase this to be a lot more

>eloquent, (I am not the best writer) and they will pass this on to

>someone who may even read this and realize that they aren't alone, or,

>just maybe things will change and the POLITICIANS WILL LET WARRIORS

>FIGHT THE BATTLES AND WIN THE WARS..................

>

>This is something I strongly believe in, please repost and reply....

>

>joe, Currently serving in Iraq, and mourning some friends....