while watching fox news

i'm sitting here watching the news about hurricane rita, and checking my office e-mail. then i see a commercial paid for by gold star families for peace. it says that the president is lying to the country. have you seen the commercials? it also has widows holding babies asking what they should tell their child.

tell them the truth. your husband was following orders to protect not just our freedoms, but the freedoms of those in iraq, afghanistan, and the surrounding areas. this sort of thing makes me think back to people asking why do all of our national guardsmen, and reservists have to go to the middle east.

does anybody remember that a president thought it was a good idea to downsize the military? if the military would not have been downsized, then the national guardsmen, and reservists would not have to go where the active duty military would already be.

this also makes me think of the thought process of the people who signed their contracts to serve their country, and follow the orders of the officers appointed over them. boy, i could go on and on about this.

i just wish that people would understand that the military is there for a reason, and death is a possibility. the military is not a desk job.