I'm so sick of "official" sources telling the public how wonderful morale is among the troops and about how fully behind the administration we are when it comes to the Iraq CONFLICT (no war was ever declared by Congress).
The last straw was this bullshit report on how the new long term deployment will actually be good for marriages. WHAT? Who are they kidding? Not those of us who actually serve in the military. Not our spouses.
I am a Staff Sergeant (SSG) in the United States Army. I am one of the two ranks that works most closely and directly with all of the enlisted ranks. As such, I do know what the soldiers think and say about the Bush administration and the situation if Iraq. Few of us believe that Iraq is a cause worth fighting for. Few of us have confidence in the administration and the President's plan for Iraq. NONE of us believe that the extended deployments will be good for our marriages. We are sick and tired. We are demoralized.
We welcome the extra money we get as a result of the deployments but no amount of money can compensate us for the time we miss watching out children grow up, the birthdays we miss.
We continue to serve for various reasons but few of us do so out of a believe that the Iraq conflict is just or out of loyalty to the Commander in Chief.
