Comments on: It’s hot in Iraq too… http://midlifebloggers.com/2006/06/24/its-hot-in-iraq-too/ Making The Most of MidLife--Together Fri, 26 Nov 2010 01:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: writerwench http://midlifebloggers.com/2006/06/24/its-hot-in-iraq-too/comment-page-1/#comment-4199 writerwench Sun, 25 Jun 2006 20:12:44 +0000 http://midlifebloggers.com/2006/06/24/its-hot-in-iraq-too/#comment-4199 <p>I have a friend in Washington state who's just been posted to Iraq. He's sending us messages when and as he can. It's awesome the hardship and danger these soldiers are enduring, and for what?<br /> I'd be a lousy soldier. I'd constantly be questioning the sanity of the commanders in charge of my fate. </p> <p>These guys are deserving of immense respect for their willingness to lay aside their normal critical faculties and OBEY, even unto death.<br /> And extreme heat.</p> <p>I'd like to see the Chimp and the Puppet spend a full week each out there, as normal grunts, and then see how far they're prepared to commit the troops to further deployment. </p> I have a friend in Washington state who’s just been posted to Iraq. He’s sending us messages when and as he can. It’s awesome the hardship and danger these soldiers are enduring, and for what?
I’d be a lousy soldier. I’d constantly be questioning the sanity of the commanders in charge of my fate.

These guys are deserving of immense respect for their willingness to lay aside their normal critical faculties and OBEY, even unto death.
And extreme heat.

I’d like to see the Chimp and the Puppet spend a full week each out there, as normal grunts, and then see how far they’re prepared to commit the troops to further deployment.

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