I dont believe that I was asking a question per se but just venting like the others on this thread have said and I certainly DID NOT want to turn this into a battle. I was just crying out. EXCUSE THE F--K oOUT OF ME!!! Now, since I know how it will be received, I wont bother to post on here anymore. Support is SUPPORT! It is not the insensitive crap that Ive heard from Little Witch and Capone. The truth is that I opposed my son going in the first place but he was 18 and could do what he wanted. Hell, he was still a God-damned virgin for Christ's sake. But I was not asking for your opinions about the war or the military. I was asking for support. Get it? So you dont need to lecture me on the contract okay? Enough said!!
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48My Son is Going Back to Iraq for his Second Tour
by Miata inand i am so angry about it.
he leaves on the 29th of january and will be gone for 15 months.
i am so scared that if i think about it for too long, i have panic attacks that leave me breathless and immobilize me.
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My Son is Going Back to Iraq for his Second Tour
by Miata inand i am so angry about it.
he leaves on the 29th of january and will be gone for 15 months.
i am so scared that if i think about it for too long, i have panic attacks that leave me breathless and immobilize me.
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Miata
Joining the MILITARY means much more than a paycheck. The fact is, you are volunteering for warfare, infantry, killing, maiming, and swear an oath to follow the dictates of the COMMANDER IN CHEIF, whoever he or she may be.
Okay, I let thew first post go but I have to respond to this one. First of all, let me tell you something about my son. He was a straight A student who grew up with a poor mother. He had never even been in a fist fight when he joined up and while he was in boot camp, we went to war. He was heavily recruited by the recruiters and they used college tuition as the bait. Also a house for a dollar down. Now I agree that this was a mistake except that I am very proud of his bravery. But he was also feeling rebelious. What kid isnt rebelious. But I would venture to say that you are not a mother and if you are, a very callous one. But in any event, you arent any part of the people who are supportive to me so I will let your tasteless comments go and forget I ever read them.
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My son is on his way back to Iraq for his SECOND tour!!!
by Miata inanother day.
i don't want to fight anymore.. i've asked myself 100 times before, what's this all really for?
i'm overwhelmed with dread.. just another day in baghdad.
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Miata
It could be turned into a great rock ballad.
My oldest son is writing the music for it. Probably even as we speak. Thank you all for your awesome support. I do feel a little better. I have not been online due to an extremely busy life and a upcoming move but I came back on to all the support and it was great. Thanks again
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My son is on his way back to Iraq for his SECOND tour!!!
by Miata inanother day.
i don't want to fight anymore.. i've asked myself 100 times before, what's this all really for?
i'm overwhelmed with dread.. just another day in baghdad.
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Sorry to bother you but I just can't forget about him !!!
Thank you so very much for your empathy. This support helps me so much and yet brings tears to my eyes also. He is now gone! Went to Iraq 2 days ago. He was stressed out and moody. But he told me this: "Mom, I did not survive 2 fires in my bed to perish in this war". Which, in itself, was somewhat reassuring. You see, he had a fire in his crib when he was 5 months old due to a stupid babysitter who put an electric blanket in his crib and he peed and it caught on fire, and his alarm clock shorted out when he was 8 or 9 and was sitting on his bed and the whole wall went up in flames.
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My Son is Going Back to Iraq for his Second Tour
by Miata inand i am so angry about it.
he leaves on the 29th of january and will be gone for 15 months.
i am so scared that if i think about it for too long, i have panic attacks that leave me breathless and immobilize me.
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Miata
Does your son feel okay about it? If he's proud to serve, maybe you can take some comfort in his honor? I don't know the answer. But I hope you'll both be all right.
So sorry it took so long to get back to you all. I appreciate all of the support. My son is NOT ok about it. He is proud but he believes that we are dishonorable in some of our endeavors. And he cannot abide by all of the killing that he was forced to do. He left 2 days ago and I am, needless to say, a wreak.
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My son is on his way back to Iraq for his SECOND tour!!!
by Miata inanother day.
i don't want to fight anymore.. i've asked myself 100 times before, what's this all really for?
i'm overwhelmed with dread.. just another day in baghdad.
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and I am sooooo very pissed about it. He is already traumatized, he has nightmares, he now has no appetite, and he is scared shitless. What I dont understand is how our government can think that it is ok to return them to Iraq after they have already made it back once. Here is a poem that he wrote
Another Day
I'm coming home from this war. I don't want to fight anymore.
I've asked myself 100 times before, What's this all really for?
I gave a lot while I'm here. All the things that I hold dear.
And when I look in the mirror, I'm filled with pain and fear.
Late at night, in my bed. I think of those who are dead.
Friends and foes drifting in my head. I'm overwhelmed with dread.
Just another day in Baghdad. The hardest time I've ever had.
Knowing any minute could be my time. Hear the pendulum swing away.
My time for home is coming near,. Someone get me out of here.
The lives I was forced to take. Can I forgive myself? I wake.
The difference I tried to make in this war. What's this all really for?
All the precious lives, now lost. It all came with a cost.
All of my reserves, I exhaust. Pull the trigger again.
The faces float behind my eyes. Didn't know that was the price.
My head is stuck in a fucking vice. Somebody free my soul!
Just another day in Baghdad. The hardest time I've ever had.
Knowing any minute could be my time. Hear the pendulum swing away.
My time for home is coming near,. Please, someone get me out of here.
Saw my friends drop, one by one. Who decides? Who comes next?
So many times I thought I'd die. Yet I still live on.
To the fallen brothers of this war. You cant give your country anymore.
You will be honored, cherished, loved. You will never be forgotten.
Just another day in Baghdad. The hardest time I've ever had.
Knowing any minute could be my time. Hear the pendulum swing away.
My time for home is coming near,. Please, someone get me the fuck out of here!
Late at night, in my bed, I think of those who are dead.
Friends and foes drifting in my head. I'm overwhelmed with dread.
Saw my friends drop, one by one. Who decides? Who comes next?
So many times I thought I'd die. Yet I still live on.
A Soldier
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I was in the twilight zone!!
by Miata inhi everybody: just wanted to share my experience with you on how i was in another jw forum today and i felt like i was in the twilight zone.
it looked similar to this one and the name was uncannily similar and after having to re-register, (i thought) and after looking at all the members, and after other events, i realized that it was a much newer forum and didnt have the same people in it (except for a few).
wow!
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Hi everybody: Just wanted to share my experience with you on how I was in another JW forum today and I felt like I was in the twilight zone. It looked similar to this one and the name was uncannily similar and after having to re-register, (I thought) and after looking at all the members, and after other events, I realized that it was a much newer forum and didnt have the same people in it (except for a few). WOW! What a mind blower.
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My Son is Going Back to Iraq for his Second Tour
by Miata inand i am so angry about it.
he leaves on the 29th of january and will be gone for 15 months.
i am so scared that if i think about it for too long, i have panic attacks that leave me breathless and immobilize me.
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and I am so angry about it. He leaves on the 29th of January and will be gone for 15 months. I am so scared that if I think about it for too long, I have panic attacks that leave me breathless and immobilize me. How in the hell can they make our boys go again after they make it home once already? And Bush says that there is not a draft but they have extended my son and all the troups time by calling it an "involuntary extension of time" when in fact it is just a draft. They are drafting them for more time.
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No more meetings for me!
by cyberguy inwell, after being out-of-town for nearly 2 months, i?ve decided i can no longer go to any meetings after returning home (not that i was going to that many beforehand).
i?m not sure what is happening to me, but i?ve actually developed an aversion to anything "watchtower!
" i cannot even read the literature, including current awake and watchtower magazines, without getting extremely nauseous!
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Miata
I always feel sick to my stomach when I hear ANY of the songs. I am not sure why except that my mother used to pinch me hard and give me a beating when I got home if I didnt sing loud enough. But I still wouldnt sing loud, and now days I cant stand hearing the songs
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im curious where is everyone from?
by brokenfairy in.
i am originally from the fort worth/grand prairie area....just curious as to where others have come from?
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Miata
I am from Lake Tahoe in Tahoe City California