Tell Me I'm A Part Of History. Tell Me I Can Have It All.

I fully, 100%, support our men and women serving in any and all branches of our military. These brave individuals risk their limbs, sanity and on the biggest scale, their lives. To all the soldiers out there, active duty or retired, even those that died for this country, I thank you.

All gave some. Some gave all.

I don't support the man or the group of people that led our hero's to die in this war. Which brings me to the real topic of today's blog.

Why would anyone enlist today to go to Iraq after the war has been exposed for it's real cause?

Originally, this all started as a retaliation from 9/11. When it happened, we the people wanted some kind of retaliation, justice or just an out right pay back. Every single one of us. I wanted to enlist, but did not meet requirements set forth by the military. If you enlisted then, I salute you for defending this countries honor. But after a short stay, our fearless leader Bush, sent us into Iraq to take down Saddam. Sounded great at the time to some, and to others, like me, we scratched our heads and asked "Why?". I thought we were after Osama, not Saddam. Saddam is not the one that committed the heinous crime. But it was too late. We were there and we were getting killed to take down the dictator.

The government came up with excuses to somehow "justify" our involvement in Iraq, and the people bought into it for a while. But then, after we took out Saddam and we continued to stay, whether it was for insuring our Democracy we instilled in them or not, we discovered this war is for the oil. The war turned out to be a cleverly hidden heist.

Remember the ads? "If you own an SUV, you are supporting terrorists". "If you buy marijuana, you are supporting terrorist". It was a sneaky way to cover our eyes from what was really going on. Blinded us with scare tactics and took away some of our privacy, by allowing themselves to look in on the peoples e-mail. Shame on you president Bush.

Back to the topic at hand though, why would you enlist now knowing that this war/conflict/operation, whatever you want to call it, is a sham? If you enlist now to "fight for our freedom" (another catchy little diversion they fed us), then you are either blind to whats been going on the past few years, or you are just that gun-ho to kill anyone with a turban.

I still support the ones going in everyday to the recruiters office, but I will not cry for you. If you are willing to fight for Bush's oil, then so be it. I salute you, but I refuse to shed a tear.

If you are enlisting to take advantage of the college tuition offers, that's one thing. But don't enlist in the Army or Marines. You just become another one of their pawns, and you have a good chance on losing everything. All it takes is one bullet to ruin your plans.

Instead, enlist somewhere where you can still get your military training and still go to college. Navy, Coast Guard or the Air Force is a lot safer and less likely to be called upon during our fake "war" in Iraq. Don't let what the media and government make you believe that we are "fighting for our freedom" over there. We are not. We have not had to fight for our freedom since the Revolutionary War. Our freedoms are not in jeopardy.

I salute you all for what you do. You have my utmost respect and admiration. Just don't go foolishly into something such as Iraq.