| GODDAMN IT HAS BEEN 11 WEEKS SINCE I UPDATED...TO DAMN LONG HAHA. RIGHT NOW I'M BACK AT WALTER REED IN WASHINGTON DC FOR MORE PHYSICAL THERAPY, ITS BULLSHIT I WAS FINE BACK AT HOME RECOVERING IN THE BUTLER VA, BUT THE ARMY HAS OTHER PLANS FOR ME SO I AM BACK HERE. I CAN'T COMPLAIN THO, I AM STILL ALIVE AND HAVE ALL MY APPENDAGES SO I CONSIDER MYSELF LUCKY. IT IS A REAL EYE OPENER WHEN YOU COME BACK, I HAVE NEVER COMPLAINED ABOUT MY INJURIES AND I HAVE NO RIGHT TOO, I GOT LUCKY REALLY LUCKY THAT I WASN'T KILLED AND I DIDN'T LOSE MY LEG. EVERYDAY I MEET NEW PEOPLE WHO HAD GOTTEN HURT OVER IN THAT FUCKIN SHITHOLE CALLED IRAQ WHO ARE MISSING LEGS AND ARMS, ITS TERRIBLE WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THEM. I GOT LUCKY AND I KNOW THAT, IT COULD'VE BEEN WORSE. I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO A LOT OF THE SOLDIERS WHO GOT HURT OVER THERE AND THEY HAVE NO COMPLAINTS, THEY ARE THANKFUL JUST TO BE ALIVE WEATHER THEY LOST THEIR LETS OR NOT THEY ARE JUST GLAD TO BE ALIVE. I TRY TO PUT MYSELF IN THEIR SHOES AND I CAN'T SEE MYSELF WANTING TO BE ALIVE, BUT I HAVE ALL MY LIMBS, I AM SURE MY MIND WOULD BE DIFFERENT IF THE SITUATION WAS LIKE THEIRS, BUT IT ISN'T. ANOTHER THING I HAVE HEARD THAT MOST CIVILANS WOULD NEVER EANT TO GO THERE OR GO BACK IF THEY WENT IN THE 1ST PLACE. IF YOU TALK TO A SOLDIER I BET EVERYONE OF THEM WOULD SAY IF I COULD GO BACK I WOULD, AND I AGREE, IF I COULD GO BACK I WOULD. I WOULD GO BACK FOR MY FRIENDS WHO ARE STILL THERE FOR THE FREEDOM OF THIS COUNTRY FOR MY FAMILY AND FRIENDS BACK HOME. IT IS WORTH IT GETTING SHOT AT OR BLOWN UP I WOULD DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN. ANOTHER THING I WAS THINKING ABOUT IS, SHOULD WE BE IN IRAQ? A QUSTION THAT I GET ASKED A LOT AND MY ANSWER IS YES WE SHOULD. IF YOU LISTEN TO CNN OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS ALL THEY TALK ABOUT IS WHAT IS WRONG OR GOING BAD IN IRAQ WE HAVE LOST OVER 3,900 SOLDIERS IN IRAQ SINCE WE WENT INVADED IN 2003 THAT IS TRAGIC AND I PRAY FOR THE FAMILIES OF THE FALLEN AND THE WOUNDED. BUT WE ARE DOING A LOT OF GOOD OVER THERE THAT MOST PEOPLE DON'T HEAR, I KNOW I HAVE BEEN THERE IN BAGHDAD THE INSURGENCE RATE WAS 67% SINCE 3/2 SCR GOT THERE IN WENT FROM 67% TO 22% SINCE AUGUST, SO ALL YOU PEOPLE WHO SAID THAT WE ARE GETTING OUR ASS KICKED OVER THERE CAN FUCK OFF, ALL YOU HEAR US WHAT IS ON THE NEWS TALK TO A SOLDIER AND YOU WILL HEAR A DIFFERENT SIDE AND MORE TRUE SIDE THEN THE FUCKIN NEWS WHO ONLY REPORTS ABOUT ALL THE KILLED AND THE THE STUFF THAT WOULD TURN THE PUBLIC AGAINST US. TRUTHFULLY, IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN THERE THEN DON'T TALK SHIT YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THESE SOLDIERS ARE DOING FOR YOU, YOUR FREE BECAUSE OF THERE SACRIFICE AND THEY WILL DO IT FOR EVERYONE NO QUSTIONS ASKED, I GUESS THE REALLY POINT OF THIS IS ITS OK NOT TO SUPPORT THE WAR BUT SUPPORT THE SOLDIERS THEY DEFEND YOUR FREEDOM.
AND TOO THE GUYS IN GHOST. CO. 3/2 SCR KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK AND BE SAFE HOPE TOO SEE YOU GUYS IN SEPTEMBER WHEN YOU GET BACK.
LATER BITCHES - Location:WALTER REED
- Mood:frustrated
 - Music:HIM-UNEASY LISTENING VOL. 1
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