| Karen1 |
| (Pooh-Bah) |
| 09/11/06 05:05 PM |
Re: Bad day today...
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So many horrible visions that day... sure they haunt many of us.
The medical folks got to me to... was the realization that there would be no need for triage... no survivors. And the faces on the firefighters etc. when they would leave ground zero after pulling a 24 hour shift there.... I will never forget those faces... nor those of the folks along the sidewalks clapping and holding signs saying Thanks, God Bless etc.
All those photos of the missing... it is all too horrific and not something I ever imagined could happen here.
I totally agree with the news commentator's comment. I think of the war in Iraq as "Bush's Folly". Not making light of it by any means. The sad part is, once we finally get out of there.... it will go back to what it was. Is like those in office at that time had lost all memory of Viet Man.
My brother is in Iraq... is a police officer and there working on training of Iraqi police. He is 35 miles north of Baghdad. He is 1/2 way through his year... the longest 6 months of my life coming up. He is my baby brother... none of us could talk him out of this, and all of our large extended family tried... his wife and daughters tried... he says he feels is something he is meant to do and that the sooner the police and military can take care of their country, the sooner we can get out of there. I have to admire that, but I still hate it.
He said is a different world (we all know that!), lots of people just trying to work and get a head in life, then the many who value no life, including their own. They have Iraqi police who did not choose to be police, they are just ordered to. Many live at the police stations, afraid to go home, afraid insurgents will follow them, find out where they live, and then kill their families. My brothers Iraqi interpretter... was recently kidnapped and killed because he was working with the USA. Brother and couple of other cops, along with the military, were escorting 13 Iraqi police recruits to the Iraqi police academy in Bagdhad. My brother travels in an armor plated SUV and always with our military. the 13 Iraqi's were in a small bus... a suicide car bomber drove a car into the bus and detonated the bomb. I fear my brother is going to be a changed person when he returns. he says he does not regret his decision. He can leave and come home at any time, but wants to stay the course.
I have a very difficult time seeing our president on TV... I cannot stand the sound of his voice... I turn him off for the most part. IMO the way to fight terrorism was not to invade Iraq, I feel that just added fuel to the fire and now we have more terrorists who hate us. I feel the money should have been spent on beefing up our CIA, and on Homeland Security. Hell our government could not even deal with the aftermath of Katarina in the gulf area... governors not calling for federal assistance, FEMA not taking good control of the situation... a Mayor the let the NO school busses just sit empty until they were flooded and useless instead of using them to evacuate people. We can send help to other countries faster than we can send help to our own.
Sorry for my rant and will stop now. No need to apologise IMO...would be a good thing if more folks in USA got inflamed and passionate about this issue.
Karen