Saturday, September 06, 2008
Leaving Iraq
Well it's time. Time for me to say goodbye to this country. This all started for me about a year ago when I returned to Diego Garcia after my mom passed away.
I was told that by my boss that he had to submit all the names of the first classes that hadent been on an I/A yet and my name was going to be on the list. He then asked if I had any objections to going. I thought for a few minutes and said with my mom gone I guess not.
That was all it took. By Thanksgiving I was told I was most likely going and by Christmas Day I had orders in hand.
For those of you that have followed me through all this you know about the training and flights and at times being scared to death. Now it is quickly drawing to a close.
After being here do I still believe this war is just? Yes I do. Do I believe we can win here in the end? I believe at this point this war isn't ours to win, it's the Iraqi's and if they want to keep a Democratic Iraq they need to make it happen, not us.
So by this time Tueday, hopefully I will be at Camp Arifjan going through what I have to dot the i and cross the t's to head back to D.G.
This year I will be home for Christmas. Can someone plz get me at the airport??
I was told that by my boss that he had to submit all the names of the first classes that hadent been on an I/A yet and my name was going to be on the list. He then asked if I had any objections to going. I thought for a few minutes and said with my mom gone I guess not.
That was all it took. By Thanksgiving I was told I was most likely going and by Christmas Day I had orders in hand.
For those of you that have followed me through all this you know about the training and flights and at times being scared to death. Now it is quickly drawing to a close.
After being here do I still believe this war is just? Yes I do. Do I believe we can win here in the end? I believe at this point this war isn't ours to win, it's the Iraqi's and if they want to keep a Democratic Iraq they need to make it happen, not us.
So by this time Tueday, hopefully I will be at Camp Arifjan going through what I have to dot the i and cross the t's to head back to D.G.
This year I will be home for Christmas. Can someone plz get me at the airport??
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