Stepford Wives

[morgorath]

First let me clear something up... I look at stereotyping different from "Labeling" When you say those guys are are on the Football team or say they are Athlets. You are putting them into a stereotype. Now if you call them Jocks... it is a label. Kind of like one is worst than the other. Because this country has the religious beliefs they have to say they are muslim is a stereotype. It provides info into some of what they are. Just as if you were to say I am a christian. A stereotype that one can tell from the get go that I believe in "Jesus" I am not saying that it is right to stereotype people, but put it into context. I am not saying the people in the middle east are wrong for the way the treat thier women. It is not my place. I can learn from in but tell me this animeshop would you want to be a woman living here.

Now to answer your question. I joined the military of my own free will. Nice thing about America it is an all volunteer force. We do not force people to serve after High School like some countries. You are asking why did I come here. Simple I came so someone else could go home. He had done his 4 months and it was time for a replacement. I was selected along with many others to come and relieve them.

Now what is my view on if we should have invaded Iraq. Man I have always played a plus / minus view on decisions. Do the pluses out way the minus. And here is what I stand at. No. Although we got rid of an evil man who killed thousands of his own people with toxic gas. I feel that the reason we went to war was on bad info and it did not equal or exceed the value of all the young men and women's lives that died to achieve it.

But I digress, it is not my decision on if we got to war or not. If I still feel the way I do now I will not re upwhen my time comes. I will get out and be a civilian. I just hope Iraq becomes stable and in the end the lives of so many lost is not in vain.