Sad...

[saden99]

I recently became acquainted with my sister's friend's brother(hmm...never been able to really say something like that) and he is a little younger than I am. I guess I was lucky enough to enjoy school and move on into college but apparently this guy joined the Army and enjoys it. So far he has gone through training and still does PT until he gets shipped to Iraq which he mentioned would be in November '09. Mind you, that is a year away, I cannot grasp the reason anyone would willingly go into a war like this.

Forget the reason we are at war, forget everything negative and try to focus on the soldiers. I know it doesn't happen often but he is probably one of the funnest people I've ever met and he is a great guy but I can't shake the feeling that something will happen when he gets shipped. You never know. It's not that I think he will get shot and be killed but rather he will be injured in a way that changes who he is. All of his friends along with his sister and my sister think it's great that he's joined the Army. They don't think much of it but I still can't shake that feeling of sadness.

If you have ever known somebody that has sustained brain damage in some sort of injury or accident then you know exactly what I'm talking about. When that happens to someone they rarely come back to being who they were when you knew them. Obviously worrying every second about somebody isn't quite possible, but when that somebody is actually putting themselves in a situation where it is likely they will either die or sustain some sort of personality changing damage then it's just a strange feeling.

I'm not so sad that I will cry and I'm not sad enough to be worried. I don't know him well enough to try to convince him to do SOMETHING else, but even if I did it's far to late. He was told he would be shipped in November '09 but I doubt he will have to wait 12 months to be sent over there if people keep thinking we need more troops there.


Anyone else in this conundrum? I'm not anti-war as I understand its inevitability. But I am anti-pointless war.

Again...that isn't the issue though. It's just that I would truly hate for something like that to happen and meet him again in two years and find that he isn't who he used to be.

**sigh**


Edit: Alright, I do believe I made some mistakes but I need to go do something else and can't edit it all. Whatever.

[MentaL]

[hjkimcj]

>.> I don't really know how you would feel because I've never felt anything like this, but it must suck :x

That's why: OBAMA FTW according to some people (I personally don't give a crap about who becomes prez).

I'm not anti-war either, but I think instead of having a war (Iraq-Afghanistan isn't a full blown war I think), people should take the representatives of the countries who want to have a war, put them in a coliseum like an arena, give them clubs, and whoever wins in there wins the "war." (Taken from AQWF).

[Joser]

Too lazy to read it all.
But im sure you're hurting if you took the time to type that all.

Hope you get to see that guy again.

[Blame]

Just have faith and pray that he'll be safe I guess..

[iNs@nE]

Or maybe he'll win a war and return a hero and be a man 100 times better than he ever was. Optimistic thinking ftw coz thinking low never helps. :) Take my word.

[hjkimcj]

Or maybe he'll win a war and return a hero and be a man 100 times better than he ever was. Optimistic thinking ftw coz thinking low never helps. :) Take my word.

Wow, I've never thought about it that way :x But the chances of happening like that are slim to none. But then again, the elections are coming up, so who knows if the "war" will still be there?

And I forgot to mention one more thing to the topic starter: Life is Cruel :x

[wounded]

The biggest threat he'll face are mines, and remote detonated bombs...and you really can't do much about those when you're traveling place to place in Iraq. I wouldn't worry about it too much, many people come out alive, but obviously a LOT different.
I myself am in the process of joining the Canadian Army Primary Reserves (domestic issues mainly), and would never want to get shipped anywhere to be honest, because once you go there, it's too hard not to think about the things that go on, young kids dying, old people dying, friendly fire, civilians suffering for no reason, etc. His mindset will DEFINITELY change - especially depending on his age.

Hope that I'm wrong, hope he turns out fine, and he gets out ok.

[kuribohgx]

I would never join the military, nor would I let my friends join either. One friend is planing to join but he is Muslim so hes cut out for that job.