How has the Iraq war affected you personally?

USMC the Almighty · Apr 30, 2007

For me, I've done two tours and have had many close friends killed in combat, but I wonder how much this war has affected the average American. I can't help but think back to the days of WW2 where Americans consumer power was limited through rationing, the daily war bond drives, etc...

So, then, what effect has our engagement in Iraq had on your life?

vyo476 · Apr 30, 2007

USMC the Almighty said:
For me, I've done two tours and have had many close friends killed in combat, but I wonder how much this war has affected the average American. I can't help but think back to the days of WW2 where Americans consumer power was limited through rationing, the daily war bond drives, etc...

So, then, what effect has our engagement in Iraq had on your life?

It's a little ironic. Iraq wouldn't have had any effect on my life (up until recently when a few of my friends joined the military) if it wasn't having an effect. Allow me to clarify: it doesn't personally effect me in any way. The effect it is having is having an effect on me: headlines, political rallies, lots of angry people shouting about things they don't know a whole lot about...you get the gist.

Fonz · Apr 30, 2007

We actually owe Saddam some grattitude. He did us a huge favor in showing us how flat out stupid our politicians really are.

USMC the Almighty · Apr 30, 2007

Fonz said:
We actually owe Saddam some grattitude. He did us a huge favor in showing us how flat out stupid our politicians really are.

Trying to derail this thread after only 1 post?

Fonz · Apr 30, 2007

USMC the Almighty said:
Trying to derail this thread after only 1 post?

No thats how its affected me. It made me realize just how flat out stupid our politicians really are.

you asked.

Where and when did you serve by the way?

USMC the Almighty · May 1, 2007

Fonz said:
No thats how its affected me. It made me realize just how flat out stupid our politicians really are.

you asked.

Where and when did you serve by the way?

I belong to the HMH-465 USMC helo squadron. We primarily fly CH-53s and provide assault support, and on occasion, I get the opportunity to fly the AH-1W attack helo.

Delpoyed to Al Asad and Al Anbar province in late 03/early 04 and late 05.

Phoenix68 · Thursday at 1:44 PM

USMC the Almighty said:
How has the Iraq war affected you personally?

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Phoenix68 · Thursday at 2:09 PM

Fonz said:
We actually owe Saddam some gratitude. He did us a huge favor in showing us how flat out stupid our politicians really are.

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USMC the Almighty said:
Trying to derail this thread after only 1 post?

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Have you gotten it, by now, jarhead???
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2004

"In an effort to quell the controversy over the "16 words" in U.S. President George W. Bush's State of the Union address, the White House declassified and released intelligence documents on July 18, 2003 to prove there was ample evidence that Saddam Hussein had a continuing and expanding nuclear weapons program. Yet those same documents indicate that some senior officials had serious doubts about the threat of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction and the regime's links to al Qaeda. A look back at President Bush's October 7, 2002 speech in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he made a detailed case for war against Iraq, reveals that what the president said did not always reflect what U.S. intelligence analysts believed at that time."

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Phoenix68 · Thursday at 2:16 PM

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....And, NOW....a FUCKIN' CHICKENHAWK WANTS TO SEND AMERICA'S SONS & DAUGHTERS INTO VENEZUELA??!!!!
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mark francis · Thursday at 4:19 PM

Phoenix68 said:
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....And, NOW....a FUCKIN' CHICKENHAWK WANTS TO SEND AMERICA'S SONS & DAUGHTERS INTO VENEZUELA??!!!!
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Maybe our sons and daughters would be better sent to somewhere like Somalia under foreign control like Clinton did in the infamous Black Hawk Down fiasco?

How has the Iraq war affected you personally?

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