Be Thankful People Serve So You Don't Have To - God Bless Our Military

I am not going to get on my soapbox about our current President or his "campaign promises" that led so many Americans to vote for him. But in light of his new War/End of War projections..I'd just like to say "All military personnel and their families could have told you this was a big joke on Americans."

In fact, today Obama is to announce his strategy at the sprawling Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, where thousands of Marines are soon heading to another war front, Afghanistan.

That's right silly citizens. All you who voted to "bring our troops home" are getting a good chuckle out of us military spouses. Our husbands will just be going somewhere else in the Middle East. But you won't hear about that on CNN, NBC or ABC.

The men and women who serve you will still be put in danger, we will still have loss of life and we (the spouses) will still have an empty seat at our dinner table for years to come.

Furthermore...in case you were wondering..."Even with the drawdown, a sizable U.S. force of 35,000 to 50,000 U.S. troops will stay in Iraq under a new mission of training, civilian protection and counterterrorism."

Right again you gullible bleeding hearts, we will now be "peace-keeping" in Iraq. What does that mean, you may ask? It means my husband will be over there (in that place Obama said they would all be leaving ASAP). He will be there monitoring their country and making sure they aren't trying to blow up an American building.

I know this is a rant, but it was what I felt most strongly about during this election. I knew people were being misled by this charismatic "leader." The military community knew he wouldn't pull us out completely and he shouldn't. We knew he was shifting focus to Afghanistan. We knew our troops would still be in Iraq (just like we peace-keep in Africa, etc...). And it infuriates me when people (friends and family included) talk about just living in peace. That isn't realistic.

You want realistic? Realistically, my husband would rather be in Iraq than Missouri. My husband emails his buddies in Iraq with jealousy, because he'd like to be there with them. My friend's husband shed a tear when he signed his papers to leave the Marine Corps. They love what they do and they do it because they know the value and importance of their missions.

Sure, I want Mr. Marine home all the time. At dinner every night. Sleeping-in with me every morning. But that's not his job. People don't plan and launch attacks on this country between the hours of 8-5, M-F. And if he isn't going to the Middle East, he'd be on a MEU somewhere in the middle of the ocean ready to take Americans out of Lebanon, or bring food and supplies to tsunami affected islands.

Obama will never bring all of them home so stop believing him or any other lying politician who is just trying to pull on your heartstrings.

You want to hear something truthful? Here is the truth...The military men and women serve...all hours of the day...every day of the year. They serve and they serve so you don't have to.

Be thankful.