Comments on: Far from home

By: admin

admin — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:42:43 +0000

thanks for your insights. Wren, I wish that Pres. Bush, VP Cheney and the rest had to be on the front lines of any war they prosecute until it’s over. RLP, there is only ONE issue as far as I’m concerned. If we must fight a war, then it ought to be all out. If not all out, then not at all. And in this case, clearly not at all. 9-11 could be viewed as a crime rather than an act of war, esp. since no country was clearly implicated. Hollie, if there were a draft today, they’d be burning down the White House.

By: Hollie Atkinson

Hollie Atkinson — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 13:09:34 +0000

You and I remember the other “long war,” and a main difference was the draft in that war. The anger was different then - focused on those doing the fighting rather than those who ordered it.

Well said, good friend.

By: real live preacher

real live preacher — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:30:12 +0000

Thank you for this. I’ve said all along. There is only ONE issue this election year. The war. What does the rest matter? What is the candidates position on this war. What does he or she think about whether we should be there, should ever have been there, and how will we get home.

By: Wren

Wren — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:43:57 +0000

My first child had his morning feeding during the Today Show’s daily news of Viet Nam where his father was. Every day, the body count! And as we waited at the airport for our soldier’s return, our stroller decked out with welcome signs and balloons, no one came over to ask about him, or thank or congratulate him.

By contrast, a friend’s son who just arrived from Iraq said he was overcome with the thanks that poured out. So I guess war is war. There’s a certain amount of out-of-sight, out-of-mind about it, and a reluctance in me to feel the despair that comes up when I think about our young men and women over there. I am certainly proud of them, and I pray for them, and I want them all home.