To young to be in Iraq, and to young to die Options

[sadevilsoldier]

My fiance just got deployed to over seas. He seems so young, he looks it 2 (hes 20 tho) So many soldiers are going over there, and some of them seem so young. I mean can an 18 year old handle being in Iraq? I sure hope so. Do you think you could last over there?

He has so much to live for.....



So do you think you could handle it?


if this doesnt go in this forum im sorry.. im learning

[Baku]

all i know and i know this is going to sound kinda dumb... but if i was sent over i would try and if i died well then at least i died trying but thats just me

[runforfun529]

I'm sorry that he got deployed. I don't think I can handle it. I'm a girly girl when it comes to fighting and stuff. I just don't think I would emotionally be able to handle it.

[sadevilsoldier]

all i know and i know this is going to sound kinda dumb... but if i was sent over i would try and if i died well then at least i died trying but thats just me

well if i get sent over there i will definately try too, but it would be hard leaving everything to go to this unknown place...

[jennyjenny]

Wow, he looks young.
And that's the worst thing to happen, to have someone you love go over to fight.

Anyways, I don't think I would make it. I would run away every chance I got.

Good luck to your fiance and you! Oh, and congrats.

[ryfitaDF]

i couldn't. i shouldn't have to. and neither should he.

[sadevilsoldier]

i couldn't. i shouldn't have to. and neither should he.

no one should have to but... well you think the government cares?

[*krnxswat*]

no one should have to but... well you think the government cares?

You think serving your country is wrong?

[Baku]

if i had to leave i would use all my anger and just point and shoot and say to my self "you are the reason im here" while im doing it :/

[Teesa]

wow, I have so much respect for him.
of course if I had to, I would. I don't think there's a better way of dying than to die serving your country, even if you don't agree with the war.

[FoOd]

I would never do that. For one thing, I am not cut out for this stuff. I am not that physical at all and do not have the mentality for it

[sadevilsoldier]

You think serving your country is wrong?

if i thought serving my country was wronge do you think i would be in the army???

[*krnxswat*]

if i thought serving my country was wronge do you think i would be in the army???

no one should have to but... well you think the government cares?

[sm0kinm0nky]

yeah well once your 18 you considered an adult right? And as an adult you have a choice to go serve in the army, and maybe if you're younger you not mature enough or something. My friend/neighbor's brother went to fight in iraq.

[FoOd]

Maybe she meant that this whole war would not have been in the first place if politicians had their children out in the war.

[lovescream]

I'm sorry for him. I hope everything goes alright for him and you.
Hm, I don't think they should, unless they're generous enough to fight and save the country and all that junk. :\ Of course, a lot of loved ones have been lost.. but he's young. Maybe they should still keep 25+ to go to iraq.. and the underaged to stay and train. But.. it's all the soldiers' choice in my point of view.

[william]

i couldn't. i shouldn't have to. and neither should he.

agreed.

[Chii]

i wouldn't join the army...why would you volunteer to be in a kill or be killed situation...?

[*Programmer*]

good luck to your...fiance....i went to marine bootcamp..when i turned 18..with 2 years of college already under my belt....but fractured my leg in the field training course...and eventually dropped out of the bootcamp.....soon i ended up going back to college after the summer....i took it as a message for me not to go out there....that's not my fight over there...it's the power hungry politicians...let them fight there own war... im doing pretty well off at the moment....but i still want to say "thanks to all the soilders who put there lives on the line for people they do not even know"... i now am a second semester junior in college double majoring in Computer Science/Information Technology and have much to look foward to...

[inlonelinessidie]

I use to want to join the military and believed that I could handle it emotionally, but after the war broke out, my outlook on it changed. I guess whether or not a person can handle such a thing depends on the individual.

I'll keep your fiance in my prayers so he, along with all the troops, return home safely. Take care.

[*stephinika*]

I guess whether or not a person can handle such a thing depends on the individual.

agreed. i know i couldn't do it. and i wish your fiance well.

[demolished]

nah, i cant handle it .. i'm way to young to died now cus i dont wanna get shot or burn. anyways, that dude is very young .. i wonder why young people chose this path to go to war ... ?

[Azn Kid from NY]

i would never want to fight in a war....

but if it were something big, and was truly needed for the protection of my family and loved ones, then yes, i might do it.....

...but i would never go and die for Bush's god damn war for oil...

[BeyondElite]

I am very sorry to hear that your fiance, Brian, is to be deployed in Iraq. It seems that he is very young to join a war affair. I wish him luck during his heroic battle to defend the United States.

[to-devastate]

I don't think I could be in Iraq anytime. ever.
Or it's because I never want to go there :P.

[*salcha*]

i wouldn't join the army...why would you volunteer to be in a kill or be killed situation...?

so you can fight for your country.

i was going to join my school's drill team and ROTC with all that boot camp and stuff, but sports got in the way, which sucked.
good luck to your fiancee though, he does look young.

[*instantmusic*]

good luck to your...fiance....i went to marine bootcamp..when i turned 18..with 2 years of college already under my belt....but fractured my leg in the field training course...and eventually dropped out of the bootcamp.....soon i ended up going back to college after the summer....i took it as a message for me not to go out there....that's not my fight over there...it's the power hungry politicians...let them fight there own war... im doing pretty well off at the moment....but i still want to say "thanks to all the soilders who put there lives on the line for people they do not even know"... i now am a second semester junior in college double majoring in Computer Science/Information Technology and have much to look foward to...

dang. i didnt know you went to boot. what platoon; company were you. you went to parris island or sandeigo?

[toodlepops.]

wow, he's so brave.
I wouldn't do it. I'm too scared.
I hope your fiance will be back safely. ANd congrats. :)

[Ballpointpencil]

Good luck to you and your fiancee. ^_^

Personally, I would never enlist in the military period, so I would never have to face it. But then, with both of my parents being military perhaps I have had an unfair perspective of what they make you do.

[gelionie]

Feel proud of your fiance that is he is serving your country.
Best wishes to him!

[angel-roh]

rawr your boyfriend is hot!! heh...well anyways that's sad to hear that your boyfriend is at Iraq!! I would get sad too.... and scared/worried that he will be dead. I'm the biggest worrywart so yeah... that would be even worse if my crush go to war... he's 18

[sadevilsoldier]

Just because you sign up for the military doesnt mean you signed up just to fight a war... I didnt sign up to fight a war, i signed up to get money for college, to get in shape, to get some disipline, and try to straiten out my life, and some reasons i will left unsaid...
oh shit im gunna be late to finally go get my military ID that i was suposed to go get like 7 months ago ahhhh...

[Mireh]

i have absolutely no guts to do anything of those sorts.

good luck to your fiance though! god bless!

[JlIaTMK]

Well, I don't know what to say. I can't say I like the army being over there. Yeah, I can't say that.

[EmmalieV]

im sorry that hes going over there bur im sure he will be okay.

[JlIaTMK]

so you can fight for your country.

i was going to join my school's drill team and ROTC with all that boot camp and stuff, but sports got in the way, which sucked.
good luck to your fiancee though, he does look young.

lmao you make me sick kid

"so you can fight for your country"

if you think about it that way, no ones from this country. This country doesnt have its own nationality yet because all of the people havent mixed up yet and become just one race.

[snak3y3z1001]

Just by joining the Army and passing all qualifications I believe he can handle it :) Im 17 rite now. My original plan was to join the Marines. Went to a few PT and I was able to handle it. Changed my mind after I found out you got to carry around 50+pds backpacks most of the time. More if your a medic. I hate being weighed down when Im trying to walk/run. Joined the Navy instead.

i wouldn't join the army...why would you volunteer to be in a kill or be killed situation...?

So you can support and defend freedom and democracy.

[racoons > you]

pacifists unite. i dont believe war can ever be justified, personally, bu tthats just me.

i can barely handle a math test., and guns scare me. i would not be good in a war

[inlonelinessidie]

if you think about it that way, no ones from this country. This country doesnt have its own nationality yet because all of the people havent mixed up yet and become just one race.

That's not true, you don't have to be a certain race in order to defend the country YOU live in. If you are willing to die for it, then why shouldn't it be your country?

[JlIaTMK]

you dont get it at all

i said that no one is from this country technically, thats why i said if you think about it....

right now, most people that live in this country are a mutt of different nationalities, but until all the people mix up in this country, to have similar characteristics, we won't have a country country

okay, its not just me that made this up.
many scientists that study this stuff have said this as their base fact of what their studying -_-

[inlonelinessidie]

Ahhhh . . . got what you're saying .

[JlIaTMK]

lol good x]

[Tung]

hell no! i will nvr go over to that bitch of a country

[JlIaTMK]

//edit//

please specify what "bitch of a country"

if your talking about iraq, then ugh, i dont agree with you.

please explain how their a "bitch of a country" thank you

[ryfitaDF]

the government doesn't care about you or me. they care about themselves and profits. i sympathize for you fiance, but despise the reasons for where he is.

[JlIaTMK]

ah thank you, truly spoken, truly spoken, i like your signature by teh way.

[snak3y3z1001]

The government dont force anyone to join any military branches. You do it voluntarily.

[ryfitaDF]

every nations' leader says that "our way is right"
every nations' leader says "the time has come to fight"
and they use the common people to settle all their scores
it's time that we refuse to fight in any of THEIR wars.

The government dont force anyone to join any military branches. You do it voluntarily.

for now.

[JlIaTMK]

^ agreed

[Spirited Away]

First, and for the record, I was born in Saigon, Vietnam, but I have been a natuaralized citizen in America for a while and I have lived here for the most part of my life. I consider the US to be MY COUNTRY. I spent the latter part of my childhood here. I rarely consider myself Asian-American unless asked on paper or else I'm just plain American.

America is the country that many ethnic groups can call home. I don't see why we cannot refer to America as "our/my country". If I cannot call it that, then I would say that I have no other country to call my own.

A country need not to have one dominant race to be a "country country". By definition, if I can participate in the society and politics of a country, then I am a citizen of that country. If I am a citizen, wouldn't that make America my country if that is my preference?

[JlIaTMK]

you do not get what i mean by that miss

what i mean by that is that it does not have its "own people" yet.

and its not just me as i stated who means that. its a fact.

[Spirited Away]

It is also a fact that if I am a citizen of that country, I can say that it is my country. Country is not defined by genes or race or birth for that matter... "my country" simply suggests I have citizenship.

[JlIaTMK]

i didnt say it wasnt "your country"

i said technically, no one's american

[Spirited Away]

How so?

"Technically", if you have American citizenship, you're American. You can be called Asian-American, African-American, Latin-American... etc with all those hyphens, but you'd still have citizenship. Citizenship marks you legally as American by the US Federal Government.

I'm sorry if I sound argumentative, know that I don't mean to be. It's just that people make me sad when they say these things with such ease. I feel like if I have to belong somewhere or be labeled as something by nationality, if not my birthplace, it might as well be a place of my own choosing. I belong somewhere on earth... right? And if I need to go to war (God forbid) and fight for the place which I call my own, then I should be able to go with the peace of mind of this battle cry: "I'm fighting for my country".

[snak3y3z1001]

i didnt say it wasnt "your country"

i said technically, no one's american

Main Entry: 1Amer·i·can
Pronunciation: &-'mer-&-k&n, -'m&r-, -'mar-, -i-k&n
Function: noun
1 : an American Indian of No. America or So. America
2 : a native or inhabitant of No. America or So. America
3 : a citizen of the U.S.

[sadevilsoldier]

This isnt a dicussion about whose an amercian and whose country it is so dont get your selves all worked up about whether this is your country or not