I will place here but this is my take on it as a civilian spouse.  Iraq has not been much of a success and it has worn a lot of the military down, but many stayed in because they are career and they believe in what they do and how they serve.  When we reach a bottom there are a couple of different choices we can all make about the reality around us.  We could accept responsibility for invading Iraq and accept responsibility for the lives lost there both Iraqi and American and we can work for Peace for all.  It would be a self examination of how we got there.  Or we could deny that reality and get stuck in or addicted to WAR DOCTRINE.  Now we have this dangerous dangerous world around us and every single day we are being spoon fed how so very very dangerous it is and now the China arms build up is in the press too!  Some people get addicted to violence and help CoCreate violence so they can have plenty of what they are addicted to.  The violence junkies in the military have been rewarded and promoted and were feeling a bit down about Iraq, now the Bush administration and the press have been providing lots and lots to feed their internal monsters though.  They are feeling renewed and it doesn't matter that people die every day in Iraq.....the world is dangerous and violent and they are just staying alive in it along with everybody else.  It feels really crazy to me, if I get around too many people who are that emotionally disconnected from the reality around them and they seem to be loose cannons with guns, I tend to feel very unsafe and want to leave immediately.  Under the climate that our soldiers are working in everyday I can't believe that these people will remain safe to go home to their families daily either.  They are losing their boundaries pertaining to humane living and it is only a matter of time before they start knocking the crap out of their families.

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