Monday, July 20, 2009

Afghanistan and the lies to America?

"Mom please you have to help me! I am going to die here, we all are."
"Mom I am hungry, please send me a box soon, I love you."
"Mom I was blown off the road, again."

These are the letters and phone calls I get from my son in Afghanistan. What was once a loving passionate young man, turned into a suicidal and hurt teen, joined the ban wagon after many promises of a better life by the US Army. Despite several psychologist notes from inpatient mental health care and an early discharge from another branch of the Armed Forces, the US Army still recruited a young man fresh out of a relationship that ended with suicidal thoughts. They covered his problems, lied to him about money and life style, even convinced him to marry the girl despite all the problems in their relationship, and all the rumors that GI wives leave their husbands while they are at war.

Funny as I see it they set my son up to die. He was the perfect candidate. Enough mental health issues that if he comes back messed up in the head they can blame his past. If he gets mad enough he just may make that perfect suicide soldier.

What they did not barter for was a pissed off mother. Mothers are forever forgotten about in this world and it is now time for us to make a stand.

BRING MY SON HOME! and any other of the young men over there that want to come home. The ones you lied to, coerced and connived! For some that life is what they need and want. But for most they are there due to glorified recruiters making bonuses at the end of the year for their recruiting abilities (lies). Growing up with "Recruiter of the year" (several years in a row) I heard how it works...little ears hear things and I heard my father was proud of his abilities to convince one that the military is the only way to become someone in this world of politics.

Im sorry son I should have broken your legs before letting you do this. I am sorry the world has lied to you and I am so so sorry that the country my grandfathers built so lovingly has become one that needs to lie and deceive it's own people.

America....they have hidden my sons past mental health history for the sake of gaining "another soldier". A suicidal young man who's life was in a relationship disorder is over in that war fighting with your sons and daughter. He is not he only one. Many of those young men and women are in the same position. For those like my father who swear by the life style of death and destruction remember that if half the platoon is already depressed and upset, your son, daughter, or spouse does not have a very good back up.

I gave a childhood to the US Navy. I was proud of my fathers career until I grew up and figured out how much of our lives were affected by years of having a father who came and went.

So world please help me bring my son home. I will give my life for his. He is not meant to be there as so many of them are not. I have battled cancer a few times in my life. Faced death and domestic violence. I worked hard in my life to achieve somewhat of a life that keeps getting pulled from me. Followed the laws and lived a good life. Now I am pissed!

Reward the good once in awhile and quit defending the bad, America....even our judicial system has gone biased toward guilty until you prove yourself innocent.

Quit lying to us about the safety of our food and drugs, the knowledge of our doctors and scientist and most of all the politicians, it is pretty obvious who gains and who loses in this country and we are all pretty dumb for following our Shepard blindly into slaughter.