To some, war means getting away and being able to see what it feels like at the front line. To others, war means leaving behind everything you have ever known and everyone you have ever loved. Everyday we hear of the soldiers who left and came home, but not often do we hear of the ones who are happy or sad to be gone. What does it really feel like to be out there in the blazing heat fighting for your life just to defend your country?
There was an interview that had been done in 2005 by Mary Spicuzza . She talked to Lisset Greene, a woman who had lost her husband when he came back from Iraq due to being devestated from the things he had seen in the war. She was asked about how her husband, Curtis Greene, was when he got back from Iraq, and she simply said he was not himself. Though she knows exactly what happened in his death, it is hard for her to understand why. She said he was frustrated with the war and that he would tell her that she just didn't understand when he tried to explain it to her. One night he went missing, he called home and told his wife that he would come back home, but would never go back to Iraq. "Over my dead body are they going to make me go back." Curtis stated. Days after this, Curtis was found dead, he had killed himself. He left behind his wife, and two beautiful children to wonder why this had ever happened. This shows the effect that war can have on the soldiers and their families. Though we mourn these soldiers we know that they are in a better place and they will always be in our hearts.
Other soldiers have said that they love defending their country, but would also love to be at home. When they do return home it is the happiest day for them, their family, and their friends. Many of these soldiers reply to media saying it was a good experience, but they would rather stay in their own country, and in their own home. If these soldiers are happy with fighting for their country that is a wonderful thing. But if they are devastated what things can we do to help? Though we do not know the true stories behind the sadness of the soldiers, we can help to relieve them of their problems by bringing them home.
Do you feel that what happens in the war is to blame for the deaths or depression among soldiers?
To read the full interview with Lisset Greene go to:
http://www.sptimes.com/2005/02/13/Hernando/_Over_my_dead_body_.shtml
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i do think that what happens in the war is to blame for the deaths/depression among soldiers. i think it weighs heavy on their hearts to have to kill someone, even if it is for us and our country. i feel that no body should have to die for freedom or independence or anything like that. i am very anti-war/death, so i believe that war is a terrible thing that God frowns on. He didn't put us on this earth to kill each other. would you kill your own brother? thats what you're doing when you go to war. going to war means killing God's children for materialistic reasons. are any of the things we're fighting for now going to be so important in Heaven?
ReplyDeleteI think its both?
ReplyDeleteIf i had to choose it would be depression.
war can bring you down.
True life,on MTV shows real young people with real problems and what they do about it. I'm kind of addicted to it.
ReplyDeleteLike,two months ago they had one about soldiers and Post Traumatic Stress disorder. It was craaazy. They were having nightmares every night about what might've happened in the war and no idea what to do about it.
I think after going to war,you've seen things you can never forget. It's the root of most problems veterans have,with no solution.
I'm kind of torn. If you go off to war then you know about what others have gone through.
ReplyDeleteYou know what effects others have had to deal with.
I'm not saying that, that puts the blame anywhere else. But I mean who really is to blame? You signed up to go, so should it be you? Or the war?
It all depends.
I suppose it really goes to whoever started the war.