That is undertstandable c-monster. For most people it's 'over there' and they don't want to think about it. My cousin was deployed in Iraq for a year in the beginning of the war so the war is very much in my families mind. My son lost his partner a little less than two weeks ago and was himself injured, and one of the other guys with them lost a leg to the IED call that went bad. Most people couldn't even tell you what an IED is. I can tell you all about them.
Suddenly people in town that never thought much about Iraq have been asking me a lot of questions about why my son is overseas, why his wife was in Qatar for 6 months and why my other son would enlist this past year of all times...
I've had so many people ask me if I 'hate' the Iraqis now that my son was nearly killed. I tell them, "No, I don't hate the Iraqi people. But I despise the insurgents that won't let that country get on its feet and stable." People ask me how I can 'handle' having my son over there. Well...my son was going on calls to disarm IEDs. For every IED that his team successfully disarmed lives were saved. We may worry like heck about our son. But someone has to disarm those dayumed things. And he's good at what he does.
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...I am the wanderer's wandering daughter...
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