Reply #7: Me too! [View All]

[bush_is_wacko]

I wish I could say the words to these soldiers that you said. I just end up crying. Maybe it is my motherly instincts that make me feel this way, but honestly, I'm not sure I would react any differently if the soldier standing there was my age. I would just compare him to my husband or myself, if it was a woman. I would probably compare an older General or something to my father. I just feel such an overwhelming sense of loss every time I think of how we have failed them. They are the bravest of men and women. I am awed and humbled by them and I feel nothing but helplessness in their presence!