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I tell ya....when you stop and think about what these young troops are doing over there - and for how little some are getting paid to do it - it makes all the little petty, dip$h!t issues we find so troubling pale in comparison...doesn't it?

Here I sit - an old Soldier already with one combat tour under my belt - working in the Pentagon making twice what these young troops make....and I feel guilty as hell. I am trying my best to get back to Iraq. I feel so out-of-place.

I find it incomprehensible that we have people with so little character and moral fiber in this country who criticize our brave troops who are sacrificing everything to make sure all Americans can live free of worry about lying down in their comfortable beds at night.

When I read some of the postings from DU earlier this week from those pathetic, worthless, sad excuses for human beings - wishing harm on our troops for our actions in Iraq - it made me so much more than angry. It enraged me so much that I was near tears - and I just don't cry - ever.

How can people live with such smallness and ignorance in their hearts and minds. They are without a soul - that's all I can figure.

I wish they could all feel the hardship of battle. I wish they could feel the pain they cause cast back into their small, empty hearts.

I'm with you. A thread like this is only a small thing, but if it let's even one soldier, Marine, airman, or sailor know how much this American honors them, then it's done its job. If you do get back to Iraq, please bring my love, good wishes and prayers with you.

I could not agree with you more. How anyone can criticize a single one of these brave souls, or anything that they do, is beyond me. They deserve our undying gratitude and support.

What needs to be done to get these guys more money? The pay scale seems to be absolutely terrible for what they do.
I for one would be willing to pay more taxes for these guys to get more money.

Here I sit - an old Soldier already with one combat tour under my belt - working in the Pentagon making twice what these young troops make....and I feel guilty as hell. I am trying my best to get back to Iraq. I feel so out-of-place.

They also serve who stand and wait.

Seriously, your doing what you're doing is helping keep those young fellows safe. Keep doing it and do your very best (that old saw about doing your utmost "in the station of life to which God (or the higher-ups) has been pleased to call me" really has some truth in it.) My F-I-L wound up at the Pentagon after Guadalcanal, Iwo, and Saipan. He also felt a little "out of it" but ultimately realized he was doing good where he was.