by Shadesdown

Created on: April 15, 2008

Yes, I feel American soldiers in Iraq are dying in vain. Granted American Heartland received a heart felt blow to not only millions of families across the country but to its ego on September 11, 2001. It began to make American Citizens second guess the strength of security the American Government had for its citizens.

Bush at that point, did the next best thing and retaliated by sending our heroic military troops over seas. American Citizens at that point, especially those who had to say goodbye to their loved ones, had the hopes of the war to only last approximately one year or so and our troops would be able to come home and continue their lives with their loved ones on American soil.

Bush continuously broke through regular TV broadcasts promising American Citizens that our troops were making progress and the war on Iraq would end sooner than originally planned. Countless times, those loved ones prayed for their family heroes over seas to have a safe and fast return back to their homes in America.

By the end of the third year of the ongoing endless war, Bush began to lose support and the respect from his American followers and American citizens began to feel the pressures of not being able to contact nor hear from their loved ones over seas. Agitation started to set in throughout America as more and more of their military loved ones began to fall victim to war as Bush continued to show no remorse for their loss.

After the capture and the execution of Saddam Hussein on December 30, 2006, American Citizens began to breath a sigh of relief and hope began to run through their veins believing that Bush would be satisfied and he would call the war as won and begin sending American soldiers home.

At this point, more than seven thousand troops and counting had lost their lives while serving their country.

To the dismay of American citizens, the execution of Saddam Hussein only made President Bush even more blood thirsty and refused to allow the American soldiers to come home.

Now that the war on Iraq is hitting its eighth year and as more and more American soldiers continue to lose their lives, it seems to the American citizens that no more progress has been made since the execution of Hussein, the answer is YES, I feel American soldiers are losing their lives in vain.

And those who still continue to serve their country have missed, the birth of their children, for many who were born during the beginning of the war, are beginning to start school and these troops still to date haven't even been able or allowed to see them during the past seven years of their lives.

Troops while over seas, have also lost loved ones like their mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and extended family members and were not allowed to come home to attend their funerals and pay their last respects.

The respect for the President of the United States continues to plummet even by some of those who voted for him and supported him through his term and the War on Iraq.

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