Reply #50: Hoooyah!

[Torque67]

When Bush stated that the military was going to be the ones to do it, the servicemen cheered.

This war sucks, no doubt about it, but buddies I have that are fighting in Iraq are doing well, missing kids, but fighting the good fight. They are also getting most of the stuff they are needing. There have only been requests for small items lately, little stuff like new unscratched sunglasses and zip ties. Mostly it's been requests for comfort items like movies, regional munchies they miss (I've been sending moon pies since it got cold enough for them not to melt right away and good bbq sauce, no more requests for M249 hingepins or the best price on trauma plates)

You have to keep in mind that if a soldier or a marine isn't bitching, it's because he's dead. But of the dozen or so guys I know over in Iraq right now, none of them are feeling sorry for themselves. But they are bitching anyway, because thats just part of what they do. Two of them re-upped just to go to this one, as they hated the idea of the units they had recently left getting to go without them.

So, to answer the question, most of them probably said Hooyah! Despite it being a bad war, you're watching a second version of "The Greatest Generation" come of age. Send those moon pies, or old bay seasoned peanuts, or jalapeno porkskins, deer jerky or whatever.