I forgot to mention that I while I was doing lapse this morning I ran into a gent that was asking me if there was a steam room within the gym. Which there is. He came from Calgary and I was just finished doing my lapse and as soon as he started to talk I knew that he was within the military. Young but that was the case.
While we were just on the sidelines of the pool, we got to talking and it ends up that he had just returned from Afghanistan. This usually is not the case here within this city. So as we went on he had mentioned that he came here to just unwind as he had served for five years over there. As the discussion went on he indicated that he received an honorable discharge. He loved what he did within the army yet he was certainly glad to be back on "home soil".
Shortly thereafter one other joined in and we all were talking with regards to the war and yet it was light talk if you know what I mean. I asked him if he could would he wish to go back, and he then stayed rather reserved and you could tell that he was glad to be back yet had been over there for too long.
In my own humble opinion I really do believe that it's an endless case with the war over there. I think most know what I mean. It's a time in which we wish to enjoy and tend to our own backyards and just live within peace.
There is a friend of mine that certainly writes some very interesting blogs and I thought I would place on her write as Heidi is very informative and this was one post that I found all to interesting. It's not politics it's with regards to life. For each man and woman are paying prices especially now in Afganastan and my feel is it's time to manoever them out. Not entirely but this shall never end.
http://starfishred.multiply.com/journal/item/1541/WILL_HISTORY_REPEAT_ITSELF_IN_AFGAHNISTAN
This the same feed back I get when I talk to young soldiers at Camp Darby-sad just sad-
ReplyDeleteWell it was a decent talk with this one and ironically it was while swimming. And when I was in Edmonton, I saw much more of it in comparison to here. Yet I feel Heidi, this is why so many motion away from all of this as it is sad yet while talking to him he was alright but then in a reflection of these evening I think on all that are still over there.
ReplyDeleteAnd this picture here was taken two years ago and we are so fortunate to have our very freedoms.
What a contrast between the peaceful photograph and the writing about the war.
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