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Some Soldier's Mom highlights an important part of the war we face, and its full impact.
From what Mrs. Dadmanly and I are seeing among our families, I'm convinced PTSD for dependents back home is not possible, but predictable. I have no doubt this was far harder on Mrs. D and Little Manly that it ever was on me...
The ladies must be in on some kind of vibe this week, Mrs. Dadmanly put up a post with similar reflections over at Dadmanly.
It is almost like my friends in Vahalla decided to give me a pick-me-up from my Strategic Funk earlier this week.
In addition to Capt. B's post below; today I am just swimming in good news from Iraq. I picked three. Take a peek; a Iraq Colonel leading from the front, an Iraq Division ready for varsity football, and Baghdad crime starts to fall a month prior to the heat. Good day, not for a bad-attitude Marine IRR guy, (unless you like Russian kettlebells), but a good day for me.
The other day Dadmanly wrote about the effects on his soldiers upon the return from War. Today, I'm writing about how a soldier's deployment affects families even after... I know it's not just me because I have talked to others... moms, wives, children. It lives in us all...
Isn't it amazing how certain simple phrases can evoke such intense emotions?“I love you.”
“Will you marry me?”
“It’s a boy.”
“Head up, ass down, son.”
“Your son has been wounded in a VBIED attack.”Yup. That about covers it. But it’s the last one that stabs at me to this day. Just saying those words will bring tears to my eyes… alarm to my heart… pain to my spirit.
It's all HERE at Some Soldier's Mom
See an Afghan Militia General (later to become a Provincial Police Chief) demonstrate how to take an RPG shot.
The final flight of the Navy's venerable F-14 Tomcat from an aircraft carrier ocurred on July 28, 2006. (see video)
Tom Cruise's career crashed and burned less than a month later.
An interesting interview with CENTCOM Commanding General John Abizaid:
HH: Can you begin, General, by giving us an overview of the situation in Iraq as of mid-August, 2006?JA: The situation in Iraq right now, as you've seen, of course, there's an awful lot of sectarian violence, particularly in the Baghdad area. We've found it necessary to move additional troops down into the Baghdad area by extending some forces that we were going to redeploy to help shore up some of the work that the Iraqi Security Forces are doing. We're putting additional Iraqi Security Forces in the field there as well. It's very clear to all of us that have been serving in this region that Baghdad's the key to Iraq, and that we've got to get the levels of sectarian violence down in order for Iraq to stabilize. We're confident it can be done. We've seen some changes already that are somewhat positive. It's still too early to say, but the combination of Iraqi Security Forces and our forces, along with some measures being taken by the new government, we're confident can, over time, move Baghdad in the right direction.
Read the rest at Hugh Hewitt.
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