Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired
April 11, 2008 by Dizzy Dezzi
The announcement that Bush made, yesterday, in regards to troop deployments being shortened to 12 months from 15 months was welcome news to many. But, it was sort of depressing news for SSG Dizzy and me.
We had been discussing it for a few days because he had heard a rumor about the announcement that Bush made, but from what he was telling me, they thought that this new announcement would affect them in a positive way, namely, their deployments would be shortened, as well. Basically, all Bush did was substantiate the rumor that has been going around since Christmas, basically making it official. I had heard that TPTB were kicking around the idea of shorter deployments, but they were clear to point out that it would only affect new deployments, not the deployments that had been taking place at that time.
So, as excited as some of my friends are that deployments have been returned to their old length, it’s not good news for myself and hundreds of other families in the same boat. Our soldiers will still be deployed in Iraq until early 2009.
But, I’m not going to let this get me down. If I did, I couldn’t function. SSG Dizzy and I have been living with this war as part of our everyday life since day one. So, I am just going to wear my hat of positivity. Nothing can come, at this point, to getting all worked up, especially since my husband and my children and my business customers expect me to behave graciously and gracefully.
The one thing that keeps me wearing my “happy face” is the fact that by the time SSG Dizzy comes home from this deployment, there will be a different president in office (…if it ISN’T John McCain). I just hope that the American people get it right, this time.
(crossposted: Hypocrisy.com)
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Truth be told, if the embalmed zombie can’t be beaten, then someone wasn’t even trying. McCavein looks bad, kind of shuffles when he walks, and is easy to anger. Reagan looked like a young man full of pep in comparison.
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Dez..I thought of you immediately when I heard about this. I am heartbroken that it won’t include your husband and every other soldier that has been over there multiple times.
BushCo is determined to tear our military down to a quivering mass. If this isn’t a crime..I do not know what is anymore.
It sucks. I know. But you are one strong woman. I admire you.
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me too dez. me too. hugs to you.
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Well Diz- I don;t expect you to be gracious & polite. Cuss, bitch moan, cry & punch a pillow. Real people’s lives are effected by this war, and it wreaks havoc. I understand your need to carry on for the kids & the workplace– but you also need to be real & have an outlet for what your feelings are - outside of just the ok lets move forward mode. Your family and hhusband is not just a line on a graphic of statistics of surge probabilities & mumbo jumbo. Real people have their loved ones in the thick of it, and they deserve better. You deserve better. Better answers, better pay, better lengths of time to be out of it– better they call the whole thing off.
You are a trooper & sometimes you do just have to press on– but take the time & find the place to process the angst that is real.