Mandie's post

well i guess that i agree with both jamie and janelle. The main reason i think that people have been becoming so fed-up with this war is because there seems to be no real advancements, no good news to really keep us going. in the begining yes, 9/11 just happened and we used that to justify what we were doing, we were lead to believe that this really was a war on terrorism, but since then the focus has since changed. to people who dont follow it reguarly it just seems that more and more troops are being sent out, more and more innocent people are dying, more and more money is going into something that we no longer get or support. personally i used to follow it a lot more when i was younger, my teachers would bring it up, keep us updated and as i am never really for war, i thought that it would be over pretty quickly and that would be it. for me i always associated it with 9/11 but that really isnt that case. i really didnt think when i was in 7th grade that 5 years later we would still be in the same spot. america is losing its steam. my sister in law was actually in the war, i can tell you that since shes been home she is a whole different person. i just cant find any good reason for us to really be there i guess, as much as we want to "help everyone else out" we need to stop and think about everyone back home, what the people want, as well as what we are doing to those people serving and of course the people who live in iraq. i dont even feel like we're in war anymore because ive grown so detachted and used to it, which is not something i wanted to happen.