don't hate the players ... hate the game

last night i talked with my "cousin" danny on the im. he is currently stationed in afghanistan. i haven't talked with him since july. i was really happy to talk with him because i know that he is ok now. we didn't know where he was going when he left last year. i'm glad that it is afghanistan instead of iraq. having worked at a refugee resettlement agency i definitely agree that afghanistan needs some help. my case family had so many horror stories. i do feel that it is a good thing for the u.s. to be helping out there. even though we suck and we helped put the taliban in power in the first place. danny and i have never really agreed on matters dealing with the u.s. military. i've always called him a "war pig" and teased him when he was in rotc about blowing up dirt. but when i was talking to him last night i actually felt proud. he's just trying to do some good for the world in the best way he knows how. he lives in pretty crappy conditions just so that he can be where he is "needed." so as much as i hate the military, i kinda realized last night that someone's gotta do it. and even though i totally disagree with the actions our president has taken with our military, i know that it's not the soldiers fault. they're braver men then i am or i will ever be.