I know no one in the military, so thought I'd send a care package. The first site I found was "Treats for Troops." I clicked on a button to "adopt" a soldier. Since I'm a Texan living in Michigan, I was torn between choosing a soldier from Tx or one from Mich. This looked like it was going to be alot of fun. Then "my" soldier's mini profile popped up: hobbies, likes, dislikes, things he/she misses about home, etc. I was surprised to find myself crying so much that I didn't continue. It hurt too much to think that, for all I knew, this person could already be
dead. Dead for the Bush family. Dead to fatten the pockets of chickenhawks. It hurt to think that this person should be
home for God's sake. I didn't even know this person... so what must families and friends of soldiers be going through!
I don't have much money to spend for a soldier, and any "foster" soldier that pops up couldn't do worse than to have ME send a care pkg. But I'll do my best. I just have to stop crying first.
And I know some of y'all have read these letters from dead soldiers in the NY Times this morning:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/11/opinion/11INTRO.html?pagewanted=1That last letter has wiped me out for the day.
I hate my government. I want my country back.