Its been a while.....

So I have taken a big break from blogging. No real reason but I have been reading blogs and reading other things and starting my senior year of college.

Now from my readings in blogs and the oh so great facebook notes I have noticed that a lot of people talked about the election before and during the process but afterwards the posts have really stop in regards to politics. Now I am not saying this as something to shock you but it was just something that I noticed.

During the discussions of the election, things about the war (or wars however you see it) in the Middle East came up quite frequently. Now I agree with some peoples stances on the war and I disagree with other peoples stances on the war. There are some people out there that support the war and some people that disagree with the war.

I can see reasonable arguments for both opinions of the war but the thing that gets to me the most is when people so strongly oppose the war that at times appears that they do not support the troops that are over there. This really irritates me because I have family over there and the fact that people do not support them makes me wonder about that person. How can you not support someone who is risking their lives during a time when they are doing something that maybe they don't necessarily agree with or during a time that they are so far away from their families?

During the election, I heard someone mention something about the troops are being brainwashed to fight. I can not express in words how upset that made me. I have had two grandfathers that have been a part of wars when they were younger and they are so proud of the time that they spent defending our country. I am very proud of them too. I have learned so much about life from them and what they have been through in order for me to have the life that I have. I do not think that they could ever thank them enough.

I understand that some people do not support the war but to not support the troops that are involved and have been involved in wars is something that will never make any sense to me. If someone can explain to me how you can not support these brave men and women who voluntarily decide to join the arm forces please let me know.