The Trouble with Iraq

Some of you may already know that I was a featured guest on CNN’s New Day Show yesterday morning.  Everyone has their opinions on the Iraq War…the reasons we went…the reasons we stayed…the reasons we left.  I was taught at a very young age to always finish what you start.   Our Marines and soldiers went to complete a mission, a mission set forth by their Commander in Chief.  They believed in the mission and their goals were being achieved. I was married to a man who set foot on Iraqi soil along with his fellow Marines of 2/1 in March of 2004.  During that time, battles were won and battles were lost.  Men risked their lives to defend a country torn by terrorism and hate.  Doug came home after 7 months of helping a tattered and torn nation and never lost hope…not…even…once. He traveled back to Iraq for three more visits and each time his reports were nothing but positive.  Each time he went he saw big improvements in the Iraqi people and in the fight against terror. On May 10th, 2007, the last time I spoke to him, he was compelled to tell me one last thing before he hung up the phone and I quote his words in my book. “Babe, wait a minute!  I have to tell you something before I go!  We’re doing great work over here!  The Iraqi people are awesome, and things are getting better.  You should see what we’re doing!” That evening, he was killed. Why do I write this blog today?  I write this because I want people to know that his death will never be in vain.  He served his purpose, his duty and his calling. Our administration made a terrible mistake by  pulling out of Iraq too soon…our men fought the battle over there to keep it out of our backyards.  We are kidding ourselves if we think Iraq wasn’t important in the fight against terror…think again… I will never forget 9/11…will you? http://newday.blogs.cnn.com/2014/06/15/iraq-war-widow-i100-percent-support-re-entering-iraq/