Sunday, July 26, 2009

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I have attempted to write this blog entry 6 times now.......
and since none of them got saved or posted I have
decided that I am going to write more often but the entries
wont be as long. So please bear with me if there are
random incomplete thoughts on here with poor
grammar!
I was thinking today of the many people here who
are overall pretty prejudice about the Iraqi's. Then tonight
we watched the movie Full Metal Jacket. Yes it was the first
time that I saw it in its entirety and I realized this.......
This is my first deployment to Iraq. I have been fortunate
enough to not have anyone close to me killed over here so
when I work side by side with Iraq's it is not much of a problem.
Even though some of the people that we work with on a
daily basis were not always "supporters" of the US Army!!
I have been given a little better understanding how others
view this country based on their backgrounds which are
very different from mine........I do still believe
that it is important to try not to have preconceived notions
about a country on a whole but it must be so hard to
work with people who the last time you were in this country
they were trying to kill you or you were trying to kill them!!

Those are my random thoughts for the day and I will publish this and
write again very soon!
I miss everyone VERY much and hope that everyone is well!!
Mickey

1 comment:

  1. Mickey, if any civilian went to Iraq, the culture shock would be huge. Furthermore Iraq is not just a dusty place with angry people. There are beautiful places in the Northeast of the country, with lush green hills and friendly people.
    When I went to England back in the 80's , it was a big culture shock for me. Knowing their culture is very important.

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