Stryker Brigade News

It's good that NPR and other news outlets continue to provide a focus on the realities of the military family. The 172nd was the victim of poor planning and the meddling of politics at home with the war effort. This sort of 'unfortunate planning' by those in charge of the metaphorical war on terror need not be repeated again. (I refer to the sort of planning which whiptailed the 172nd into an extension, with all of that action's absurdities.) The press here provides proof positive that all is not just hunky-dory and peachy among the lives and opinions of these families affected. Common sense would seem to tell us this, also.

I spoke to my son today. He is serving with the 172nd in Baghdad. It is up to the family members to contact their representatives and apply pressure to insure that the heroes of the 172 Stryker Brigade are treated fairly and that the committment made to them that they would be extended for only 120 days are honored. If we don't stand up and fight for our soldiers, then nobody else will. Families, please contact your senators, congressmen, the pentagon, president, newspapers, magazines, tv stations and anyone else you can think of and demand that we keep our promise to these patriots and bring them home in December as promised. This is not about being a republican or a democract, being for the war or against it. This is about honoring the sacrifices made by our young men and women and doing the right thing by them. Please stand up for them as they have stood up for us.