this is about having perspective on the war in iraq. today i got to talk to my friend sam for the first time in over a year. sam has been serving the united states in iraq as part of the marines for nearly two years. sam was my best friend in middle school and high school at spain park. though we admittedly grew in different directions toward the latter half of our careers there, i still to this day owe much of who i am to our friendship.
sam is a hero. he's a hero of the kind i will never be able to be. i sat talking to him over facebook chat making lame references to video games from our middle school years knowing that what he's experienced has changed his own perspectives on life. and i realize that my experiences have done the same.
do i support the war in iraq?
no.
but i damn well support our troops with all my heart. because to me they have a face. their face is sam.
thank you sam.
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