http://hookemnick.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] hookemnick.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] politicartoons2013-07-31 08:37 am
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[identity profile] catlin.livejournal.com 2013-07-31 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, EVERY time my mother was deployed, in Desert strike, Desert Storm, and early in the war, she made wills and gave my sister and I goodbyes. Why is that so odd? Always she worried This would be the time she was sent out not to come back. Every time she made sure my sis and I would be able to deal with her things and move on...

Why is it so weird that a young gi, with a younger family, would do the same?

[identity profile] lux-roark.livejournal.com 2013-07-31 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
My husband had a will drawn up free while he was in the military when he was sent to Afghanistan. I think it's common for them to do it, and he was only 21 at the time.

[identity profile] catlin.livejournal.com 2013-08-01 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
Makes absolute sense. The military does not want to deal with the nightmare of orphans and widows in legal fights over their soldier.

[identity profile] hookemnick.livejournal.com 2013-07-31 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
It's not at all but I'm going on what the family has said-that the way they said their goodbyes was in a way they knew they probably weren't coming home. Alone it doesn't seem like a big deal but with the timing and circumstances it definitely makes me wonder.

[identity profile] yes-justice.livejournal.com 2013-08-01 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
Wonder what?

Ever check out http://www.antiwar.com/ ?
Edited 2013-08-01 03:27 (UTC)
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