If you served in Iraq can you answer this question for me?
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its not the fact that he can or cannot use a microwave, I myself reside in SaudiArabia and am currently using a sears kenmore microwave.. we have both 110 and 220 voltage.. and they sell converters commonly in all hardware stores.. \nI would be concerned more with the shipping of the appliance.. The workers commonly hired in companies here dont take much care with items being shipped, it will be jostled, thrown, and crunched probably before your friend gets it.. It wouldnt work properly and might be a fire hazzard.. Unless by some means it is shipped via the military shipments..\nnote: brandy's suggestion is the best.. just send money and your friend can then use it to buy what they need best.. ^_^
372709
I am US military stationed in Iraq right now also.  I don't think we came over here for the right reasons, but I think what we are doing for these people is righteous.  I get to go "outside the wire" quite a bit, and being a job that isn't really liked by the insurgents..ie they want to kill me bad, many of these people are happy to have us here.  To have lifted a tyrant out of power and giving them a chance to set up a democratic system of government for themselves.  Slowly but surely the Iraqi military and police are taking over our job, it is a slow process, but it is working.  I am glad to be a part of an operation that liberates a country and lets them choose their freedoms and laws.
335158
I'm in Iraq right now. Me being on here should give you an idea of what I'M doing...nothing. What's it like? HOT! Alot of people do have it pretty rough over here though, but I wouldn't say the majority have it all that bad. It just sucks being away from home for so long. I don't think it's really getting better. They're gonna fight us as long as we're here.
422265
I served 3 years, 8 months and 10 days in the United States Marine Corps. I was a infantry machinegunner. (Look that up and it might mean something to you) I did 2 tours to Iraq. The first time I went 47 days without enough water to wash my body with. I slept on the ground, I slept in 3 hour increments.  The second time I went into Fallujah in March of 2004. There I lost my best friend and 2 other buddies after 28 days of continuos battle in the Jolan district. I spent the summer in various foxholes and bunkers at night, and foot patrols by day in 135 degree heat in full gear. Finally on my last patrol I caught shrapnel from a 155 mm artilery shell rigged as an IED (bomb) The shrapnel penetrated the right frontal and right temporal lobes of my brain 3 inches. Also took a 3 inch chunk out of my right shoulder. I have dementia, and severe headaches constantly. I am rated 100% disabled by the VA.......AM I A VETERAN?\nTechnically???? F*ck you, dont even say the word veteran unless you are talking about one of my brothers in arms!
641467
buddy i am a vet, two tours in iraq. and i want to thank you for saying such a good american thing and having the courage to post it here. i finished my military sevice couple of weeks ago and people like you are the reason we can keep going. even though our wives leave us, we lose most of our money, never get to see our kids born and miss thier birthdays. it helps to know there are still people left that have a love for this nation we serve. its hard to put up with the things we do and most every morning we'd rather stay in bed. thanks for makeing getting up every morning worth something good. my name is sgt curtis wellman, 6 years usmc 3 years us army
994644
your question isn't very well put so i don't know exactly what you mean. but we went to iraq to help those people living under sadam who was horrible to them.
1066659
What a great question... I love how it is worded.... you pretty much got what I thought you would in terms of answers though.  \n\nI am in Iraq now as a civilian contractor after my 3rd recall since 9/11.  After my stint in Kuwait I joined the civilian team and am glad I did.\n\nHUMANIST.... I AM HERE AND HAVE BEEN AS MILITARY AND A CIVILIAN, I AM NOT TOO SCARED TO BE HERE AND I BROUGHT MY LAPTOP WITH ME.... NOW SHUT UP OR JOIN THE EFFORT.
286766
Should we still be in Germany, Italy, Korea, or Afghanistan.  Those have been over longer than Iraq and we still have people there.  We even made permanent bases there we have been there so long.  What is so different about Iraq to you people.  Stop watching the news and get some real facts based on real information not some news channel putting a spin on things.  Just to clear the record most do want our help over there.  I was guarding a demonstration of thousands of American supporters and about thirty anti-American protesters.  Guess how the news crew portrayed that seen.  To watch it on the news it looked just the opposite.
1071934
Abu Gharib ... ooooh scary, dogs barked at me, someone put underwear on my head, a woman pointed at me and laughed.  Big deal.\n\nGuantanamo ... tell me, what happened there.  FACTS, not the NewsWeek/60 Minutes lies.  Air conditioned rooms, 3 hots and a cot, meals made specially for them.  WOW that's real torture.\n\nHaditha ... you don't know what happened there, I don't know what happened.  All we know is that there has been an investigation, all of the Marines were given thumbs up on a job well done.  No soldier is being charged with anything.\n\nOK now let's look at the guys we are fighting:\n-using women/children as bombs\n-beheadings, kidnappings, REAL torture, rape\n-blowing up anything and everything with IEDs\n-these guys would kill you, your family, and everyone you know if you gave them half a chance\n\nSo before you want to wring your hands and shout THOSE POOR PEOPLE.  Look at the facts before you dump on Pres Bush and our marines and demand we leave.
634293
Keep up the good work Mr. Former Military, I support your efforts and our troops 100%.  As the guy who claims to have studied history should be able to tell you, every time we've been to war with no moral high-ground, we've had our asses handed to us.\n\nWe went to war for a lie.  I was there.  I saw the reports both before and after the data cooking.  I saw the first op-order from Rumsfeld come down the SIPR net after Bush took power telling our CO's to "get ready for desert warfare".  Between the shock of 9/11 and the propoganda campaign against Iraq I (as a 98G Arabic Analyst) was just too dumbfounded to speak at the lies being rattled off on TV...I kept hoping my Battalion CO (COL) of my MI unit, the smartest guy I knew at the time, would just get on a phone and call somebody to say "This is BS!"  He never did, not a word, only following orders.  I knew after sitting in the desert that I had to get out of the craziness.  I was lucky and was out in another year.  A buddy of mine just died 3 months ago in Afghanistan.  BRING THEM HOME!
254880
hi. i know that this is totally irrelevant to the question. but i was reading the question about any soldiers out there and you said you were an ex-solider. so i would just like to thank you and tell you i admire you
732821
I so agree with you bro, I went to Iraq in 2004 and I was in Baghdad for a year. I'm currently in college and I love my country and I love the army, but Iraq was a huge mistake It's a fucking mess over there. I hope american leaders will wake up and realize the sooner we leave the better, because its only gonna get worse over there. I prey that no more of our countrys children will have to endure anymore torture over there because this war doesn't benefit anyone. BRING THE TROOPS HOME, and OBAMA FOR 2008.
511527
so, before i say my bit, i am a Soldier... i enlisted in december 2001 a week after i turned 17.. that was 2 years before the iraq invasion started... i hate the war... i think the freedom of the country of iraq is not worth my blood or the blood of any other American.... those SOB's don't deserve my blood... they don't deserve the money we spend over there "liberating" them and they don't deserve freedom... i enlisted in the army, i learned how to speak arabic and i work in military intelligence and i've fought in iraq, afghanistan, and africa... and i'll do it again.... its not my place to think about whether the war is good or any of that crap... i'm a Soldier, a machine... i take orders and execute them with precision and without hesitation.. it makes me sad to see how many people i graduated with just have done nothing with their lives... they work at the mall or maybe at walmart and i'm pouring my blood out because my Commander in Chief has ordered me to do it... fine... i wish i was defending MY country... but anyway, our society is a bunch of Pu$$ies now... i don't know how it will change and i can only see it getting worse in the future... even the army these days is full of pu$$ies... people always complaining about "Equal Opportunity" cuz they didn't get the position they want... or the PT test is too tough for females so they lower the standard for themm.... all BS... Toughen Up!!
129700
Since I am already a vet, all it would take is for me to be called back up for some reason. Though I am past the age for rejoining currently, if we were under attack again and the rules would change, I would proudly serve and fight again.\n\n*******\n\nThe violations from the cease fire ending the hostilities from "Desert Storm" were not "lies".... This was the primary reason for the continued war action in Iraq now...
741039
I served in Afghanistan and received quite a bit of hate mail from back home. I was injured while on patrol and upon returning home had garbage and other things thrown at me as I entered the base for my discharge. Iraq is far more controversial so I am glad that I do not have to bear coming home from Iraq and receive even worse criticism. Joining the Army was my CHOICE!. You people may not like wars but you are not fighting in it so I don't know what gives anti war protesters the right to spit on me when I am only serving my country and my countrymen, including them. We are told not to argue, but I wish they would put their time to better use than standing outside all day and ridiculing the soldiers. Fortunately others and I are far too proud to take too much offense.
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Yes, this link will take you to a site that breaks it down by killed in action and wounded in action, and is regularly updated:\n\nhttp://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/
764113
My fater was in Iraq but he came home last year. I think he can interveiw. Fine me on mesenger and I will let you talk to him.