Should read:

"the best woman candidate in the country"

There are many outstanding women in this country, but they are not in politics.

I understand it more than most on this forum, having been in the service.

I understand that the one reason I'm voting Democratic this year is this reason and this reason alone. I don't expect congress to improve or our government to become this shining beacon of hope and unity.

I'll take either Senator Clinton or Senator Obama. Because they promise that it'll be done in Iraq.

No one understands how difficult it is to be in war until they've been there. And yes, we do love the job we do for the people we do effect. But we don't give a shit about the mission so much as we give a shit about the guy or lady standing next to us.

We've got their back; they've got ours.

And no. Motherhood doesn't come close. And fathers and mothers equally share in that grief. It takes a village to raise a child.

Hyperbole isn't needed when 4,000 people paid the ultimate sacrifice for no good fucking reason.

Ok. Have you faced an actual child feigning injury only to blow up and kill half your platoon or squad?

Have you faced having to trek through streets filled with people who look at you as if you're the worst person on earth? Do you have to deal with your comrades getting picked up by sniper fire in those streets?

Do you have to deal with roadside bombs that total your humvees because the government was too much of a bitch to give you the right equipment?

Did you have to deal with WOMEN WHO ARE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED COMING INTO YOUR FUCKING BASE AND BLOWING THEMSELVES UP?

Do you have to tread the line between being humane and being a brutal person who murders people because you're a-fucking-fraid to die. You can't tell who is innocent; you can't tell who's sincere.

You can't HESITATE. There are rarely second chances.

And do you know the fucking living end? When you come home and your country hates you. When your country spits on you, degrades you and calls you murderers.

Yeah. But you have it so difficult; facing the non-life ending reality of raising a child. A difficult task.

But at least when you wake up tomorrow, you know there's a great chance you'll be alright and your child will too.

But when you're fighting in a warzone where all your allies are leaving and your Commander in Chief is a fucking moron, I guess there's nothing that difficult about doing a search through someone else's home as you try to find the assholes who've been killing civilians and your brothers and sisters.

Stop playing politics with the war. Post your diaries but don't disgrace the fucking service by saying something that isn't tougher is.

For making me absolutely sick. I love your diaries because they speak to Senator Clinton's supporters well.

I've been absolutely, 100% for this site as it is and have remained civil.

But this hits me at home. And I won't let it stand until you retract that comment, banning be fucking damned.

Why would I tolerate the usage of holidays and our soldiers as a method to score political points?

I'm all for the freedom of speech and the love we show our candidates. But freedom of speech works both ways. When someone puts something controversial in the public square of discussion, don't expect those of us who know better to remain silent.

I've been friendly. I got angry here for a very specific reason. And I will get angry when we suggest childbearing and motherhood are harder than the service our national guard and armed forces give to this nation so that we may have children and raise them.