Just image if you was in Iraq in 100 + degrees. I went to go mow my mother n law lawn and my brothers. I left at 8:00 am to try to beat the sun. My mother n laws house has a fairly small yard. The front yard is about 20ft X 20ft and the back is about 60ft x 20ft. It only took me an hour to cut it, edge it and weed eater along the fence. My mouth was dry and I was thirsty. I dint bring anything to drink because I dint think I need it. Boy was I wrong. Now its 9:30 am and the sun is coming out from the clouds. I am at my brothers house. And he has a huge back yard. Its like 50 yards long and about 40 ft wide. The front was fairly small and I got done with that. in like 15 min. I looked at the temperature and it was 89 degrees. I was breaking a sweat wearing a white muscle a shirt.As I was heading towards the back I  found a water hose. I had to wet my hair and water down my face. It was just too hot. And I was very thirsty. I didnt want to drink the water fearing I get sick. So I hurry and mowed the back yard. Oh, I forgot to mention. I have a push mower. Not one of them sit down ones. I cant afford them even though that be a whole lot easier. It took me 45 min to mow the back. and it was 91 degrees. I am a healthy 38 year old male and there is no way I can see how our troops sit there and bear the heat like that.
     Now just image what our troops in Iraq is going through. I see on news in the past that it gets over 100 degrees there. And they have to wear extra gear and vests to protect themselves from bullets. I want to take a moment and praise our troops for their bravery whether they volunteered to go there or not. Not only do they have to fight the heat, but they also have to avoid the insurgents and road side bombs. If you have not noticed, most our troops are getting killed by these road side bombs aka IED ( Improvised Explosive Devise ) these past months. I just hope They bring our troops home very soon. There are too many soldiers families that lost loves ones and they lives will never be the same. And When they do come home, I pray that they keep their sanity. God only knows what they seen and what they go through and we civilians won't know half the things they went through because they either won't talk about it or not allowed to given orders from their superiors.With that in mind just remember, respect our soldiers and their immediate families. After all, they are defending our country and too many lives have already been lost.

-RK-