remembering single moms in iraq on thanksgiving....

ok, so few things make me cry, but a piece in the washington post with these words was just enough.....When war started in Iraq, a generation of U.S. women became involved as never before. More than 155,000 women have served in Iraq and Afghanistan -- in a wider-than-ever array of jobs, for long deployments, in a conflict with daily bloodshed.

Among their ranks are more than 16,000 single mothers, according to the Pentagon, a number that military experts say is unprecedented.

How these women have coped and how their children are managing have gone little-noticed as the war stretches across a fourth year.

The notion that our economy and cultural setup is such that single mothers have no choice but to go to war to support their families is beyond words.....only tears can do justice to such a reality......when the army pays more than minimum wage, few reasonable people with mouths to feed will turn down the cash.....and at such a cost.......