All's Fair in Love and War

All’s fair in Love and War

We have all realized, at one point, that war is a part of our society; it is a part of our lives whether we want to admit it or not. In the times that we are in today the only way to be a hero is to do something charitable, or to stand up for your political beliefs. The sad truth is that our society today no longer accepts the war aspect as being a hero. In my eyes a person that is brave and courageous to risk their lives for someone is definitely a hero. Not only are these brave men and women risking their lives for others, they have lives of their own. Did anyone care to ask the question, does he have a family at home? Does he have a wife, a girlfriend? That doesn’t matter nor do people really care. You yourself chose to be in the Army so the job requirement is to leave and be gone for a long time if necessary. Most people do not understand but loneliness is one of the things that these soldiers experience. Getting close to anyone is a risk of them leaving because you were gone for so long, or isolating yourself from people because you are afraid to have close friends or even start a family to only receive a phone call that you have to leave for a long time. No ordinary civilian understands the hardship of a soldier unless they have experienced it or known someone that has been through it. I know a man of such hardship, a man who has lost friends in battle, and lost women he loved because they couldn’t handle the pressure of a wait. This “wait” as we both call it, is a long period of time in which a woman, in most cases, has to wait for her soldier to come back. Now this sounds easy and uncomplicated, but it is the hardest thing a woman could do. At first, you are sad and you cry occasionally. Then as months go by you start to feel lonely and worried because you haven’t heard from him in a long time; a month or two is usually the timeframe but in extreme circumstances a lot longer. This man that I so fondly