Take a breath, America.

Alright guys I am going to try really hard to not go on a long rant but I feel as though I need to vent a little bit about election day.

We are a nation of results and "what have you done for me lately".  NO ONE CARES who brought the idea up, just help us! There are people legitmately struggling, wondering if they are going to be able to keep their house or even put food on the table for their family.  That isn't right, Im only 26 (almost 27..wow) but I can't remember a time like this in my lifetime.  It really is scary, take into account what is happening Europe with their financial crisis, Earth is going to have a tough time if American politics keep up like this. I wish that politics would adopt the attitude of most of the people here in Afghanistan which is: "Well that doesn't make any sense but we have to get it done so we will do it."  In the end, no one will care how the problem was solved or who came up with it, only that the problem was fixed.

Perhaps the most ridiculous thing I have seen is the reaction from the American public.  How obnoxious is everyone? I had no idea everyone worked for CNN as a political analyst and apparently every American went back to school and got a doctorate in political science! Seriously? Relax guys because I can almost guarantee you that only about 15-25% of you even paid attention 5 months ago and in another month everyone can go back to worrying more about American Idol than who is President, enough with the Facebook statuses about how screwed our country is or how insanely excited you are that Obama got re-elected.  Think about what this country accomplished that seemed impossible at the time!  We beat the greatest military the world has ever known at the time (twice) to gain our independence, we survived a brutal Cival War to end slavery, rebuilt and became the strongest union ever.  We slipped into the Great Depression and survived by re-dedicating our lives to making it work no matter what, we freed Europe from what was seen as an unstoppable force of evil by planning the most daring military campaign ever seen by man.  Now we are saying "Well the guy we wanted for President had different ideas than who is President so our country is done."  Wrong answer, the second we accept that idea we may as well just call it a day and move to Canada because that is the complete OPPOSITE of what Americans have done in the past.  My grandfathers and yours didn't fight in World War II to have that kind of mentality, guys here in Afghanistan now don't have that mentality regardless of who are President is, we have a job to do and we will be damned if we quit because things didn't go our way.  Suck it up.  Drive on. 

Just the opinion of a dumb soldier in Afghanistan..go on about your days and don't forget to thank GOD everyday that you live where you do and you actually get the option to choose your leaders, many don't and many have died to keep that a reality.

RANT OVER..