All over the world there are soldiers deployed to help maintain or make peace in war ravaged countries. There are many different attitudes to being deployed – some sees is as a positive experience and some as something they regret.
Sarah Palin, who, when the text was written, was both John MacCain’s vice-presidential running mate and the governor of Alaska, tells, in text 1, about how her own son Track served in the army and was deployed to Iraq. She talks about what drives young men and women, to fight in a country on the other side of the world instead of being out partying with their friends. For her own son she thinks the motivation is to be found in the family, and his wish that his younger siblings shall grow up in a more peaceful world.
Palin means that, because America is build on the idea “[…] that all human beings have a God-given right to be free […]” the American soldiers work for “a cause bigger than themselves”, when they sacrifice for the military. Therefore she thinks that everybody should support the soldiers, as they work hard to defend “[…] the idea of America itself.”
Tim Kahlor, who is the father to former deployed Army Sergeant Ryan Kahlor, used to agree with the point of views of Palin and thought that fighting for your country was a patriotic thing to do. But as he expresses in text 2, his opinion has changed drastically after his son has returned from Iraq. Ryan Kahlor has suffered from all kind of disorders after his deployment in Iraq, both physical and mental. He has been diagnosed with PTSD and traumatic brain injury. He has been treated for his PSTD in an intensive 65-day group program with other veterans. But although he has now begun to recover, his parents, who encouraged him to join the army in the first place, regret that they ever allowed him to sign up. They do not think that the patriotic aspect in any way makes up for all the problems afterwards.
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