The mother of the first Navy Seal to die in Iraq writes a letter to General Martin Dempsey in reaction to what he had to say about the town of Ramadi.
General Dempsey make remarks in response to the possibility of Ramadi falling under the Islamic State. Dempsey would say that "Ramadi isn't symbolic in any way. If it does fall under the control of the Islamic state that doesn't mean that the campaign is over." The mother of Marc Lee who was killed back on August 2nd, 2006 wasn't too pleased with this answer. Lee's mother believes that because the city of Ramadi mattered so much to her son and his fellow soldiers that it should mean something to not only the general but to Congress as well. Not to mention all the soldiers that were able to come home alive but still had lost limbs and are currently live with PTSD as well as many other life changing mental illness'. The families who lost a loved one aren't the only ones that are suffering with a situation like this one.
To me this was a very interesting read because even though we are pulling more and more soldiers out of the Iraq and Afghanistan area, doesn't mean that there isn't affects of the war going on. There is still obvious violence with the Islamic state happening and because we aren't over there offering protection the state that we help build is just going to crumble right back down.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2015/04/20/open-letter-from-mother-first-navy-seal-killed-in-iraq-to-general-martin/
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