Intelligent Discontent

• Written by: Bob FunkMay 7th, 2008
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• Category:Iraq War
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Parents of a soldier from Oregon, who is serving in Afghanistan, came home to find a three minute long phone message of a firefight their son was involved in. The soldier’s phone pressed redial during the firefight, which he and his unit made it out of safely, and called his parents.

The story is so shocking because one can not imagine the horror these parents faced while trying to get a hold of their son.

Phillips’ mother, Sandie Petee, and her husband, Jeff Petee, were not at home at the time of the call. When they checked their voice mail, they heard the shooting.

“His friend died a year ago in Iraq and I’m thinking, ‘Oh my God, this may be the last time I hear my son’s voice on the phone,’” Sandie Petee said.

After reading the AP article about the incident, I found myself thinking about how detached we, as the civilian populous, are from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Firefights and battles happen every day, but sometimes it takes a unintentional phone call to remind us of that fact.