Follow Up

Right Up Front ^ | 05/05/2008 | Katy L Vidales

[KatyLoraleyVidales]

The following was a comment I received from a reader with regards to my article Self Loathing Patriots. It is a bit long and does contain some vulgar language, but is definatley worth reading. It goes a long way to show how we are truely viewed around the world by those people who do matter, rather than we Michael Moore and Nancy Pelosi would have us believe we are viewed as...

"“Before I came over here I thought we (the Australian Army) were pretty hot.. was I ever wrong!...The Yanks (I hope you don’t mind me using that word) are so professional from the top to the bottom that it is almost embarrassing to be in their company, and to call yourself a soldier... don’t get me wrong, we are good at what we do but the Yanks are so much better... they are complete at what they do, how they do it and their attitude is awesome... they don’t complain they just get on with the job and they do it right.... I carry a Minimi (SAW) so I am not real worried about a confrontation but I tell you I feel safer just knowing that the US Army is close by... If we got into trouble I know that our boys would come running and we could deal with it but they would probably be passed by a load of Hummers. No questions asked, no glory sought, the Americans would just fight with us and for us because that is their nature, to protect those in need of protection... We use the American Mess so you could say that we are fed by the Americans... they have every right to be pissed at that but they don’t bi…tch they just make us feel as welcome as possible...

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I hope the troops get to read that.

[KatyLoraleyVidales]

We actually have a member of the military who writes for the blog, so I’m sure that they will.