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I ask everyone’s indulgence and forbearance for combining my comments to several people in one post. Not feeling well either, snugs, so I hope you’ll understand my effort to conserve some energy.

1. First, snugs, my presence here has been a bit intermittent so it is so good to see you here again! Seeing your name evokes so many memories of past threads from more hopeful times, when in addition to discussing issues we were treated to pics of those mouthwatering recipes from the loveliest, classiest “Cheney chick” I ever had the privilege of meeting... /g

I regret the difficulties your Dad is enduring, but am thankful, as I know he is, that he has such a wonderful daughter to help him through his trials. You have my deepest respect and admiration. I will keep you both in my prayers that God’s Blessings will continue to be with you and strengthen and comfort you both.

2. bray, congratulations on your win. I likewise greatly admire you for all your efforts in fighting to preserve our country, and hope this new position will enable you to even more effectively take the fight to the enemy. Keep up the good fight, as I know you will!

3. rodguy911, always a pleasure to see you and share ideas. My comment here is re: Petraeus you’ve mentioned here. What we’re seeing is a purge of our top military command officers by the Obama regime in order to remove any whose absolute personal loyalty to him may be in doubt.

Unlike many here I’ve never been a fan of Petraeus. His COIN military doctrine and insane ROI’s (Rules of Engagement) have always been fatally flawed and have gotten far too many of our people killed and mangled. His “surge victory” was essentially a PR confabulation, and trying to apply it to Afghanistan has been suicidal.

That said, that fact he and several other top command officers are being set up and removed sets up a truly dangerous situation for our country. The US military has been one of the last remaining institutions of our government which has retained the respect of most of the people, and if Obama is able to successfully destroy that bond of trust between our military and the populace then he’ll be free to remove those who still honor their oaths to the Constitution and replace them with his toadies.

This strategy of purging their military commands of principled officers worked well for Hitler and Stalin, the only difference is we aren’t shooting ours... yet, just disgracing them and destroying their careers and credibility should they try to come forward and tell the truth about things. This is a truly dangerous situation, as has been discussed in some of the info I sent you earlier.

4. AB! - as always, my thanks to you for providing this thread and oasis of sanity and civility on FR. I’ve met some of the finest folks I’ve known right here, and thoroughly enjoyed the company and discussion. For those whose names I don’t list here, know that you are many and you are all appreciated.

I will try to visit when I can, but my health and strength is failing and when I finally fade away I wanted to make sure I’d told you how much I’ve appreciated the privilege of getting to know you and everyone here and being allowed to participate in such fine company. God Bless you all, and God Bless America.