I was gentle with
this one. No profanities in it at all.
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Since you're the ONLY poster who's reply wasn't filled to the lip with profanities, I'll be gentle.
But, I'm always gentle -see what it gets me?
moral support isn't what the troops need most (back home)
I'm not going to verbally attack you, bit I'd ask if you could please read a few excerpts from the most recent letter home from one of our heroes:
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I am fortunate enough to receive The Ridgefield Press every few weeks and enjoy keeping abreast of the local issues currently pressing in our small town. I am a U.S. Marine Infantryman currently serving in Fallujah, Iraq, and my mother usually includes The Press in the many care packages she sends me.
My primary concern is the assertion that these individuals support the troops in Iraq but not our mission. It boggles my mind that this logic is actually utilized on a large scale.
Supporting the troops but not the war is like saying that you support filmmakers but not making films. One cannot claim to support an individual in a given profession but not support what the said profession entails. This is essentially a slap in the face to those in the service.
We have received phone cards, hygiene supplies, food, etc. from members of state and local government, radio stations, schools, private individuals and organizations, but never once from any group claiming to “support the troops, but not the war.”
Publicly protesting our efforts in Iraq fuels the insurgency. Doing it under the pretext of “supporting our troops” is disgraceful.
I think I speak for an overwhelming majority of our troops when I ask organizations like The Ridgefield Coalition to Stop the War to discontinue using Marines, soldiers, airmen and sailors as a means to serve a political end.
You are neither supporting us nor honoring us. You are doing the exact opposite.
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You can Google the name, "Anthony Ippoliti," and find a lot of things written about him, but none by CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN or the rest of the major media outlets. Why isn't this getting out? Isn't it newsworthy?
You can also Snopes the man's name; nothing there, either. Not an urban legend.
And there are many more letters such as this one.
I posted the link to the original letter. Please read the whole thing
Gyaos
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But not this one. Sometimes they make it SOOO easy!
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I think it is pretty funny that studies show areas of little education vote red and areas of higher education vote blue. The dumb "patriotic" hicks vote for republicans; and if they knew any better they would vote for a system that at least entertains thoughts of national health care and other safety nets that their poor families need, instead of a system that wants private interests to take over and make it impossible for the poor to ever own anything.
Yeah, that's right. We, "Red states," are just sooo ignorant and uneducated, but.....
What does that say about the, "Blue states," not being able to win the last three elections? HMMMM?
Gyaos
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It's like they aren't even trying.
Fish in a barrel.