Posted on 05/16/2007 9:18:38 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
“He resembled his father so closely that, when you saw him, you immediately thought of Andy Sr.,” Keylor said. “His father and mother absolutely adored him.”
“When interviewed by the Globe recently, Professor Bacevich had requested that his son’s service in Iraq not be mentioned — both to limit unwanted attention on his son and to separate the father’s professional opinion from the heavy personal stakes.
Behind that request, however, “I always had the impression that he was terribly proud of his son and the service he was providing,” Keylor said.”
“Prominent”? Uh, sure.
I am saying that military service doesn't free one's statements or actions from critical review.
Oh I could just reach out and hug this young person. He looks so happy in that photo. How very sad knowing he is no longer here. His work on earth was finished and now he is resting in the arms of the Lord. We can only thank him for his service to his country and for putting himself out there to preserve our freedoms like so many before him. God bless you young fella. I will pray for your soul and for your family who are grieving with broken hearts. I am so sorry for everyone. God bless this hero and all of those who love him.
And we had no idea how hard the left would stand up for despotism and how much they’d apologize for the Islamists.
I join you...
“military service doesn’t free one’s statements or actions from critical review.”
I don’t know anyone who is saying it does, but to bring Benedict Arnold into the review is close to the line.
“military service doesn’t free one’s statements or actions from critical review.”
I don’t know anyone who is saying it does, but to bring Benedict Arnold into the review is close to the line.
He is the limit case, is he not?
sorry for the x2 posts. Damn dial-up.
What the neocoms believed might occur after the overthrow of Saddam is really beside the point. Overthrow of his government had been US policy since 1998, which is the reason why the Clintons et al came so willingly on board. Saddam had been kept in power because the Sunni Arabs wanted him to stay in power, but he refused to stay in his place and had spent 9 years fighting against the restraints put upon him. Four reasons for the failure in Iraq: (1) the Sunni Arabs were unwilling to let a Shia-dominated government stand up in Iraq, one that might lean toward Iran, but one that definitely would have reduced the Sunni Arab influence to almost zero—they the “natural” rulers of the land. So from the beginning they sent money and men into the fray to keep the fight going, with Baathists and Al Qaesa alike serving as surrogates for the Arab governments. (2) the unwillingness of the US to stand up a government from among the exiles and support it from Day-one. In 1944 the Allies had DeGaulle in their saddle-bags when they invaded France and did many times more physical damage to France than we did to Iraq. (3) We had lost the trust of the Shia when we abandoned them in 1991. (4) The electoral system we imposed on the country basically meant a government by cliques and par ties rather than by real constituencies. The Sunni politicans represent almost no one. Worst it in effect divided the country by sect and ethnic group. We would have been better off dividing the country the way the Turks did: three slices centering on the major city of south, central and North.
I feel like I should ask you again if you believe Colonel Bacevich is a traitor.
In a free society I place the “traitor” bar high. I’m sure you don’t want to put Col Bacevich in a league with Ames, Arnold and Hanssen. If you do, there’s not much of the Constitution left to defend. Free Speech above all else.
Good Lord, some of this reads like the crap they have said about Jerry Falwell.
And no, he was not a limit case. Arnold was a traitor.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1833758/posts
Thread from yesterday. There was a side bar article here:
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=1001417
Romney recalls former aide killed by IED in Iraq
By Associated Press
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 - Updated: 04:44 PM EST
What are you talking about? The old man’s criticising the war. I’ve had enough of that crap.
(2) I think Bacevich is carrying water for traitors by making the "Bush lied" style of rhetoric more palatable to non-moonbats.
I am sure he honestly believes he is doing the country a service. But he isn't.
May the spirit of God give the family of this fine young man peace over the sacrifice of their beloved son, who is now in the arms of our heavenly Father.
The time may seem long to those left behind before they are rejoined with their loved ones now in eternity, but for this brave young man, it will have only been a blink of an eye.
“And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away. (Revelation 21:4)”
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