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My Thank You to the Swift Vets and Vietnam Veterans...
11-3-04 | cgk

Posted on 11/03/2004 9:21:59 AM PST by cgk

... and all Vietnam Veterans.


I would like to extend my thanks to all of you as well. I was born in 1970, so never appreciated the sacrifices all of you made in my name until I listened to your story, saw your commercials, purchased your book, sent money (first time for me) and listened to other Vietnam Veterans speak out. You spoke for not only yourselves, but for those brave men who never made it home.


I grew up not understanding any of it because my stepdad served in the Navy in the war, and my mother was a flower child - against it but never in words to me. A grandfather who served in the US Navy in Korea. An uncle who served in the USMC. Those men who I knew already had my love... and because of them the military as a whole had earned my admiration.


It is the actions of individual men like you who helped earn my unshakable respect and loyalty. I found myself in this War on Terror adopting a total of 6 of our soldiers and sailors in Iraq and Afghanistan. I did it for many reasons - the most prescient one being I didn't want them to ever harbor the belief that their fight was not appreciated. That they would face the same ignorance, hatred, disrespect when they returned to their homes.


John O'Neill I was just one of the people in this country who found themselves watching channels I never seriously tuned into before (CSPAN, MSNBC, Nightline) just to hear you speak. You helped me put faces to history and for that I will be forever grateful... and forever changed.


NavyChief, I watched as you labored day after day to undo the damage a single man did to thousands and thousands - who many wished to forget.


I have many more words I cannot properly express to all of you. The hundreds of you who appealed to me - someone who wasn't there, didn't understand... to just... listen.


Thank you from my heart and soul. I can look at my baby daughter now and know that because of the actions of all of you - the bravest men I have ever seen - she is safer today.


If it was not for all of you fighting another war - another battle many of you may have not wished to fight - we may be facing a future of not just uncertainty, but feeling as if we were being led by a man without a soul.


To those men who came to fight this new battle, but had misgivings that perhaps it was best left alone - Thank you. We needed to hear you. We needed to see you. We needed to know you.


You will never be forgotten again.


God Bless all of you.


TOPICS: Military/Veterans; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: johnoneill; swiftvets; vietnamveterans
I posted this on the SwiftVets forum, but wanted to post it here as well for those Veterans who may not see it.

It's the least I can do for all you have done for me, and all of us.

1 posted on 11/03/2004 9:22:00 AM PST by cgk
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To: cgk

Beautiful... you speak for many. Thank you !


2 posted on 11/03/2004 9:25:10 AM PST by JesseJane (DEFEAT THE BIN LADEN DEMOCRATS!)
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To: cgk
I am a Vietnam Veteran of the 4th Infantry Division. As I have posted here before, on February 11, 1972 in the Atlanta airport, I was spit on by a hippie type and called a baby killer. It was years later that I learned that John Kerry was a major player and reason this happened to me. I have hated this puke since that day.

Now, I and all Vietnam veterans are vindicated. We won. I can never say to the Swifties personally, but I am as proud of my fellow military people as I can be. They were magnificent in the face of all the left, the pukes of the MSM and the socialist democratic party could throw in their faces. They stood tall. They were war veterans. They had seen combat. Many were wounded. There was nothing the pukes of the left could do or say to them that equaled the hell of combat, or what John Kerry had said about them. Today, they are victors, finally, unquestionably, they are the winners. Thank you Swifties. Thank you from the bottom of my heart! Hoooooooooooaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

3 posted on 11/03/2004 9:26:41 AM PST by RetiredArmy (WE DEFEATED THE COMMUNIST KERRY! We Vietnam Veterans ARE Vindicated. We have our revenge!)
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To: cgk

Thank you Swift Vets, you have been an inspiration during this election. All of you, are more suited to be President, than John Kerry could ever be. It is a Happy, happy day, were we just bask in the glory of the Win.

No John Kerry on 04!


4 posted on 11/03/2004 9:27:45 AM PST by AmericanMade1776 ( (( John Kerry is in full retreat)))
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To: JesseJane

Thank you. That makes me feel much better. I am still overwhelmed.

I was numb last night, and I finally had the courage to write it all down this morning. I knew they needed to hear it. It went beyond just buying their book and believing them for me. :)

I know there are lots of us who feel this way. And that makes me very grateful.


5 posted on 11/03/2004 9:29:18 AM PST by cgk (Thank you, God for answered prayers.)
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To: RetiredArmy
Now, I and all Vietnam veterans are vindicated. We won.
Yes you are, and yes you have. How can we thank you again for fighting yet another war? I didn't know until I wrote this. Thank you, and God Bless you. For your service, for your words, for your loyalty. For putting our country and all of us first, again.
6 posted on 11/03/2004 9:32:51 AM PST by cgk (Thank you, God for answered prayers.)
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To: cgk

As a Vietnam veteran I cannot express how much your words mean to me. I must admit that I have feared that Kerry would somehow become POTUS and we would once again be spat upon by the good ole U.S. of A. I thank all who have worked to defeat that self-absorbed traitor.


7 posted on 11/03/2004 9:34:40 AM PST by rj45mis
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To: cgk
I not only thank these brave men, now in their 60s, for serving their nation once again. In my view, the Swifties (and other veterans) were the key to the entire election, and I said that in advance on 30 August, right after hearing Kerry's acceptance speech.

My latest column is also a very practical thank-you to the Swifties and all veterans. Click below.

Congressman Billybob

Click for latest, "Roosting Chickens, and Results of the 2004 Election"

8 posted on 11/03/2004 9:38:59 AM PST by Congressman Billybob (Visit: www.ArmorforCongress.com please.)
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To: rj45mis

Thank you. God Bless you. It is men like you who cause me to look to the sky whenever I hear the fighter planes from Miramar and ...smile. It is men like you who made it possible for me to appreciate the true definition of freedom and sacrifice.

I am sorry for so much. I only hope that our generation - and our country - can make it up to you.

All of you have changed my life. Know that I understand now. And my daughter will too.


9 posted on 11/03/2004 9:43:12 AM PST by cgk (Thank you, God for answered prayers.)
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To: cgk

Tears of joy and gratitude as I write this...


10 posted on 11/03/2004 9:43:48 AM PST by Inspectorette
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To: cgk

Thank you. To serve my country was my honor indeed. I am still here, ready to go, if called.


11 posted on 11/03/2004 9:45:47 AM PST by RetiredArmy (WE DEFEATED THE COMMUNIST KERRY! We Vietnam Veterans ARE Vindicated. We have our revenge!)
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To: Congressman Billybob

Thank you for posting your column link. Everyone should read it. When I read it last night, it dented a bit of the numbness I was feeling at the prospect of facing another 2000 nightmare.

Whenever I see your "handle" in the forum, I peek in to see what's going on. I remember Rush quoting you once upon a time, and have always known there is wisdom to be found where you are. That and a good bit of humor.


12 posted on 11/03/2004 9:47:49 AM PST by cgk (Thank you, God for answered prayers.)
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To: All; admin
THIS, just came in my FreepMail.. fyi, yoCheese is OBVIOUSLY on crack cocaine..
Re: My Thank You to the Swift Vets and Vietnam Veterans... From yoCheese | 11/03/2004 10:32:22 AM PST replied

you poor dumb bastard.

13 posted on 11/03/2004 10:42:40 AM PST by JesseJane (DEFEAT THE BIN LADEN DEMOCRATS!)
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To: JesseJane

I just reported yoCheese, as they haven't been banned yet. Horrid.


14 posted on 11/03/2004 11:37:50 AM PST by cgk (Thank you, God for answered prayers.)
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