Haditha, Hamandia, The Iron Triangle, NOW FALLUJAH

I am getting weary of fighting the battles for President George Bush. The Democrats, liberals and media want us out of Iraq. The Dems have the power to pull the funding, but not the stomach. The Dems have no alternate plans or viable solutions. If they cut funding and we leave Iraq and millions are slaughtered in a civil war---who’s to blame—the Dems who cut the funding. If they can force Bush to pull out—he will shoulder the blame.

THE DEMOCRAT, LIBERAL, MEDIA PLAN- Let’s make the troops call for a pullout. If we persecute enough of the troops through trials, hearings and tribunals…the troops will quit fighting. The media has fired the first barrage. Degrade the morale of the troops by telling them they cannot win. Murtha has added his barrage by calling them cold blooded killers. O’Bama states we wantonly bomb innocent civilians. Now the NCIS has been given their shot at the war effort. Persecute as many troops as possible and the parents of our fighting personnel will call for the pull out. Sound like a conspiracy ---I SAY IT IS.

GW it is time to stand up and say—NO MORE. World opinion does not matter here- most hate us anyways. What does matter is the lives and careers of our military. These men and women are fighting the good fight. They understand the enemy. The radical Islamists who vow the destruction of all infidels. How many times do they have to declare their aggressive intentions till we pay them heed. History is on their side. From the 7th Century forward they have lashed out upon the infidel populations.

President George Bush it is time to stop the senseless persecution of our fighting men. It is time for You to fight the good fight. We ordered them to serve and they have-their sacrifices are cherished by every American citizen. Every second our troops hesitate can cost the lives of their comrades- not to mention their own life. Stop the persecution NOW.

I received a gift today.

I want to share it, and my gratitude, with you in honor of Justin’s impending Home Coming.

It is a framed original Editorial from the St. Louis Times - The Paper that Goes Home-

Monday, November 11, 1918

It’s huge, as papers of that day must have been. It belonged to my grandmother (who, as a newlywed, was waiting for my grandfather’s return). She owned the day, literally, penning “Property of (her name)”. Years later, she would relive that homecoming when her son returned from Iwo Jima and her son-in-law from the South Pacific in the second World War.

It’s titled:

WHEN THE BOYS COME HOME

The guns are silenced in Europe. Men who but a few days ago were in death grapple are sitting beside camp fires - dreaming of home, of mother, wife, children and loved ones.

The Americans who turned the tide of battle and have helped the allies win the greatest war in the world’s history may be a bit sorry that negotiations have taken the place of a triumphant march through Germany to Berlin, but they are not unconscious of the anxiety of the dear ones at home and are glad that war is over.

As the Americans sit dreaming today on tented fields, with arms stacked, they have no thought of pomp nor ceremony when once again their feet shall touch the soil they love so well. They are longing for reunion with relatives and friends and return to the peaceful pursuits from which they were called by autocracy’s assault upon Liberty.

They know now that the lead-dog of autocracy and his six unwounded sons are the despised of not only their own people but of creation. They know that these autocrats now and forever more are torn from their marble palaces and velvet throne-chairs.

They see across the Rhine a new nation in the making - a people awakened from the thrall of tyrants; a people that must be taught the first steps of freedom.

They see across the Atlantic, in America, not an exultant people - their own people - but a happy, appreciative people, glad in every way to have been able to have made the sacrifice that has brought peace to the world and the promise that wars shall be no more.

Every community shares in the victory. Many have suffered severely and the daily casualty list has brought sorrow beyond words.

St. Louis is among the cities that have known what war means - that, while going courageously on, has done so through tears for gallant men now lying beneath the lilies of France and the daisies of Flanders fields.

But now is the gladsome day. Memory’s tablet will not be erased of the brave deeds of those sleeping the sleep that knows no wakening, but from this day on ours will be the duty to plan for the home-coming of the boys who are again to step into the ranks of civil life.

Their service has been beyond price. No gold or glittering gem can repay them for what they have done.

Their pay can be only in APPRECIATION. It is that we are not only ready to show but must show in largest measure.

How it may be done has not been planned. But it WILL BE PLANNED and, though our hearts swell with gratitude, the expression of all within us must, after all, be accompanied by expenditure of money.

Naturally, arrangements for the welcome home to St. Louis soldiers will be made by a committee named by official and civic organization. The St. Louis Times wishes now to inaugurate the Home Reception movement with the suggestion that no time be lost by the Mayor in naming his preliminary committee heads.

The expenditure, however large it may be, can in no way measure up with the loss of a single life in France or on the seas, but the size of the fund will serve to make the demonstration of our love for the fighting men easier of expression.

Let our patriotic men and women begin now to plan for the hour when the St. Louis boys get here.

No happier hour will ever be known.

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You know guys, it may be unpopular, but I would like to get more feed back on this conspiracy thing. More...Lt Col Colby Vokey, SSgt Wuterich’s military defense counsel has been fired as the Regional Defense Counsel for West Coast Marines..you can read the story at DefendOurMarines by Nat Helms. do you think this may be distracting Lt Col Vokey in his duties as SSgt Wuterich’s defense counsel. a little command influence

Another...LCpl Mendoza was transferred to a reserve unit in Chicago where he awaited the Haditha Article 32’s....the same reserve unit as the lead prosecutor in the Wuterich Article 32.. Lt Col Sean Sullivan...maybe a little prepping of the witness went on in Chicago? a little pressure from the prosecution and NCIS for the “new testimony?”

Come on guys, tell me I’m way out of line or something. I think this deserves more than 12 replies.

God Bless Our Haditha Marines

Darryl Sharratt

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