Posted on 01/18/2009 3:05:52 AM PST by Allegra
Thanks for all of your stories, and happy anniversary!
But, have you found your socks?
More than a vanity , Allegra.
You just plain Rock.
PS..I am going to shamelessly steal this post and make sure Blackfive knows about it.
Excellent writing! Thanks for sharing this.
The US has made a profound difference in the lives of the Iraqi people. What you describe about the freedom they have to vote now is but ONE reason our brave men and women fight.
You all make us very proud and humbled.
Nam Vet
It’s been an honor to converse with you here on FR. It’s people like you that made Iraq a success.
Happy 5th anniversary Allegra.....great article!
Another great article, Allegra!
Keep up the good work, and stay safe!
Thanks Allegra!
Allegra. A gentle kiss to your forehead from me. You have served with honor.
Great story Allegra!
God’s speed to you on your way home, and thank you for your work for Iraq and for us.
Best Regards,
AR
OMG! I LOVED reading this!
Thank You for your beautiful essay and for your tireless service! I hope the Iraqi people understand what kind of devotion it took you and our troops to bring this to fruition!
Randy Larsen
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Thank you Allegra, we can never repay you for your sacrifices. Hope you know your in our prayers. Here is one from the Libray for you:
The Elian Gonzalez betrayal was the perfect example of the difference between the Rat Party and we Republicans. Our outrage for sending an orphan boy whose mother literally gave her life for her son to breath freely was forced back to a brutal dictator by the Rats. The Dems threw everything at this boy including breaking the law and an American family’s door down at gunpoint to throw this helpless boy back to slavery. Conversely President George W Bush has risked everything while being called every name in the book to bring Freedom to 25 million enslaved human beings. One 10 year old boy sent back to Castro’s prison island vs 25 million saved from Saddamn’s torture is Democrat vs Republican.
The Dems say they are for Freedom from all dictators however their actions defy their words. Not one time in the past half billion freed slaves have they been on the right side of history. How difficult is it to wish Freedom for an enslaved people??? The truth is that they say they are for freedom, but they are only against dictators who are friends of America, while supporting every tyrant that hates America. This is what happens to you when you believe any means justifies your ends.
America and especially the Military has made one of the greatest accomplishment in history. They have freed a people who was tortured and brutalized under a madman to be given their freedom with no expectations. These people would be shot for marking ballots the way they did. The soldiers who freed these people and gave their lives for this cause did it for the most noble of causes. They went in to protect our Country and World from the greatest terrorist dictator on the face of the planet and to free the people while attempting to establish Democracy. They met and exceeded all of their goals. These soldiers are heroes for all times and deserve our deepest respect and congratulations. Their families must be busting with pride.
Any political party in a democracy that cannot accept the joy and value of millions of people voting freely for the first time in their lives has lost it’s perspective. The joy and happiness on the Iraqis’ faces should be evident enough, but the Rats have to turn it into an attack on Bush’s policy. How difficult would it be for this Party to say they may have been wrong about the election and the freeing of 25 million people was a great thing for our Troops whom, they “support.” The very least they could have done was to acknowledge that the terrorists are evil and our Troops are the Freedom Fighters.
The truth is that the CommucRats do not want freedom for other countries or even this Great Country. Their ideal utopian model is fashioned after Communist China, Cuba and Russia even though they knew they were evil, the ends justified the means. Like China they see it as a great equalizer if everyone is dirt poor as long as the Inner Circle (them) is taken care of. If you take a look at the clinton Inner Circle you could see the formation of their form of gummit. They wanted to eliminate private healthcare while raising taxes to redistribute income and sending the middle class to poverty. Meanwhile, their Inner Circle; those that survived, became multi-millionaires.
This Party does not want Freedom for anyone. They opposed the bringing down of the Wall, the Vote in Nicaragua, the Protection of Elian, the Overthrow of Saddamn and have been completely exposed by the vote in Iraq. What people have they ever stood up for who are oppressed?? This is a Party that is an establishment devoid of any values or ideas other than the blind obsession of power.
George W Bush and we Republicans were right about the people of Iraq also yearning to breath freely. We are the Party of optimism and willing to take on challenges bigger than ourselves. While the Dems continue to wallow in the quagmire of failed ideologies and broken programs, we are working to make the Greatest Country in the World even better. If a Political Party does not want Freedom for the oppressed of the World it does not want Freedom for America.
While we ride with the Angels in the Whirlwind they are mired in the tar pits of Vietnam. Thanks to the Rats, Elian Gonzales is a slave again under the murderous dictator Castro while under GW fifty million former brutalized and raped slaves are voting their own futures and feeling the cool breeze of freedom. Perhaps one day we will see the statue of Saddamn replaced by Lady Liberty Raising her Flame High for all the World to Dream.
Pray for W and Allegra
Thank you for the good work, and for sharing some of your first hand account of history in the making, Allegra. So glad that I saw your post!
It takes special folks. God bless you all - civilian and military.
And my money's on him succeeding.
Wonderful report, Allegra! Thanks.
If you have a “Totally shameless vanity ping” list I’d love to be added.
Thanks for all you do there gal. 8^D
We were trying to keep it that way. ;-)
I don’t think I’ve ever seen a vanity so worthy of posting.
Thank you, Allegra, for your reports from Iraq. Thank you, too, for your diligence on this forum.
Mostly, thank you for your service to the USA and to the wonderful people of Iraq.
You didn’t have to be there, but you chose to go.
You’re a very admirable young lady.
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