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I was sent this on Facebook, it’s so appropriate I wanted to share. I attempted to find the original author but it only led me to this page which is where it evidently originated. Was a marine. I followed the link to the YouTube page but that link is closed. I am not sure if the Marine closed it or YouTube.
1 posted on 10/17/2020 10:56:10 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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2 posted on 10/17/2020 10:59:08 AM PDT by VastRWCon (Fake News)
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I agree that letters like this are well said/written but I think a more effective way to deal with the problem by telling something to the players is education on Marxism and their Marxist manipulators.


3 posted on 10/17/2020 11:00:38 AM PDT by \/\/ayne (I regret that I have but one subscription cancellation notice to give to my local newspaper)
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Great thanks for posting.


4 posted on 10/17/2020 11:01:47 AM PDT by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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I tried posting to FB and a note came up from Oath keepers that it was against their community standards.


5 posted on 10/17/2020 11:06:25 AM PDT by Rappini (Compromise has its place. It's called second.)
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I never really cared about football or what the players did during or after their games. To me, those of us who did serve in combat, were in the ultimate contest - where lives and bodies were lost in the support of the country we were trying to protect and our country's national interest.

Kid's games are just that - and hold no interest to me. Where those games are used as platforms for either pretend patriotism or political posturing doesn't matter. They are insignificant.

6 posted on 10/17/2020 11:09:55 AM PDT by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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Thanks very much, FRiend - snagged and saved it ass a Word doc.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

7 posted on 10/17/2020 11:16:15 AM PDT by ConorMacNessa (FMF Corpsman - Lima 3/5 RVN 1969 - St. Michael the Archangel defend us in Battle!)
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meh

All I see are overpaid asshats


10 posted on 10/17/2020 11:37:53 AM PDT by ASOC (Having humility really means one is rarely humiliated)
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Thank you for posting this letter.


11 posted on 10/17/2020 11:44:43 AM PDT by JayGalt (You can't teach a donkey how to tap dance. Nemo me impune lacessit!)
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Trump 2020 A Man vs. A Movement

Tom Klingenstein explains why 2020 may be the most consequential election since 1860—and why President Trump is the man most uniquely suited to the moment.

This video is a MUST SEE for ALL Republicans, US Marines and Patriots:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_4n_MmNdxA&feature=youtu.be&fbclid=IwAR2FPVnGVspYIU0KFAaXBICNZeLjJ1CEEBxR-8AtJru45KH8Cz-hhqGuy78


12 posted on 10/17/2020 11:46:58 AM PDT by Candor7 ((Obama Fascism:http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html))
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I see you… I see you, professional football player, as you kneel down during the playing of the National Anthem… I see you, with your arm raised in protest… I see you thinking you are doing something to unite people over social and racial injustice. I see you… But, more than that here is what I really see… I see a man pushing the wheels of his wheelchair as he returns home from a foreign land unable to function as he once did, due to fighting to protect you as you kneel on the ground.

I see a young widow, dressed carefully in black, mourning the remains of her husband, hugging a coffin on the tarmac of an airport. I see that same woman clutching a perfectly folded flag to her bosom as taps is played at his graveside. I see her young son, tears streaming down his face knowing his father would never come home again. I see graveyards full of tombstones, here and overseas, with names of those fallen, with dates showing a much too early death. I see so many, from so many different wars and conflicts, crosses and stones. They are too numerous to count. I see the sacrifices made, the hearts broken, the tears shed, the shattered lives all in the name of freedom… all in the name of that red, white and blue piece of cloth that you choose to protest. Social and racial injustice?

You who make millions of American dollars for playing a game in a country where you have more opportunity to make a better life for you and your family than anywhere in the world? Really? The hypocrisy of it astounds me. First of all, if you really want to protest, give your money and time to make changes. Give to those less fortunate than you. Help those people get an education, buy them food and shelter. Show them opportunities to make better decisions. Teach them that they have a purpose in life. If you really want to protest injustices… Protest the treatment of veterans, who have to wait extremely long periods of time for healthcare, who are living under interstate bridges, in boxes, who are committing suicide. Today over twenty of them will take their lives out of hopelessness and despair. There is no greater injustice than that.

Protest the loss of religious rights as some atheist complained so much that public prayer by a group of young players on an athletic field is not allowed. When I see that flag, when I hear that song, when I sing those words, I give homage to those who died for this land, who continue to protect this land, who don’t know if and when they will ever see their loved ones again.

Some say that they died for your freedom so that you can take a knee. I say they died for your freedom so you can stand proudly and be thankful that God has blessed you enough that you can live in a country of so much opportunity. Go ahead… Go ahead and kneel… Go ahead and be ungrateful. I am watching… As are millions and millions of others. We don’t see a protest of unity… we see a protest of disgraceful ignorance. I Copied and pasted

14 posted on 10/17/2020 12:38:06 PM PDT by al baby (Hi Mom Hi Dad)
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It galls me when these idiots talk about wearing ‘’uniforms’’ while they make millions playing a kids game. Our military wears a uniform. Police officers wear a uniform. These clowns? They're wearing a costume.
15 posted on 10/17/2020 12:39:13 PM PDT by jmacusa (If we're all equal how is diversity our strength?)
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Just bookmarked it.

Thanks!


16 posted on 10/17/2020 1:11:08 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (In these trying times, "Give me Liberty or Give me eDeath!")
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Add my name to the ‘ditto list’.

Terry L. Smith, USAF, SSgt. 1970-1980.
635th Combat Support Group, RTNAF. U-Tapao, Thailand.
35th Tactical Fighter Wing, George AFB, CA.


22 posted on 10/17/2020 3:47:31 PM PDT by Terry L Smith
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Paragraphs are our friends.


24 posted on 10/17/2020 6:34:53 PM PDT by Fledermaus (ONLY A MORON THINKS 6 FEET IS A MAGIC NUMBER!)
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bump

25 posted on 10/17/2020 8:10:37 PM PDT by Songcraft
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