SOLDIER'S LETTER TO JOHN KERRY

Focus on Freedom ^ | 20040214 | Michael Connelly

[MarkeyD]

Kerry sucks.

[soozla]

"Kerry sucks"

My sentiment, E-X-A-C-T-L-Y!

[PISANO]

A big bump for a thought provoking letter from a proud veteran of a great military family.

[gumboyaya]

Great post,super letter, thanks Mike.

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

I served from '70 to '73, (SF Sniper Corps) and the day I would vote for the likes of an opportunist boy-toy like Kerry, is the day I would hand the country I risked my life for, over to the Enemy.......NEVER!

[Bahbah]

This is a great letter. Spread the news, John Kerry is a danger to our country and to our fighting men and women.

[Zechariah11]

Kerry -- the choice of foreign leaders who hate the USA.

[Cannoneer No. 4]

ping

[UltraKonservativen]

Hanoi John is despicable

[international american]

Good show!!

[kellynla]

Great letter. Thanks for posting it!

Semper Fi,
Kelly

Viet Nam Veterans Against John Kerry
http://www.vietnamveteransagainstjohnkerry.com

[cubreporter]

Beautiful letter and...thanks to your father and your four sons. You should send this letter to every TV station, Radio station, Newspaper and wherever else you can get it out there. You should call 60 minutes and ask for time to read it. Or...call the tonight show or David Letterman and ask if you can read it. Or...call Oprah or Katie and see if you can get time on air to read it nationally. Then the people can decide for themselves. Think they would do it for you? I would pursue it big time.

Congratulations for being so forthright, honest and courageous enough to confront kerry. YOU deserve a medal. God bless.

[DrDeb]

This letter says it all -- thanks for posting it!!!

[U S Army EOD]

I know of soldiers in Vietnam that were dogs handlers. Usually when one of these people rotated home their dogs were destroyed since that was the only person the dog had bonded on in an intense situation.

A lot of these men EXTENDED THEIR TOURS SO THEY COULD STAY WITH THEIR DOG so it would not be put down. Kerry cut out after only four months, as he didn't have the balls to stay with his crew and shipmates. What a looser.

Who would want him in charge of anything?

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

My oldest boy came home from Iraq with numerous commendations and then proceeded to volunteer to go to Afghanistan and from there back to Iraq again. My sons and father have never had anything but the highest regard and respect for their fellow soldiers. Yet, you came home to publicly charge our fighting men with being war criminals and to urge their defeat by the enemy. You even wrote a book that had a cover which mocked the heroism of the United States Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima. Our current crop of soldiers has a philosophy that no one gets left behind, and they have practiced that from Somalia to the battlefields of the Middle East. Yet as chairman of a Senate committee looking into allegations that many of your fellow servicemen had been left behind as prisoners in Vietnam, you chose to defend the brutal Vietnamese regime.

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~ To America's Soldiers ~

 An open letter by Barbara J. Makuch

 

I want to thank you for my existence. I want to thank you for your sacrifices, and for your courage, because without your heroism, this world would indeed be a different place. Were it not for the brave soldiers who liberated my father from Dachau, and my mother and her family from the Nazi slaveholders, I would not be here today. Nor would millions of others, all of whom remain indebted to you.

My mother and her family lived under the boot of the Soviets, then became slave laborers for the Nazis. Beaten, starved and terrorized, they could only hope for freedom. My father died a young man. Four years of terror and torture in Dachau left its mark on him. My uncle died at the hands of the Soviets, a bullet in his chest because he refused to remove a cross from the wall. My grandfather died in the U.S.S.R., never having been allowed to leave. He never saw his wife, children or grandchildren again.

When American and Allied forces bombed Nazi Germany, the slaves, prisoners of war and concentration-camp inmates cheered. They were forced to work the fields and in the factories even as the bombers flew overhead. Yet they cheered. They knew that their liberation was at hand. Even as they knew they might not live to see their freedom, they cheered. The miserable existence that they endured under the boot of the Nazis and the Soviets would not break their spirit or resolve, or their love of the soldiers who were losing their lives to liberate them. They prayed for their liberators, never faltering in the belief that they would succeed.

I asked my mother what she thought of war. "It is a terrible thing, but if it means freedom to those who have none, if it means safety for the world, then there is no question what has to be done," She said. "Those who have not suffered under the terror of oppression, those whose lives have been privileged and free, will never understand the sacrifices of those who died for liberty and freedom. It is easy to criticize our leaders from the safety, warmth and comfort of their homes and mansions. While they eat the bread of America, and benefit from the democracy and freedom of speech afforded us by this great nation, they show the ultimate disrespect toward our President and our troops."

An elderly and wise woman, my mother is forever grateful for her life. She is ill, her body ravaged by the hell she went through as a young woman, yet she still has the fight in her that kept her a survivor. The values she instilled in me gave me the courage to serve my country, giving back a small part of what had been given to me.

I remember, as a child, the packages of aid that came to our refugee camp in Germany. Huge tins of processed cheese, warm blankets, dried milk and sometimes chocolate. When the soldiers came, they would give us a stick of gum, a huge smile and a wink. I remember their uniforms; they were handsome and oh so dashing! We were a poor bunch of little kids, but we giggled shyly and tried to communicate. They patted our heads or picked us up to hug us. It wasn't occupation, it wasn't arrogance, it wasn't domination; it was kindness, it was dedication to their cause of freedom, and it was their love of humanity. And it left a lasting impression on me.

As I look upon the faces of our military today, these courageous men and women, brave, compassionate yet fierce in their cause to liberate the Iraqi people, I pray for them all. American, British, Australian, Polish and the scores of others who are facing yet another tyrant. My heart swells with pride and love for those who have given up so much to make this world a better place.

There is no country in the world that can say Americans, when they came to liberate a land, forced our language, culture or religions on anyone. Those of us who chose to embrace this wonderful land do so wholeheartedly, without coercion or force. We do it because we are true patriots. We know what sacrifices were made for our freedom.

May God protect and keep you in his care so that you return to your loved ones. May your families have the support and love of this country we call land of the brave and the home of the free, and may the people of the world never forget the ultimate sacrifice of our troops.

Ms. Makuch received the FBI's Lewis E. Peters Memorial Award in 1992 for her two decades as a double agent spying on the Soviets.

 

[Eva]

Here's another letter to John Kerry. An Open Letter to John Kerry

[GrandEagle]

Trying to think of something to add..... Can't except:
AMEN!!!

[Perseverando]

Here's another letter received by friends and family this week. It means a great deal to me.

Compared to this Marine, Kerry is ??????

Never mind! How do you even try to compare Kerry to Marines of this caliber?

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HAITI SITREP, 3/11/04 (One Marine's Perspective)
Letter to a Marine's family and friends
Posted: March 11, 2004
Author: A fine young Warrior!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1105548/posts


040311/1800

To My Family and Friends,

I hope this letter finds you all in good health and enjoying the many blessings our Lord has provided for you each. Though I cannot remember the last time I felt homesick, I do miss each of you uniquely. I greatly look forward to such a time that we may all be reunited in fellowship, though as I await that joyous day I receive comfort in knowing that I am guarded with prayer and my strength is bolstered through my pursuit of and surrender to the infallible will of God.

Work here is routine, our purpose in Haiti is to help protect the people while trying to identify and neutralize an ambiguous enemy threat.

Up to this point we have been very reserved in our approach. I have been volunteering to participate in many vehicular patrols, usually at least one or two per day. Patrols have been receiving enemy fire on a daily basis and one of the companies had to fight through an ambush two nights ago.

We have received no casualties as of yet, though I was very nearly run over at a roadblock on Monday. We had just finished dispersing a large mob and we were to occupy the street for one hour to ensure the mob did not re-form.

The vehicle patrol I was with set up a roadblock to keep the street clear in case there was more violence. About twenty minutes later I was able to stop two gang-banger types from dragging a fourteen-year-old girl down an alley, likely to rape her.

Shortly afterwards we had one vehicle, out of all that were stopping and turning around because of the roadblock, decided we would move for him. Ignoring the warnings, headlights flashing at him, Marines waving their arms, showing their weapons and commanding the vehicle to stop, he came straight for us.

At about 15 meters we opened fire on the car and having never hit the brakes until then, the car came to a stop ten feet away from my legs. A Marine to my left had shot both front tires and the engine in an attempt to disable the vehicle and I, being directly in the car's path, put seven rounds into the driver. Our corpsman ran up to the scene after we had secured the vehicle and detained the passenger, and he administered medical aid to the driver, but he was unable to stabilize him. The next morning another mob burned the body and then flipped and burned several cars.

There is Anarchy over here, police kill as many civilians as the criminals do, there are miles of dilapidated shanties everywhere, sewage runs through the streets, and mountains of trash spread disease and filth as they pile higher and higher at every street corner.

So far, my Battalion has been taking a reactive approach, patrolling around hoping to see visible weapons, riots or crime in progress, or have shots taken at us then we react and hope to catch or neutralize the threat. We could be here for ten years and accomplish nothing with that approach.

Thankfully, it seems they have realized this and the powers-that-be are sending us out tonight to set ambush for the enemy in their own backyard. More dangerous? Probably, but I believe it will be more effective and we will be able to sooner focus on the task of helping the Haitians.

My request for all of you is that when you decide to say a prayer for me, please include the people here, they need all the help and intercession they can get.

Never take for granted the blessings and freedoms we have as American Citizens, I love you all and I hope to be home within the next couple months.

(Name deleted for privacy reasons))

[BushisTheMan]

Kerry is a worthless POS who mocks our fine military.

When purple hearts and medals should be a badge of courage, Kerry has mocked the medals by likely by applying for the medals himself (until he opens his military records, we will never know for sure).

While other soldiers fight bravely, he tried to go to school in Paris. Failing that, he volunteered and was placed on a ship out in sea...that I have no problem with. However, when shipped to Vietnam, he tried to take the most safe and out-of-harms-way post he could. Unfortunately for his little plan, the military changed the way they were doing business.

By his own admission, he commited war crimes. So, if he committed crimes, why was he given medals for heroism?

I hate this man with all my heart.