Sat Apr 10, 1:26 PM ET
U.S. Marines pray over a fallen comrade at a first aid point after he died from wounds suffered in fighting in Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, April 8, 2004.
(AP Photo/Murad Sezer)
I am jealous of such writing skills...
My compliments..
Sat Apr 10, 1:26 PM ET
U.S. Marines pray over a fallen comrade at a first aid point after he died from wounds suffered in fighting in Fallujah, Iraq, Thursday, April 8, 2004.
(AP Photo/Murad Sezer)
We used to surf in San Clemente and there were always guys from the Marine Corps on the beach. My friends and I did not think they belonged there and my "cool" friends and I called them jarheads.
After the first Gulf War I began to develop more respect for the military. Before, I never did have respect for the military despite the fact that my dad served in the Navy for four years. Of course, my dad was not cool either.
When the war on terror broke out and I saw these guys going to places like Afganhistan, the Phillipines and Iraq so that I would not have to worry about nuclear bombs going off in my backyard.(I remember in the days after 9/11 that I thought a nuclear bomb was ready to go off at anytime) I flashed back to my young carefree days on the beach in San Clemente and had a huge sense of guilt come over me for how I treated these guys when I was young.
I wanted to apologize to each and every last one of them. I suppose that maturity has something to do with my change of heart, but it also has something to do with now understanding the tremendous sacrafice these guys are make for our country
I now literally want punch the likes of Ted Kennedy or John Kerry for pissing on these guys. Hell, I was 15 years old and stupid when I hated these guys, these clowns from Massachusetts are twice my age and are national leaders who have the ability to understand how dangerous this world is today! Regretably, I think it is that nuclear bomb that has to go off before it registers.
So, to any of you who were in the Marine's at Camp Pendleton in the early to mid 1980's, my deepest apologies and thank you for all you have done for this country.
At the same time that this Marine lay dying in Iraq, the current senior spokesman for the Democratic Party, Senator Ted Kennedy...See also, from:
Kennedy's Support for Kerry Thrills G.O.P.
NY Times ^ | 4/10/04 | Carl Hulse
Posted on 04/10/2004 2:29:30 PM PDT by NYC Republican
As he took the microphone at a crowded Washington fund-raiser a few days ago, Senator John Kerry made no secret of his strong ties to the man who had just given him a rousing introduction: Senator Edward M. Kennedy...
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With careers and lives that have intersected across 33 years, including 19 together in the Senate representing Massachusetts, Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Kerry have indeed forged a special relationship. And it reached a new level this year with Mr. Kennedy's pivotal role in turning around Mr. Kerry's once-struggling primary campaign with behind-the-scenes advice and spirited public appearances.
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Now that bond has some Democrats nervous that Mr. Kerry is making it easier for Republicans to paint him as a member in good standing of his party's most liberal wing by accentuating his connection with Mr. Kennedy, whose image is firmly fixed in the minds of those who admire him and those who do not.
Republicans, on the other hand, are happy with Mr. Kennedy's involvement.
"The more Teddy Kennedy on the campaign trail, the better," said Representative Tom DeLay of Texas, the House majority leader...
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To: NYC Republican
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