[2Jedismom]

Major Wes Parker is my best friend's brother-in-law and one of the soldiers the Hobbit Hole has been supporting. This is what my friend Celeste writes...

We have asked you for prayer for Wesley who is serving in Afghanistan and you have been so good to respond. I'm sending this article about Wesley on the front page of the Tulsa World today (4/13/04). You only have to read the first few sentences to know how much those prayers are needed. Thank you for your continued prayers for his safety.

Celeste

[2Jedismom]

Ping.

[annyokie]

Yipes!

[Tijeras_Slim]

Another example of the greatness and goodness of the American soldier. Thanks for posting.

[SeeRushToldU_So]

Great story about bravery.

[Delbert]

That was a very cool story.

[ought-six]

Prayers for the Major and his troops, and their families. May God be with them, and bless them all.

[GBA]

Thank you so much for posting this! Every time I read a story like this I get a big lump in my throat and my eyes get all watered. Some Retro-sexual male I'm turning out to be.

You know, what I don't understand is why there isn't a story like this on every evening news broadcast? There must be hundreds of stories just like it. It's ok to say we lost x number of people, but not say how many of the enemy were killed. It's ok to show the flareups and the trouble spots, anything to make our soldiers (I almost spelled it soul-diers) look like they're in over their heads because of President Bush. But it's not ok to show the good we do and how desperately we're needed there?

I just don't see how the people who make programming decisions like that, as well as the talking heads who read only those stories to us, can live with themselves. Evil is the only thing that comes to mind.

What a great, compassionate nation we are! I thank God I was born an American! And that men and women like Wes Parker are my fellow Americans! They make me wish I could be there, too. I guess that's why the traitorous liberal lefty types don't want their stories told.

[saquin]

Cool story... and cool soldier. :-)

[taxcontrol]

Hmmmm, 20 Camels for an American female soldier. I wonder what the local gals go for?

[JOAT]

"It's not our job to eradicate," Parker says quietly. "That belongs to the DEA or other coalition forces.

This struck me as very odd. Is Afghanistan now an American province? Why would the DEA have any sort of jurisdiction or authority to do anything at all there?

[SuziQ]

Much of Parker's work is humanitarian assistance: digging new wells, building schools, treating the sick, or getting voters registered for September's first Afghan election since U.S.-led forces overthrew the Taliban regime.

It would be nice if the rest of the country's media would issue stories like this OFTEN!!

[cavtrooper21]

An American Hero putting on the line for us and the people of Afghanistan.
If you folks wouldn't mind pinging all the "usual suspects"!!

[proudmilitarymrs]

Please let your friend know that yet another extremeley proud and grateful American is also praying for Major Parker.

How sad that our media finds him such a "non-story", how very, very sad.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

HAJI TUTI, Afghanistan -- U.S. Army Maj. Wes Parker is a man with a bounty on his head.

The al-Qaida is supposedly offering $50,000 for the capture of the Oklahoman alive; $25,000, if he is killed.

But, right now, Parker isn't too worried about that. He's trying to figure out how to get a well dug to the proper depth for the struggling village of Haji Tuti.

"Well, if the reward stories are true, it's just another measure of our effectiveness," said Parker. "It's sort of flattering to think we're causing the enemy enough problems they would single us out."

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"God Bless
Those with the backbone and courage to honor this oath!"  

"I, (state your name), having been appointed an officer in the Army of the United States, as indicated above in the grade of ________________, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of The United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office upon which I am about to enter. SO HELP ME GOD."                                      ~~   http://www.patriotwatch.com/

Thank you, 2Jedismom!

[SZonian]

Great story about our heroes in action!

I agree with all of the sentiments posted here about our neglectful media. Shame on them!

Keep up the great work!

[faithincowboys]

God Bless Wes (he rescues that Damn from the Shame of General (a$$wipe) Clark). He must be doing a Hell of a job to warrant a bounty on his head. I'm glad to know that we still make men like him in this country.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Too bad FOX won't carry this story.
They are too busy giving Kerry free air time and telling us how bad Iraq is.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Another story the big 5 liberal TV and Cable newsrooms refuse to carry PING
FOX, CNN, ABC, CBS and NBC are to busy giving Hanoi Kerry free air time.

[WestTexasWend]

GREAT STORY...thanks for the ping! God bless him and his kind and keep them safe and strong...

(Found the following phrase in a review of "The Alamo" on BoxOfficeMojo...made me think of our military):

The...men...did not seek martyrdom in death; they sought freedom on earth -- and they chose to fight for it. - Scott Holleran

[bogdanPolska12]

Watch discovery channel.