A Chaplain's Perspective on Activities in IRAQ

email | 6/9/04 | Stephen Unger

[HiJinx]

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[HiJinx]

Good News From Iraq Ping!!

[Christian4Bush]

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[Jaded]

That is incredible.

[HiJinx]

Yes, it is, and yet...

If you get a chance to talk with the men and women who are there now, you'll discover that this kind of thing is routine. America's fighting forces are the most humane on earth...and yet we still catch Holy Hell from people who aren't worthy of washing their feet!

/vent off!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"And we are all here together for Memorial Day 2004. Old National Guardsmen, grandfathers, and single moms, Texans and Mexicans, Surfers and Rednecks. A few weeks ago an Illinois National Guardsman, mother of three, was hit six times, saved by her body armor, but lost part of her nose. She stayed on her 50 caliber, firing on the bad guys, protecting the convoy. She said she was thinking of her kids and the guys she was with. Commitment is love acted out. It is sad that the non-committers missed that. They and their moral high-ground haven't been near a mass grave. The kids I see and eat with every day still want to help this country, in spite of getting shot at while doing it. That is love acted out. You either get it, or you don't."

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[Alamo-Girl]

Thank God for our heroes and their loved ones!

[4CJ]

Heroine PING.

Bump! What a woman SOLDIER!

[Military family member]

This is incredible. Is she eligible for the COB?

[Military family member]

This is incredible. Is she eligible for the COB?

[TexasCowboy]

"You either get it, or you don't."'

I get it, and I have no use for anyone who doesn't!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Is she eligible for the COB?"

What does COB stand for?

[F.J. Mitchell]

The good face off against the bad, to protect the rights of even the ugly to protest against those defending their right to protest.

These are strange times.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Thank you for this post, kas2591.

Please thank Chaplain Unger for being there for our troops.

I rarely use my  mass e-mail list, but wanted to respond to the current "news" and Chaplain Unger's letter is perfect (as is his timing).

Following Memorial Day, Normandy, and Pres. Reagan's memorial week American hearts are softened...though not, it appears, in our mainstream press - where they've reverted to post-embed lows.

We need to stand strong against this enemy. 

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To work around horror without out letting the horror seep into your soul is a spiritual battle. This week I worked with a National Guard soldier -- a carpenter in civilian life - this week he was out on a highway picking up arms and legs while watching out for snipers. He was cleaning up after monsters. Some other young Americans were put in charge of guarding monsters and then became monsters.

Care of the soul is serious business.

Commitment is love acted out. It is sad that the non-committers missed that. They and their moral high-ground haven't been near a mass grave. The kids I see and eat with every day still want to help this country, in spite of getting shot at while doing it. That is love acted out. You either get it, or you don't.

During my time in Iraq I won't be able to see any of the Biblical sites that are here. But a few weeks ago in Taji I got to stand on some holy ground, where a father died when he went to war just to be with his son.

Sincerely yours, Steven P. Unger LCDR, CHC, USN Multi National Corps-Iraq

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Please share - wake the neighbors.

Bring kleenex.

(Hugs), EE, HiJinx.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

This Heroine reminds me of our friend Trish in Dec 2001
The time this woman Marine came under fire at the airport in Kandahar Afghanistan

[E.G.C.]

BTT!!!!!!!

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[Happy2BMe]

"I wonder that if CNN had been around in 1942 we might all be speaking German and Japanese."

CNN is a direct enemy to the success and individual moral of our armed forces paying the Supreme Sacrifice for their nation.

CNN must be exposed - must be shown to the world for who and what they are and what they really stand for.

[NewRomeTacitus]

Humanitatian Efforts in Iraq duly bookmarked, sir. Thank you, LCDR Unger, for your service and ministry.