God Bless Our Marines!
Posted on 08/02/2004 5:00:47 AM PDT by Former Military Chick
I almost felt like one of the Marines as I read this.
It doesn't fit their agenda, in fact, it endangers their agenda. It's more important that Marines are only seen wounded and dying.
Paging John Kerry....
Yes, it doesn't fit their agenda. Seems the Marnies have less trouble with the Iraqis, imho.
I guess, I am just getting tired of reading the news portraying our troops in ways I can't even imagine. Little good news, the military EB has very little of it and when I see just bit I feel it is at least worthy of reading. Maybe I should not have posted though.
Why is there still a city named Fallujah? There should just be a little marker on the topo maps that indicates "ruins" and maybe "hazard."
and nothing, nothing but the deepest eternal disdain for the liberal media who hate the military - may they forever rot in hell.
Thank you for that comment, I think there some excellent points highlighted in the article.
These are the "kids" the likes of Kerry and Michael Moore keep talking about. Every one of these "kids" are bigger men then Moore or Kerry ever could be. (and I'm not talking weight)
Because, wisely or not, we permit it.
That should tell the folks in Fallujah something.
You said it better than I could...and you're *exactly* right.
May God Bless the United States Marine Corps.--they're simply the best of our best.
God love the leathernecks...
This was also in the EB this morning. Did a quick search and did not find it on FR. But, it falls along this tread.
I would love to shake their hands.
New York Post
July 31, 2004
Dem's Marine Misfire
By Stefan C. Friedman
SCRANTON, Pa. — John Kerry's heavily hyped cross-country bus tour stumbled out of the blocks yesterday, as a group of Marines publicly dissed the Vietnam War hero in the middle of a crowded restaurant.
Kerry was treating running mate Sen. John Edwards and his wife, Elizabeth, to a Wendy's lunch in Newburgh, N.Y., for their 27th wedding anniversary — an Edwards family tradition — when the candidate approached four Marines and asked them questions.
The Marines — two in uniform and two off-duty — were polite but curt while chatting with Kerry, answering most of his questions with a "yes, sir" or "no, sir."
But they turned downright nasty after the Massachusetts senator thanked them "for their service" and left.
"He imposed on us and I disagree with him coming over here shaking our hands," one Marine said, adding, "I'm 100 percent against [him]."
A sergeant with 10 years of service under his belt said, "I speak for all of us. We think that we are doing the right thing in Iraq," before saying he is to be deployed there in a few weeks and is "eager" to go and serve.
The Marines — all of whom serve at nearby Stewart Air Force Base — wouldn't give their names.
It wasn't an auspicious start to the senators' "Believe in America" bus tour — a 22-state, 43-city tour that will cover roughly 3,500 miles over 15 days in an effort to carry some of their momentum out of the Democratic convention.
But the rest of Day One went smoothly, as massive crowds — including what Kerry said were up to 20,000 in Harrisburg, Pa., — greeted him, Edwards, their families and Ben Affleck at the tour-kickoff event in Boston and at two stops in the Keystone state.
"Ninety-seven days [left in the campaign]; let's make it happen," Kerry told hundreds of bleary-eyed but upbeat supporters who showed up at a 7:30 a.m. rally on the shores of Boston Harbor — less than nine hours after Kerry finished his acceptance speech.
Kerry also employed Paul Revere's famed midnight run and imagery of Bunker Hill to bash President Bush over U.S. intelligence failures.
"These are the places where people dared to stand up and put their lives on the line — to take a risk — for something they believed in very deeply," Kerry said of the Boston neighborhood where he was speaking.
"One if by land, two if by sea, and the message was right. Come to think of it, they had better intelligence than we do today about what's going on," Kerry continued, drawing the loudest applause of the event.
In Harrisburg, Kerry noted that there was more bad news coming out of the financial markets yesterday, with oil prices reaching new highs and economic growth limping along at three percent.
What an awsome picture. I would love to figure out how to post a photo. Great with the links but the instructions on posting a picture like you did, fails me.
you got mail
Seems Kerry can't fool Real Warriors--the kind whom are not going to come home from combat and start trashing their fellow servicemen/women like *he* did after his four-month tour in Vietnam.
*I would love to shake their hands*
Me, too: they are the true heroes of OUR generation, in every sense of the word. God Bless them all.
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