Posted on 09/22/2004 7:49:42 AM PDT by TexKat
A soldier from the Third Infantry Division sits on a tank in the northern Kuwaiti desert. Private Henry Hawkins is only 20 years old but he's about to head out on his second combat mission when the Third Infantry Division returns to Iraq.(AFP/File/Yasser al-Zayyat)
"Impoverished US South?"
LOL the poorest state in the South is richer than the richest European country.
And john kerry would have to stand on his mothers shoulders to kiss this young mans butt.
And I'm proud of his (and all the other soldiers') service.
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That caught my eye too... Now the press is trying to convince America that we have an "impoverished" region. Probably part of the campaign against Christianity.
May God protect our warrior.
Technically, Switzerland, Ireland and Luxembourg are wealthier on a per capita basis than Mississippi.
But Mississippi is wealthier on a per capita basis than Germany, France, Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands.
Well, you probably are right, but at least you got my point.
Mississippi is also richer than Sweden, and we know how the Left adores the Swedish way, and wish we could be more like them.
However Southerners, black and white, are significantly overrepresented in the US military.
Blacks are not 13% of the Southern population. They are more like 33% of the South's population.
In a perfectly proportional army blacks would be significantly overrepresented - but in a disproportionately Southern army, blacks are not so overrepresented.
This is all part and parcel with the draft rumors. The wackos in the Senate like Rangel are trying to use scare tactics while wrapping themselves up in the race card saying the military is loaded with minorities and poor people.
And who says the press isn't in collusion with the Dems?
And, they won't let any blacks or latinos own homes there either.
The average black American is wealthier
than the average Swede.
But blacks can at least buy homes in Mississippi.
I have been suggesting that we give a 20% cut to all of Congress, and take the money to give to our military personnel.
I did'nt know I was impoverished. Am I a victim? Is their a gubmint program to help us impoverished???
Black, white, brown, etc., God bless and protect them all. When I saw and read this article it let me know that time is almost here. My son will also be redeployed with this group.
What is AFP, the source?
What I get from the article is a brave young American male citizen assisting in defending our country. Nothing more and nothing less.
God bless him and protect him.
AFP = Agence France-Presse
left wing rag
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