Posted on 10/14/2004 11:27:52 AM PDT by redrock
We were sitting watching the news...my 7 year old daughter and myself. The usual was on...some talking head droning on and on about President Bush...and the War in Iraq. Soon pictures of soldiers patrolling the streets of Baghdad came on the screen.
My daughter asked me a question upon seeing the soldiers.
"Daddy...why did you go to war?? Why did you go to Vietnam??"
I tried to reason an answer for her....that I went to serve my Country. That I went because I felt that maybe,just maybe, it was important enough...that I thought that a danger was growing over there...a danger to my family.
I got part of the explanation out...and she then she interupted me...looking up at me and letting me know that she understood.
"Daddy...you went to make it safe for me to go outside and play."...and then she proceded to grab her doll...and go and do what children do. Play.
Sometimes.....it's that simple.
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"Who Do You Love??"
----Ellis McDaniels (I prefer the Doors version)
A few days ago I went to a funeral. A fellow Vietnam Vet had passed away..(actually I believe he was taking refuge).
A Veteran who was killed, in the end, by all the hatred he had endured.
He had come back from Vietnam...and tried to put all he had seen and done behind him. He got married. Raised a family. 2 daughters and a son. Worked hard...and tried to make a difference in his community by being the best father he could...and he was a great example.
He tried to forget, and like the rest of us, come to terms with being labeled a .."..rapist...murderer...babykiller." He was doing fine (or at least everyone thought so)...until this year.
Then ....your father killed him.
True...your father did not put a gun to his head....or a knife in his belly.
But he killed him all the same.
Because, after all these years of trying to deal with those false charges your father used to start his climb up the political ladder, here he was again. Using Vietnam as a stepping stone to further his ambitions...his greed.
Because, after all these years, there was your father trying to make 4 months in Vietnam seem like a lifetime.
Because, after all these years, there was your father ( a man who deserted his Command...his men) trying to use his time in Vietnam....as a prop.
Because...my friend in the last few months of his life...worried himself to death. Worried that your father actually could get elected as President. That the one person in the world who made the lies about those who served in Vietnam....easy....could become the next 'Commander-in-Chief'.
Worried that your father would get elected....and do to my friends son (who is now proudly serving in the Army in Iraq)...what your father did to him.
Betray him.
Sometimes....it's as simple as that
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I have talked to almost 2,500 Vietnam Veterans in the past 8 months.( I keep track)
Not one has had a kind word to say about your father.
You may only know those who have been bribed (or coerced) to stand next to your father and sing his praise. But in the real world...most Vietnam Veterans have a feeling towards your father that borders on hate.
Go out and visit some of them. It may open your eyes.
Ask your father why he went to Vietnam.
Then ask those Veterans why they went.
Most will answer something along the lines of protecting their Country...and their families.
Your father has denigrated them....made the world think of them as murderers...rapists.
And he will do the same with those serving in Iraq.
But your father is wrong.
They went to...."To make the world safe...for little girls to play."
...and they deserve better than someone who has betrayed them...like your father.
Sometimes...it's as simple as that.
May God Bless you and your family.
"Sometimes....it is as simple as that."
Truer words have never been spoken, redrock. Our forefathers recognized that fact, long, long ago, that was their reason for providing for us to have a free press. The truth is indeed, as simple as that. "Ye shall know the truth and the truth will make you free."
Our once free press has long ago sold it's collective soul to the power behind the agenda of the liberal, socialist Democrat monster- obviousely a power that is even more hell bent on destroying everything we stand for than our enemies from without.
Rather than keeping us informed about events that matter to us-they reveal only what serves their agebda and schemes. They therefore magnify everything negative about the President and his Administration and conservatives in general, even if the media itself has deliberately invented negatives that never happened. While that same media magnifies every redeeming virture of Kerry and his unholy alliance,even if as is normally the case, those virtures are bogus fabrications.
It really is as simple as your little girl stated it, redrock. Bless her heart. Now if only a majority of voting age adults are even half as wise, 3 Nov will be a day to wake up rejoicing.
Roger that redrock ~ sometimes it's as simple as that ~ Bump!
My father served in the Navy as a SeaBee during Vietnam. He was subsequently assigned to Yokouska Naval Base, Japan. I was born there and am so grateful that my 'murderous and rapist' father brought me to the US so that I could live a better life. The media likes to cover 'us half-breeds', especially those left behind, as bastard offsprings of irresponsible American GIs. What about the decent men (the majority) who provided a good life to the children born of this generation? My heart goes out to all who served there and today, especially to those serving in the middle East. As Zell puts it, "It's the Soldier......." I know RedRock and his commrades are like my Father. My prayers with you all and especially for the truth to be continually known about John Kerry.
Yes, but Kerry's daughters are as deluded as Kerry himself is. They, I think, honestly believe that among men only their father was a real hero! While other little girls would "think" of their dad as a hero, the Kerry girls would come to the realization that their dad actually was! And! They ever so humbly took time to come to terms with that realization! Give me a break! Quite the opposite of all those little girls whose father was a hero who will never hear the stories because true heros never think of themselves as such.
Thanks for the ping, and "Glad you made it back".
redrock
I don't know....the country elected Bill Clinton....twice.
redrock
Except to make sure that those fighting now....are Welcomed Home.
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I hope you get peace in knowing the majority of people in this great nation, thank-you and all the others that sacrificed their very lives for us, and hope you can find reassurance that the Nation thanks you!
Thank-you for all you have done. God Bless you and all the Military!!!
God bless...keep the faith.
Point taken. I hoped we learned something in hindsight though and are smarter for it.
Roger That NotADove ~ thanks for your contributions!
I will not forgive the Deomocrats for making Kerry their candidate either.
redrock
I'm an American.
redrock
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