Dear Freema,(Proud Marine Mom)
By being the mother of a United States Marine, I hold you in the highest regard, and am deeply indebted, and thankfull for your son's service and your personal sacrifice.
Our soldiers and sailors are in the fight for our way of life in Iraq, and Afgahanistan. They could just as well be fighting this war on our own shores, in our cities or in our countryside. The outcome of this war will shape the future of our children and grandchildren. If we stay the course and win, democracy will breed a free and peaceful Iraq and Afghanistan, and will spread to other coutries in the region. The terrorists will suffer the same fate as all other evil entities who pushed our nobel and peaceful country to the edge. In 50 years history will rank this conflict as important if not more so than any other war we have faced. If we withdraw, we lose. The terrorists, regain power over there, and their insatiable appetite for the blood of decent, innocent people will spawn new attacks over here, and around the world. Once again, the blood of United States soldiers, airmen, and sailors is being spilled to save the world from evil as it has been for the last 100 years. And the rest of the world still doesn't get it.
Great post.
Thank you, hiramknight.
Those words go a long way, especially today- as I tomorrow is the anniversary of his birth. 9 pounds on the dot at precisely high noon and no so much as an aspirin with an outside observer-a doctor from another country who wanted to see an American woman give birth. It was a day with an awful lot of joy and he has been nothing but joy for all these years. We have been privilged to love him...a quiet, gentle and loving soul with an incredible sense of humor and a backbone of steel.
Thank you.