Willing to die for each other

Daily Hearald - Suburban Chicago ^ | December 31, 2005 | By Andrew Schroedter

[KeyLargo]

The reporter could not resist..

"Many of the boys’ peers oppose America’s involvement in Iraq. And they are well aware they might go to Iraq just as support for the war is eroding nationwide."

FOX News/Opinion Dynamics Poll. Dec. 13-14, 2005. N=900 registered voters nationwide.

Do you think the Iraqi people would be better off or worse off if U.S. troops left Iraq now?" Better 20% Worse 64% Same 6% Unsure 10%

[Blueflag]

Amen. Reporter could not resist editorializing.

What he meant to write is "... while I am personally against our efforts in Iraq, and hope we lose, and can't understand why these guys would volunteer, I guess they really aren't complete losers."

[Bahbah]

just as support for the war is eroding nationwide

If they can just keep repeating it over and over, maybe they can make it so.

[rodguy911]

Great article KeyLargo these young marines will represent America tomorrow.

[rudy45]

aschroedter@dailyherald.com

[Americanwolf]

Great story..... I find the part where it mention that 11 other siblings or friends had join the service amazing.

[cgk]

Fantastic story even with the bias remark. Just makes them look silly, IMO.

Buddies Brandon Lefebvre, from left, Anthony Abbate, Mike Wiebe and Nick Bevers, hang out in Wiebe's basement in Rolling Meadows. They all joined the Marine Corps and were home for Christmas.

	Courtesy of the Lefebvre family Brandon Lefebvre, second from left, in formation at his U.S. Marine Corps graduation in San Diego.

[Gondring]

With all due respect, that poll is irrelevant to the comment the line in the story. Even many anti-war folks believe that the Iraqi people would be worse off. The line was editorializing or debatable, but your poll doesn't go against it.

[KeyLargo]

rodguy911, I changed my poster name from Rocco to KeyLargo when I first saw the movie on cable T.V. This was during the 2000 election. I called WLS AM in Chicago and played the tape of Edward G. Robinson's dialogue from the movie Key Largo. From there it seemed to spread all over the media.

"I'll be getting guys elected
mayor and governor. . .



. . .before you ever get a $ raise!



How many of those guys in office
owe everything to me?



I made them.



I made them, just like a tailor
makes a suit of clothes.



I take a nobody, teach him what to say,
get his name in the papers.



I pay for his campaign expenses.



Dish out a lot of groceries and coal.



Get my boys to bring the voters out.



Then count the votes again. . .



. . .till they added up right,
and he was elected."

Edward G. Robinson as Johnny Rocco
Key Largo (1948)

[RasterMaster]

One thing the current DUmocrats never have been is patriotic. Not only do they hate this nation and everything it was founded upon, the loathe their own constituents even more. They wake every morning, look at their hollow shell in the mirror and hate is the only thing they see in the reflection.

The only message I have for the DUmpster Diver DUmocrats for 2006 is:

HAVE A NICE FLIGHT!

[Chieftain]

He thrived in boot camp and he loves being a soldier.

Not only is the reporter biased, but he doesn't know his @$$ from a hole in the ground by referring to this brand new Marine as a soldier!

[freema]

God bless them all!

My dad and his buddies did this. My dad was the only one to actually go USMC, the rest chickened out and went in other branches. All of their group that is now deceased, ended up with an engraved brick, amazingly, right next to each other at the Veteran's Park in my hometown, under the USMC flag. Crying, when I went to see Dad's brick for the first time-when I saw the rest, I burst out laughing!

[ASOC]

Thanks for posting.

We got a call today from our son - he and his buds are "West of Ramadi" - his 1st Sgt had a sat phone and was letting the troops use it to call home for the holidays (5 mins at a time, unfortunately)

Says a lot about the leadership we see in todays military.

Needless to say, we are going to look this guy up and send some $ for more minutes.

[DilJective]

With all due respect to your father and the fine Marines in this article: marines are a part of our military and wouldn't be able to leave our shores without the other services, so I wouldn't denegrate the others. I must admit that there is much inter-service rivalry- I have often refered to other services as not as good, or in the case of the Air Force, too cushy.

I am proud of every soldier, airman, sailor, and marine. There is no finer American than one willing to forego MANY rights for the defense of this nation.

Hopefully, you'll shed a tear for your father's friends someday.

[freema]

EXCUSE ME?

I was laughing because they'd all be THRILLED-
AS WAS I.

[SuziQ]

Get some, guys!!

[DilJective]

Freema,

I'm sorry that I misunderstood your post. I even read your post a few times to make sure, but it still looked to me like you were laughing at your father's friends. Please forgive me.

[DilJective]

Freema,

let me add to my apology: I didn't mean it to come across so negatively in my first reply. There was no intent to squabble on my part.

Have a great year!

[freema]

I'm sorry. I looked back at it, and can see how you could have perceived that-

I knew what I meant! Didn't mean anyone else did, though. DOH on me!

It was a really emotional moment, trying so hard NOT to bawl my eyes out, then laughing sooooooooooohard - giant bellylaugh- the very next minute as name after name kept popping out at me, and realizing that they were together, in this, at last. What a moment.

[bigsigh]

reporter's doesn't understand that marines will see a job through.