Posted on 12/09/2006 10:34:07 PM PST by jazusamo
I know a Marine. He sits in a bar in North Carolina. He came there by way of Fallujah. The same close-cropped blonde fuzz glimmers on his head in the dim light as burned under the hot sun of Iraq. He’s the greatest storyteller I know, spinning tales about his overseas exploits, both combat and otherwise—only with the express permission of the mixed company present, of course.
He speaks with a wit and color that would surprise John Kerry. He is not a quiet man. But I wonder what he would say this week. I wonder what he would say to the Iraq Study Group’s proposed “change in the primary mission of U.S. forces in Iraq that will enable the United States to begin to move its combat forces out of Iraq responsibly.”
I imagine he’d just shake his head at me. He knows what the new “primary mission” is, as does anyone who’s even skimmed the report, and it’s not the type of mission Marines are accustomed to. The mission is to lose. Lose slowly, lose “responsibly,” lose diplomatically, but lose without a doubt. My lively Marine friend would likely be disgusted into silence.
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All praise.
Have a good night, Uncle. They wore me out today : )
Godspeed and thanks to your nephew.
IMHO, most of them live in a myopic world with a foolish notion they actually influence things in their sphere of control because of their intent.
I respect their volition if for no other reason than it is a divinely established institution which might establish an eternal memorial to the foolishness of their perspective and intent.
Hang tight mom. HE has us covered.
Thank you for your very kind thoughts. We shall keep them all held up in prayer until they all return safely with the knowledge their honorable service was not in vain.
If a lot of care doesn't go into the answer to that question, we simply make more enemies.
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