Wonderful WWII vet I was honored to spend some time with at a rally. My father (another WWII vet) had died a couple weeks before this. This gentleman was awesome.
The conservative movement? Patriotic damage? Tugging at the heart strings?
Unless you have served as an infantryman on patrol in Iraq, you have no idea how callous your words are. People are dying over here—our people—every single day, sacrificed on the altar of “Politics.” I had over half of my company in mortal danger for several hours last night under constant machine gun fire. Not a single round was fired in retaliation against the enemy b/c we couldn’t pinpoint the exact spot the firing was coming from. Why didn’t we hit it with area weapons (i.e. artillery and JDAMs)? Because of politics and playing nice. Who knows how many U.S. Soldiers those hajis will kill later on with those weapons since we had to let them go? Who cares? At least we’re advancing a certain agenda, right?
I think we all know that we could firer one missile that could pin point at least seven targets and when they strike they will turn their targets to glass (over there). We have chosen to hoe the hard row instead. I am sorry that it is this way. I myself am more of a Patton man. You would have to wait a long time before you could start spending lots and lots of money to rebuild the entire country after I was through. But we have chosen to love our enemy. We have chosen to try to bring hope and a future to a people. If they don’t want this, then I would not expect you to try any longer. I would expect you to go and protect yourself and use all the fire power necessary to protect yourself. Warriors live to fight another day.
And remember this too. On Iwo Jima, we averaged a thousand losses a day for 21 straight days. Four years into Iraq, we are equal to the third day on Iwo. I think you all have done an outstanding job. I am damn proud of you. Keep up the good work. We have not shot a tank, plane, or uniformed soldier in a long time. We are now dealing with one less enemy. And we are also dealing with another enemy.
Our enemy is not terrorism. Terrorism is a tool. Our war is against Jihad. We have to select our targets and engage them well. We have to hoe the hard row. May God Bless you for this service. It is imperative to find our resolve and bring peace and hope to a people. At least try.
If we choose to pull out, a Taliban type like Government could take over. They will say to the Europeans, "you will turn a blind eye to what we are about to do to Israel, or we will turn your oil off". The new Taliban Government may or may not be friends with the Iranian Government, but I bet they have one common goal. That is jihad against Israel. Think about what Iran could give this new terrorist state and what they could do to Israel.
So, the job you are doing is mighty important and I thank you for it.
Keep up the good work. Tell your men that I support them too.
Wonderful WWII vet I was honored to spend some time with at a rally. My father (another WWII vet) had died a couple weeks before this. This gentleman was awesome.
Another rally pic.
There are some that are attempting to pull the rug out from the entire military presence in the sandbox while they are STILL in theater. The media is being used by the likes of Al Qaeda et-al to sway world opinion against the presence of our own as well as coalition troops. The use of this media is what will sway the thoughts of those that have been corrupted at home as well as those that live on foreign soil either for or against.
It is my belief that the conservative movement is the standard that holds the baton of where this country will go next, both in our destiny and our future.
It is also my belief that this is a team effort. Lose the fight at home, then we will lose the fight over there. We are helping fight the war at home, we need to keep the support for our troops in the forefront of the American public, let them see the damage that would ensue caused by withdrawing funding for this war as well as the repercussions of doing so.
It is also my belief that there are some that are using our own media against us. In order to regain public support for the cause we need to reverse this trend by using the media against both those at home that are hoping for the defeat in Iraq to gain political points, and those abroad that seek our destruction.
Sorry for my verbal vomit, but I really do believe we are on the same team.
Lose the war over there, then blood will be shed once again on our own soil.
another rally pic. (We have a great time)
This was an interesting rally on Freedom bridge. The guys heading out couldn't tell who was who. (The Evergreeners carried US Flags for the sake of confusion). We were intermingled that day. One of the brainwashed young ones said to me: "Did you see THAT? A soldier just gave me the "peace sign"! I tried to explain victory to her, but she would have none of that! Interesting day, but we accomplished our goal.