Semper Fidelis
Posted on 07/04/2007 7:36:09 AM PDT by gpapa
In observance of Independence Day, National Review Online asked a group of servicemen (currently deployed and vets) — those for whom the rest of us are in debt for our freedom — to tell us why they fight. Here’s what they — with a key supporting role from an army wife — wrote.
Peter Brookes While the Star-Spangled Banner exalts the land of the free and the home of the brave, the fact is this country is the home of the free because of the brave. God Bless our troops — and all those who came before them.
— Peter Brookes is a U.S. Navy veteran.
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There’s a war on, and the enemy wants to kill us. All of us. Man, woman and child.
Anyone who doesn’t know that is either delusional, dead or one of the enemy.
Thanks to all who have served, all who are serving, and all who will serve in the future.
You are right, but I have to blame the administration for not getting the message out.
Ron Paul is right that we need to declare War, name names and fight to win fast. The current ROE are ridiculous.
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