USO Canteen FReeper Style.......12-07-01

Graphic Artist Billie and Written by Snow Bunny | December 7 ,2001 | Graphic Artist Billie and Written by Snow Bunny

[Snow Bunny]

USO Canteen Freeper Style

War has come to our shores. It was committed on American soil.  We have been able to live in Freedom only because of those who have fought in the past wars giving life, limb and all the sacrifices for us to live in Freedom and go about our day without fear.

On September 11, 2001, that comfort, that feeling of living in a land that would not be attacked ended.

William T. Sherman said it succinctly, "War is hell."

The day has come for this Nation and its people to understand that there is a risk in losing its freedom, and in reality there always has been. We have ONLY stayed free because of the sacrifices of our military, our warriors.

This is about saving the future of America. Aristotle said, "We make war that we may live in peace."

We are seeing the American Flag flying at homes now more than ever in my lifetime. We are seeing the American Flag flying on vehicles and people wearing Flag pins and small Flags on their clothes. America is united in the cause for Freedom and for our country to WIN against the evil that came upon our land to kill and hurt us. To change our way of life and to destroy America which is US, you and me. To take away our precious Freedom.

This is the Freeper version of the USO Canteen. Where soldiers could come and feel a small part of being at home. It is a place where you that have family in the military can post a thought to a loved one that might be able to read it far away from home. A place where we that support our military can help support them, post to them, fun graphics showing the price in America and our troops. Poems, quotes, cartoons, or articles of how America is behind our troops.

Those in our military are our Nation's warriors. Let us join hands, fly our Flag and let the world know how important our warriors are to us....And that our MILITARY, our Warriors, are America's TRUE HEROS!

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"No Marine was ever honored for what they received. Honor was the reward for what they gave." (Anonymous) CHIEF gave his all in many ways. He touched our lives and his friendship meant so much to all of us. He will live in our hearts forever, and his friendship will always be a bright and shining memory in our hearts and souls.

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[firewalk]

Good morning Tonkin, thanks for the ping. Have a nice day!

[4TheFlag]

Thanks IG, GOOD to see you up and about this fine morning!!

RE: charred toast, it's not the toaster but the operator, LOL!!

Have a GREAT day Granny, can't wait to get you back here on the breakfast duties!!!!!

The "A" Team if you will!!

[4TheFlag]

Mornin' Mud, good to see ya here bright and early!

Enjoy some chow with us Dogfaces!

[Mudboy Slim]

"I can't get on the base anymore even though my husband still works for the Navy. Security is so tight..."

Good for them...it used to be like that until the '90's when it seemed like you could almost wave yerself on base! I'm surprised we haven't had some major Terrorism afflict our bases yet, considering how slack they'd become at the Gatehouses.

FReegards...MUD

BTW...I was a Navy civvy fer four (4) years--during college summer and Christmas breaks--too. Used to rip out old terrazzo and tile floors and lay tile back in its place for a contractor. Talk about some long (60-70 hour) weeks...and some of them places were hotter than Hades!! Beat workin' as a stockboy, though.

[firewalk]

Thank you, I like to ask first, so no one gets mad at me.

[Norb2569]

Letter from a Marine in Afghanistan

The following was read on the Sully and Scooter (Radio KOGO in San Diego)Show - Saturday, November 17th. Just outside of Ab Gach, in the northwest panhandle of Afghanistan between Tajikstan and Pakistan.
November 11, 2001
Bizarre,
It's (expletive) freezing here. I'm sitting on hard, cold dirt between rocks and shrubs at the base of the Hindu Kush mountains along the Dar'yoi Pomir River watching a hole that leads to a tunnel that leads to a cave.

Stake out, my friend, and no pizza delivery for thousands of miles. I also glance at the area around my ass every ten to fifteen seconds to avoid another scorpion sting. I've actually given up battling the chiggers and sand fleas, but them (expletive) scorpions give a jolt like a cattle prod. Hurts like a bastard. The antidote tastes like transmission fluid but God bless the Marine Corps for the five vials of it in my pack.

The one truth the Taliban cannot escape is that, believe it or not, they are human beings, which means they have to eat food and drink water. That requires couriers and that's where an old bounty hunter like me comes in handy. I track the couriers, locate the tunnel entrances and storage facilities, type the info into the handheld, shoot the coordinates up to the satellite link that tells the air commanders where to drop the hardware, we bash some heads for a while, then I track and record the new movement. It's all about intelligence.

We haven't even brought in the snipers yet. These scurrying rats have no idea what they're in for. We are but days away from cutting off supply lines and allowing the eradication to begin. I dream of bin Laden waking up to find me standing over him with my boot on his throat as I spit a bloody ear into his face and plunge my nickel plated Bowie knife through his frontal lobe.

But you know me. I'm a romantic.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: This country (Afghanistan) blows, man. It's not even a country. There are no roads, there's no infrastructure, there's no government. This is an inhospitable, rockpit (expletive) ruled by eleventh century warring tribes. There are no jobs here like we know jobs.

Afghanistan offers two ways for a man to support his family: join the opium trade or join the army. That's it. Those are your options. Oh, I forgot, you can also live in a refugee camp and eat plum-sweetened, crushed beetle paste and squirt mud like a goose with stomach flu if that's your idea of a party. But the smell alone of those "tent cities of the walking dead" is enough to hurl you into the poppy fields to cheerfully scrape bulbs for eighteen hours a day.

And let me tell you something else. I've been living with these Tajiks, Uzbeks and Turkmen and even a couple of Pushtins for over a month and a half now and this much I can say for sure: These guys, all of em, are Huns. Actual, living Huns. They LIVE to fight. Its what they do. Its ALL they do. They have no respect for anything, not for their families or for each other or for themselves. They claw at one another as a way of life. They play polo with dead calves and force their five-year-old sons into human cockfights to defend the family honor. Huns, roaming packs of savage, heartless beasts who feed on each other's barbarism. (Expletive) cavemen with AK 47's.

Then again, maybe I'm just cranky. I'm freezing my (expletive) ass off on this stupid (expletive) hill because my lap warmer is running out of juice and I can't recharge it until the sun comes up in a few hours.

Oh yeah! You like to write letters, right? Do me a favor, Bizarre. Write a letter to CNN and tell Judy and Paula and that awful, sneering, pompous Aaron Brown to stop calling the Taliban "smart." They are not smart. I suggest CNN invest in a dictionary because the word they are looking for is "cunning." The Taliban are cunning, like jackals and hyenas and wolverines. They are sneaky and ruthless and, when confronted, cowardly. They are hateful, malevolent parasites who create nothing and destroy everything else. Smart. Pfft.

Yeah, they're real smart. They've spent their entire lives reading only one book (and not a very good one, as books go) and consider hygiene and indoor plumbing to be products of the devil. They're still figuring out how to work a Bic lighter. Talking to a Taliban warrior about improving his quality of life is like trying to teach an ape how to hold a pen; eventually he just gets frustrated and sticks you in the eye with it.

OK, enough. Snuffle will be up soon so I have to get back to my hole. Covering my tracks in the snow takes a lot of practice but I'm getting good at it. Please tell my fellow Americans to turn off their TV sets and move on with their lives. The story line you are getting from CNN is utter (expletive) and designed not to deliver truth but rather to keep you glued to the screen through the commercials. We've got this one under control. The worst thing you guys can do right now is sit around analyzing what we're doing over here because you have no idea what we're doing and, really, you don't want to know. We are your military and we are doing what you sent us here to do.

You wanna help? Buy some (expletive) stocks, America.

Saucy Jack

[Timeout]

Good morning, Bunny! Hi, y'all!

Thanks for all the reminders of our Pearl Harbor patriots...God bless them all.

Peggy Noonan has a fabulous idea this morning (LINK). A historian, she says we need a huge national undertaking to gather everyone's memories of the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent war. She's onto something, you know.

By way of example, just look what we've done here at the canteen out of a desire to support the war effort. Just think of all the things written, posted, and shared on FR in the days and weeks after 9/11. Like Tourist Guy, this generation's Kilroy! And the pictures of all the memorials around the world.

What a project this could turn in to. It's exciting...thinking several centuries from now some historian might find himself reading about our canteen. We should begin printing out every thread...if we parceled days out among the regulars, it wouldn't take that long. Then we'd have to gather them in one place.

I wrote Ms. Noonan and told her about us. I think this is just the sort of thing she had in mind.

I won't be around today...keep the home fires burning!

[Landru]

BBunnyTTT

...& a cup of French Roast would be nice, thank you.

[MeekOneGOP]

BIG Texas BUMP for WWII vets, President Bush, Donald Rumsfeld (and gang) and the Allied Troops in Afghanistan!

CIA officer Mike Spann, in this undated family photo, is the first American known to be killed in combat in Afghanistan. Johnny ``Mike'' Spann, 32, who entered the Marine Corps and then joined the CIA in June 1999, was killed in action during a prison riot at Mazar-e-Sharif. His body was recovered Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001 the CIA said, without providing details on the circumstances of Spann's death. (AP Photo/Family Photo via the CIA)

[Carolina]

Thank you, Nix.

Click on the picture to read the Medal of Honor Tribute.

Nix, I hope you don't mind that I posted this.

[Norb2569]

See reply #86

[4TheFlag]

Well off the the daily grind, everyone enjoy breakfast, see ya'll tonite!

Remember Pearl Harbor

Remember the Towers, the Pentagon and Pennsylvania

God Bless America and our President and Military

LET'S ROLL!

[Fiddlstix]

Thanks for the Ping

[Carolina]

But you know me. I'm a romantic.

Outstanding post, Norb!!!

[NixNatAVanG InDaBurgh]

Absolutely not. These guys deserve every honor we can give them. That's why I linked the site. It's for everyone. Thank you for going there. It's something all the world should see and know. I LOVE this country. THANK YOU for caring!!!

[lodwick]

This is great - tearing up with all the Pearl Harbor posts, and up pops TouristGuy to get his share of the bird - Wonderful! Always looking forward to the next TG sighting. JL ;-)

[lodwick]

"we have gobs of wood" wooden sailors????? LOL

Is algore in the Canteen?

[lodwick]

Outstanding post - thank you so much!

[lodwick]

Here's some Denny's chow to supplement the burnt toast - Grannie, Heal quickly please.

[d14truth]

Here's to the 81 year old Marine that is my dad.

We were attacked. Dad enlisted. Went to Guam. We won. I'm here.

I'm sure I'm not the only one that owes my life to him.

Thanks, dad. I will never forget, but I still haven't figured out how the 'lie' can ever be defeated without God in every head, and Christ in every heart.

"Freedom has a price, remember those who paid with their lives."