Bravo...well said.
I'll add some salutes as well...
Posted on 12/25/2005 12:11:30 PM PST by oldtimer2
FAR FROM THE FEAST By RALPH PETERS
DEAR Pfc. Smith,
Most of your fellow Americans won't think of you today. Some may see a news clip of your Christmas dinner in Iraq, filmed against a backdrop of holiday decorations your unit scraped together. Those who once served in the ranks themselves will think of you at least briefly. And you'll be cherished in the hearts, if not in the arms, of your loved ones.
But most of us won't think of you at all. And that's a wonderful thing.
It's your great gift to us.
Because of you, hundreds of millions of Americans who celebrate the birthday of the Prince of Peace will spend this holiday in peace themselves, with their loved ones safe and our blessed country secure.
Terrorists may threaten us, but because of you we know they will not defeat us. You stand between us and the dark men who rode into Bethlehem in search of an innocent child.
So forgive us for not remembering you today. We'll be too busy giving gifts and opening them, enjoying the thrilled faces of our nation's children, saying a too-brief prayer of thanks, then eating well and drinking our "leaded" eggnog until the tree blurs ever so slightly.
Because you stand on the rough frontiers of humankind, this will be a day of joy, not nightmare.
We won't think of you. Because you've done such a remarkable job. A nation that must think constantly of its men and women in uniform, that lives in constant dread of the latest news from the front lines, is a nation gripped by fear. But we know that you'll never let us down. Some of history's wounds may be inevitable, but because of you our nation will always survive them.
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf George Orwell
This is a thank you to those men and women who stand ready to do violence so that we may sleep peacefully and peacefully have a Christmas celebration.
Hear! Hear!
Well Said!
Merry Christmas
Bravo...well said.
I'll add some salutes as well...
God bless them EVERYDAY.
You can count on it. More than once, and longer than briefly. Not only you, but also those with whom we both served who made the ultimate sacrifice.
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