Posted on 12/25/2013 7:48:31 AM PST by concretebob
Some of you may not know that Cooking With the Troops has a deeply personal stake in this war. Our own President, otherwise known as Dear Chadwick, is deployed to Afghanistan.
Tonight Chad sent a note from the front. I share it here, with his permission. Take it away, Chad:
My dearest friends and family,
Greetings from Afghanistan! I want to wish you all a blessed and joy filled Merry Christmas!!! Tonight we celebrate the night where hope gave birth to faith!
I will never forget my first Christmas away from home. It was Baghdad 2009, where the main hall of Saddam's Palace was filled with lighted candles and hundreds of troops gathered celebrating the birth
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PING from The Stan and a very faithful Freeper.
I know that we had a president who would be there serving dinner to the troops, instead of going golfing or fund raising. ‘Leadership” some people just don’t get it!
Great news on Chad’s promotion. Prayers for his safe return.
CB - Thanks for posting. Makes this Christmas Day more memorable.
Prayers for his safety and congratulations to Chad
The Trooprallys
What a beautiful Statement.
Thanks Bob
Mrs T
Lovely, CBob! Thank you for letting us know what’s up with the Chadster. Beautiful letter.
Hope your New Year is excellent, good buddy.
Cool!
As someone else posted on another thread:
what we needed was a leader-what we got was an affirmative action reject...
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