Anti-war Protests Anger U.S. Troops Inside Kuwait

The Detroit News | Tuesday, February 18, 2003 | M.E. Sprengelmeyer

[WolfsView]

Halfway down the trail to hell,
In a shady meadow green
Are the Souls of all dead troopers camped,
Near a good old-time canteen.
And this eternal resting place
Is known as Fiddlers' Green.

Marching past, straight through to Hell
The Infantry are seen.
Accompanied by the Engineers,
Artillery and Marines,
For none but the shades of Cavalrymen
Dismount at Fiddlers' Green.

Though some go curving down the trail
To seek a warmer scene.
No trooper ever gets to Hell
Ere he's emptied his canteen.
And so rides back to drink again
With friends at Fiddlers' Green.

And so when man and horse go down
Beneath a saber keen,
Or in a roaring charge of fierce melee
You stop a bullet clean,
And the hostiles come to get your scalp,
Just empty your canteen,
And put your pistol to your head
And go to Fiddlers' Green.

SCOUTS OUT!

[ppaul]

So, in your opinion it is okay to suppress political expression sedition with vioence?

When our country is at war and the blood of our boys is being spilled?
Yes.

[Damocles]

anti-capitalist professional... Isn't that a contradiction in terms?

I would have thought so until I saw the organizers selling t-shirts for ...gasp...a profit! I found the contradiction humorous.

[section9]

To have doubts is one thing. Geez, I have doubts.

To criticize the leadership of your country, while remaining silent during the cruel and barbarous rape of a country by its ruler, borders on the criminal, if not the treasonous.

The Left knows what Saddam is all about. They choose to remain silent. They are complicit in evil.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[section9]

Do you agree that Al Qaeda hates Saddam with a vengeance and is only supporting his position here because it is an anti-American stance?

Oh, I strongly suspect that they despise each other. However, I do not believe that each party sees that as a roadblock to stop cooperation in pursuant of mutual interests.

Remember: Hitler and Stalin signed a nonagression pact! Each party got a bit of Poland and Hitler got a free hand in the West.

Do you agree that whether we should take out Saddam or not is a separate issue from the attack of 9/11?

No. This is part of the same conflict. Remember, we fight agianst terrorist organizations and the states that support them.

What is your position on Saudi Arabia in all of this

We make them an offer they can't refuse.

Reform or be undermined by the CIA.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[JohnHuang2]

Thanks, my friend.

[JohnHuang2]

hehehe

[JohnHuang2]

Welcome *Smiles*

[JohnHuang2]

Amen, my friend

[FreeTheHostages]

Ping. You have Freepmail.

[BOBTHENAILER]

Great post of a great poem.

[FreeTheHostages]

Had #32 pulled so I can send it to Billie and Dutchess as my essay of the week (just in case anybody wonders what happened..hehe :^)

LOL -- the walls have ears. Your mistake is thinking I don't get out and about in the other threads! Muh-ha-ha-ha-ha. What a great thread, though, huh? Bob rules.

[sakic]

To criticize the leadership of your country, while remaining silent during the cruel and barbarous rape of a country by its ruler, borders on the criminal, if not the treasonous.

This raises the issue of why so may of us are distrustful of our government. There are currently scores of dictators that treat their citizens just as badly and yet not only does our government not call them to task, they never utter a word about it.

[DoughtyOne]

Hey that's great. Wish them well from the rest of us.

[section9]

This raises the issue of why so may of us are distrustful of our government. There are currently scores of dictators that treat their citizens just as badly and yet not only does our government not call them to task, they never utter a word about it.

First, a reasoned distrust of government is one of the foundations of our Constitutional Order. The Framers didn't produce the Constitution as it was because they believed that people with power would do good.

Second, this isn't just about human rights. If it were, I would agree with you. We go at Saddam because of his potential threat to our country and her allies, not because he is a bad guy. His being a squalid tyrant merely adds to the indictment.

National interest is our lodestar, first and foremost.

Be Seeing You,

Chris

[BOBTHENAILER]

I emailed the editor of the post newspaper links to this article and the Infinite FReep rallies. If nothing else, two more soldiers know today that FReepers support them and our country!

I tried to get my local paper to print the article today. They said they couldn't, but that they had a letter from a serviceman in Kuwait who was also pi$$ed about the anti-war crowd and they were going to print that.

I've had several letters to the editor printed along this line and I really hope our local men and women overseas are seeing them.

We've got five young men that are friends of our family that are either over there, Afghanistan or on their way. THEY KNOW THE SUPPORT THEY HAVE FROM US AND HOW PROUD OF THEM WE ARE!!!!!

[BOBTHENAILER]

LOL -- the walls have ears. Your mistake is thinking I don't get out and about in the other threads! Muh-ha-ha-ha-ha. What a great thread, though, huh?

I think #32 is back up after JH2 got his just rewards.

This is a good thread, no?

[FreeTheHostages]

This is a *great* and important thread, Bob. It should inspire people to get out there, because that's just what they need to do. So God Bless you -- and our troops.

[BOBTHENAILER]

God bless the troops.
thank you, my FRiend.

[nutmeg]

This is a good thread, no?

This is a very good and very important thread... doing my best to keep it alive!

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