Posted on 08/03/2003 3:40:48 AM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub
Thanks for bumping by, blackie.
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Those were AWESOME photo's!!!!!! HONESTLY! That handsome gentleman must be your hero.. MSgt. Edwards!!. (Has he had training in taking Photo's?)
The pictures were great Sherry!! You must have had an EXCELLENT teacher!!! (LindaSog perhaps?) :o)
Sherry, tell MSgt. Edwards that as Veterans we want him to know that we are proud of him and all the troops. The American soldier has a long history of honor, duty and tradition. When we watch military documentaries it never ceases to amaze us how brave our men and women have always been. We witnessed it first hand when we served, my husband in country, and myself working on our troops and on POW's. Then we come to today and we are filled with pride in what we see. So much pride that we feel we will surely burst with it. We are SO BLESSED as a country.
As veterans we step aside for the next generation of military. (Though many of us wish we could do otherwise, we realize our "physical" limitations). But since Vietnam, we do so with an "obligation" that what happened to "our" generation will NEVER happen again to ANY military serving our country.
It has now become a RESPONISBILITY OF ALL VETERANS PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE to make sure that all who serve after us, can rest assured that they will return to a grateful nation. (DESPITE what a liberal media or DEMOCRATS would prefer). ***Make sure you pass this tradition on Dan!!*** :o)
But I would be remiss if I didn't add that the accomplishments of this military and this President have been superb!! I Sherry an article from the State Dept. about how since 9-11 happened, the World has had the least amount of terrorism since 1969.
Thanks to this President and to OUR MILITARY.
We have toppled the Taliban, liberated TWO ENTIRE countries, Afghanistan and Iraq,..and God willing are on our way to FINALLY STABILIZING the middle east.
It IS and has been a FULL PLATE. But if you don't treat a septic tank.. it doesn't get better.. it just gets worst. Pretty soon, it won't work or overflows. That's kinda the way terrorism works. TERRORISM is A CESSPOOL, the SEPTIC tank of the world. You guys are out there cleaning up the CRAP of the world that threatens to OVERFLOW. In fact, it already did. On 9-11 it came into our own backyard.
I will never forget those people jumping.. I will never forget why you are over there doing what you are doing. Don't think for "ONE NEW YORK MINUTE" that this isn't somehow all tied together. Money talks..and the money was all being shared. (Otherwise, how can anyone explain the State Dept. Report. Sherry, please share the State Dept. report w/hubby, K?) It took a lot of courage to do what President Bush and PM Blair did, perhaps it has cost them the Presidency and being Prime Minister. Which goes to show they weren't doing it for power, but for the good of their country. We thank God every day for such courageous men as them.. AND FOR ALL OF YOU!!! OUR TROOPS!!!
I know that Dan has wee ones, and that they are around the same age as quite a few of my grandchildren. If it weren't for men like Dan, my grandchildren or even Dan's children could be harmed by animals like the ones who carried out 9-11. On a very personal note, I take very serious what you guys are doing over there. IMAGINING is enough for me.. I don't need REALITY to make a believer out of me. So THANK YOU GUYS AND GALS. KEEP up the good work. AND GODS SPEED in getting the work done and getting your tours over.
I want to leave MSgt Edwards and any troop he is sharing these posts with, a favorite poem and quote of old (Even a MARINE **SEMPER FI** can like a poem):
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.
~~ John Stuart Mill ~~
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"I Got Your Back" (author unknown)
I am a small and precious child, my parent has been sent to fight...
The only place I'll see their face, is in my dreams at night...
They'll be gone too many days for my young mind to keep track... I may be sad, but I am proud...
My parent's got your back.
We are caring Moms and Dads. Our child has gone to war...
Our mind is filled with worries that we've never known before... Every day we try to keep our thoughts from turning black...
We may be scared, but we are proud...
Our child has got your back.
I am a strong and loving spouse, with a spouse who had to go... There are times I'm terrified in a way most never know...
I bite my lip, and force a smile as I watch my loved one pack...
My heart may break, but I am proud...
My loved one's got your back...
I am a Military Person... Serving Proudly, standing tall...
I fight for freedom, yours and mine by answering this call... I do my job while knowing the thanks it sometimes lacks...
Say a prayer that I'll come home...
It's me who's got your back.
MSgt. DANIEL EDWARDS, AND ALL WHO SERVE.. THANK YOU AND GOD BLESS YOU!!! FROM VETS_HUSBAND_AND_WIFE!!
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