[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

I personally recommend reading this article.

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[headsonpikes]

Bump.

[dcwusmc]

BRAVO to Mr. SHul and thanks for the headsup!

Excellent post, CaptNorb. Thanks for finding it.

Hi, Chrissie, thanks for starting the pinging...

[Scott from the Left Coast]

Bump for a great speech. I am copying it and sending it to my nephew at the Air Force Academy. Thanks for the ping.

[Mudboy Slim]

"Wars are not won just on military fronts, but by the resolve of the people. We must remain tenaciously strong in the pursuit of this enemy that threatens free people everywhere."

Thanks fer the bump, Tonkin...great read!!

FReegards...MUD

[Jen]

Awesome article. Thanks, Tonk, for the ping.

[Victoria Delsoul]

These murdering fanatics came into our land, lived amongst our people, flew on our planes, crashed them into our buildings, and killed thousands of our citizens. And nowhere along their gruesome path were they questioned or stopped. The joke is on us. We allowed this country to become soft.

We shouldn't really be too surprised that this could happen. Did we really think that we could keep electing officials who put self above nation and this would make us stronger? Did we really think that a strong economy adequately replaced a strong intelligence community? Did we imagine that a President who practically gave away the store on his watch, was insuring national security? While our country was mired in the wasted excess of a White House sex scandal, the drums of war beat loudly in foreign lands, and we were deaf. Our response was to give the man two terms in office, and even then barely half the American public exercised their right to vote. We have only ourselves to blame. Our elected officials are merely a reflection of our own values and what we deem important.

Great article. Thanks so much for the flag.

[RangerVetNam]

Thanks for the heads up. I have read this before but it never fails to move me.

[razorback-bert]

bump

[headsonpikes]

Rebump!

[SusanUSA]

War is such a messy business, and there are many who want no part of it, but rush to bask in the security blanket of its victory.

isn't it interesting those who cry loudest and most often for their rights, are usually those least willing to defend it.

Thank you all for the pings. I read it this morning but here's another BTTT!

[editor-surveyor]

This is one that should be required reading here.

[nunya bidness]

Thanks.

[Swede Girl]

WOW! What a great speech! Thanks for the heads up on this. I would hate to have missed it. What a wonderful article, and Brian Shul is a real American hero.

Aside from being a hero, it sounds like Brian is a Freeper, too! He certainly expresses what all of us have been saying for years now. I hope this article goes far and wide. It is time for those who have been on the wrong side for many years in this battle for America will read this and finally get the big picture.

I am sending this article via e-mail to friends and family. God bless Brian Shul.

[takenoprisoner]

good read and thanks for the flag...keep me on your list please.

[Ragtime Cowgirl]

Bless you and your pings, Tonkin. (^: I admit my own inability to reach across the aisle, to see the greatness in the dichotomy of our nation (love Daschle? ACK!), but there are more things under heaven....Here's to a great speech, actually delivered in public by a military man quoting the Bible and loving his country. Here's to someday understanding.

[gwmoore]

Thanks for the ping, Tonk, this one left a lump in my throat. It WILL be sent out today as emails to the media. This speech, if nothing else is heard from the media, should be heard by every man, woman and child in the US.

Keep the Faith for Freedom

MAY GOD BLESS AND PROTECT THIS HONORABLE REPUBLIC

Greg

[Nitro]

Now that is my kind of guy!!