Posted on 11/01/2006 7:45:41 PM PST by RobFromGa
Dear Senator Kerry,
Just a note to introduce you to my son, John, the one you said was in Iraq because he couldn’t cut it in college. He is a member of the Second Marines, Second Light Armored Brigade now serving in the Al Anbar province of Iraq. For the past month he has been recovering from injuries he sustained in an IED attack, but hopes to be back on the streets of Iraq by the middle of this month. It is already his second tour in Iraq. He came home on a stretcher from his first tour last year.
He joined the Marines following his sophomore year of college at Appalachian State University where he was a walk-on member of the football team. He played linebacker. The summer he joined the Marines, he was taking two courses to re-gain his eligibility for football. He completed the courses with an A and a B.
During that summer, he was involved in a car accident where his life was spared. He realized that if God could protect him through that terrible incident, he could protect him in Iraq. You see, Senator, he has always wanted to be in the military, but was deep down fearful of going. Education for John, was the alternative. It took the accident to show him where he truly wanted to be.
John is a courageous warrior. He is something you never were or never will be. You went to Vietnam because you had to. You came home as soon as you possibly could with contrived injuries. You disgraced your uniform and your unit by the false accusations you made about your brothers-in-arms before the United State Senate. You have no business lecturing John or any other serving member of the United States military about why they are where they are.
And you owe my son and his brothers in arms a personal and heart-felt apology for your remarks. Those comments were a disgrace to you, to your state of Massachusetts and to the Senate of the United States.
Sincerely,
Greg M.
Salisbury, NC
Pass along our thanks for his expressing it so eloquently. God Bless his family with special blessings for his son John.
Many thanks to your friends son John.
God Bless him and his brothers and sisters in arms.
Your friend was correct about Kerry's remarks, they are a disgrace to all.
Kerry would have been better to make that crack in Vegas.. and even then...
God bless this young Marine and all those who serve our nation with pride and in the finest traditions of the US military.
God bless your friend.. I am so grateful for his son's service and sacrifice..
thanks for your comments! I'll pass them along to Greg if he isn't lurking...
Bump for tomorrow.
Thanks April, I'll pass your thanks along to his Dad and Mom!
Thanks BG! for the pings and the prayers...
SoldierDad- I will send your remarks to my friend, I was very angry as well. Thanks for the prayers, they are appreciated...
Amen!
What a blessing these guys are, a true blessing to our nation.
And please express my great appreciation to this mans Marine son for his bravery in serving out country during this time of war. These brave men and women are my heroes.
I'll tell Brad, too....he'll pray. Of THIS you may be reassured. :)
Kerry will never understand John the Marine. Never. It's just not in him. God Bless John and his brothers in arms, and his dad for the great letter.
Thank you. That letter was right on the mark. Thank God for intelligent, brave and unselfish men such as your friend's son and parents that raise them. America is safe only because of the bravery of dedicated men like this Marine.
Gratitude for that kind of self-sacrafice should be in the hearts and minds of every American.. and show in what they do and say, and if not, then neither do they deserve the freedom provided by these Heroes nor are they true Americans.
Kerry is such a flip flop just like the rest of his party.
http://www.cafenetamerica.com
Not just contrived injuries but bogus recommendations. He put in for a Purple Heart for the 'rice in the rear' incident and his Commander said no. After his CO changed, he put in the same request for himself to be awarded the Purple Heart and the new CO signed it. What a phony is JFnK!!
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