A Must Read Email From an American Soldier (first hand account of Rumsfeld's visit)

TheBantyRooster ^ | 12/24/04 | Captain Dan Mattson

[MEG33]

Merry Christmas to you and yours..

[hershey]

Wonderful! Great to read, and for sure we'll never see a word of it in the MSM. I made the mistake of turning on the BBC yesterday -- they were 'analyzing' Rumsfeld's visit. (Rumsfeld's sole reason for going to Iraq was to counteract recent bad press. Sure, soldiers cheered, even gave him a standing O...but they're dolts. The implication was that if American soldiers had the brains they were borh with, they'd have all run off to Canada by now.) I turned the BBC off. Enough was enough.

[Bahbah]

"Mr. Rumsfeld, I want you to know, that you are doing a fantastic job...."

I feel that way as well, but it's going to mean a whole lot more to Rummy coming from our wounded warrior. God bless Rob, God bless Rummy, and God bless our military men and women, every one.

[Zechariah11]

Great find! Thanks for the article. Bookmarking it for keeps.

[ProudVet77]

Thanks for the post. Just what I needed on Christmas, to wake up with a blurry screen.
I particularly love this part - "through a mob of dignitaries, to include 3 and 4 star generals" I bet if The Donald (I like that) turned quickly he'd break one of their noses. Keep those multi star boobs out of the way, and let him spend more time with the troops and troopettes. They can always kiss his butt back in Washington.

[lwoodham]

I cried openly while reading this. God bless our armed forces, greatest people who will ever live!

[exDemMom]

Then remarkably, the young soldier, who had just lost his left hand and right eye from an explosion, came to the defense of the Secretary of Defense, stating "Mr. Rumsfeld, I want you to know, that you are doing a fantastic job. I know that you are taking a lot of heat for the problems with getting armor for vehicles. I want you to know that things are vastly improved. Our vehicles are great, and I have never searched through junk piles for scrap metal."

That is showing amazing presence of mind for someone just out of surgery. I would think that most people, if they can speak at all, usually manage "mumble mumble feel terrible mumble go away mumble" and stuff like that.

[McGavin999]

If anyone here works in the senate, I hope they print this out and give a copy to McCain, Hagel, Collins and Lott. Look at what they are doing, look at what was on that young man's mind.

[MEG33]

I fear their political motives and personal agendas would blind them to this message.

[Redleg Duke]

I am reminded of the ancient Celtic poem:

"Yea, though I am wounded, I am not slain,

I'll lay me down and bleed awhile, and then arise and Fight Again!"

[Netizen]

Ping me when the pics are posted, I'd love to see them. :)

[Enterprise]

Great post, thank you.

[nw_arizona_granny]

Here is your ping.

[Dolphy]

I found this via your post on another thread. Thank you for getting it out there.

[Just mythoughts]

I am reminded of the ancient Celtic poem:

"Yea, though I am wounded, I am not slain,

I'll lay me down and bleed awhile, and then arise and Fight Again!"


Thanks, very appropriate.

[F.J. Mitchell]

"Where do we get these men?"

These men and women come from every area of humanity that makes up the culture of these United States. A large majority of them, including the courageous young Patriot of whom this article speaks, is from the generation that has been called spoiled, pampered and selfish. The generation about which much has been said and written, mostly in negative terms.

Suprise! Suprise! This generation of Americans, same as every other generation from our founding Fathers and Mothers to the present generation, arise to the challange, whatever it may be.

America will be in the hands of the best there is, tomorrow, just like it has always been.

May God bless all our valient young warriors. Bless their hearts.

[MEG33]

Amen

[Keith in Iowa]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1307671/posts?page=5#5

That's the first-hand account from the one who asked Rummy the killer question about how biased the media is.

[MEG33]

ping

[MikefromOhio]

This entire administration has men and women just as dedicated to the people in our armed forces as Rummy showed there. From the Presidents on down, through Cheney, Powell and Rice......

thanks for the ping