No fan of yellow ribbons here. The message in them is not victory, not even survival. It is cut-and-run.
Untrue.
BOGUS!
Yellow ribbons = We support you and will wait for you as long as it takes until you come safely home!
I'm shocked at your interpretation of "yellow ribbons"! As a military mom whose son served in Iraq, I hung yellow ribbons on our flag pole. They represent our support and gratitude for our troops, and say that we will be here waiting for your return. To say that those ribbons stand for "cut-and-run" is absurd! I'm shocked!
When our son returned, he was honored that we had hung the yellow ribbons.
Only if you insist that's what the message is. Most of us know better.
"The message in them is not victory, not even survival. It is cut-and-run."
That's the most mis-guided thing I've read all day.
Yellow ribbons do not symbolize "cut and run." Where do you get that from? Yellow ribbons are a sign that a loved one uses to let their far-away loved one know that they are thinking of them, that they support them and that they wish them a safe journey home...WHEN THE JOB IS DONE.
During ODS, we had to warn families NOT to display yellow ribbons on their homes, because it was making them targets for morons like this Cindy woman and her minions. Anti-war mutants would show up at the HOMES of soldiers and harrass their families. Unreal!
If ANYONE has co-opted what a yellow ribbon stands for, it's those pukes. :(
Where did you get that notion of the Yellow Ribbons? The first time I heard of the ribbons was during the gulf war, one of the girls I worked with husband was in Kuwait, we wore yellow ribbons in his honor to support him, and hopes for a safe return.
I found out later that the yellow ribbon idea is much older than that.
I'm comin' home, I've done my time
Now I've got to know what is and isn't mine
If you received my letter telling you I'd soon be free
Then you'll know just what to do
If you still want me
If you still want me
Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
It's been three long years
Do ya still want me (still want me)
If I don't see a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
I'll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
Bus driver, please look for me
'cause I couldn't bear to see what I might see
I'm really still in prison
And my love, she holds the key
A simple yellow ribbon's what I need to set me free
I wrote and told her please
Whoa, tie a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
It's been three long years
Do ya still want me (still want me)
If I don't see a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
I'll stay on the bus
Forget about us
Put the blame on me
If I don't see a yellow ribbon 'round the ole oak tree
---- Instrumental Interlude ----
Now the whole damned bus is cheerin'
And I can't believe I see
A hundred yellow ribbons 'round the ole oak tree
I'm comin' home, mmm, mmm
(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
(Tie a ribbon 'round the ole oak tree)
One of the John Ford/John Wayne "Cavalry" westerns, was called "She wore a Yellow Ribbon", it was made in 1949. (Cavalry wear yellow stripes on heir pants and at times have used other uniform accents in yellow.
I believe "around her neck she wore a yellow", may still be a popular Jodi in the (armored) Cavalry today. When I was in AFROTC we sand a modified version (our ribbon was red)
