Petty Officer In Navy Has Something to Say to Cindy Sheehan

e-mail from one of our military | Naval Petty Officer

[bjcintennessee]

Dear friends and family,

In light of certain protest against the war in Iraq I am compelled to write to you as a service member, so that I may share with you my feelings on the matter from that perspective. This letter is to you, friends and family, but I will share it also with certain members of the media, because it is my desire that my thoughts on this subject be widely expressed. Feel free to pass this message along.

My time in service is rapidly coming to an end; the chances of my dieing at this point by any means of an act of war while in service are slim to none. Regardless, if I were to sacrifice my life for my country in my remaining time of service, it would be my wish to be remembered for the honor, courage and commitment of which I served my country, and not by any mindless act of protest my friends or family may take upon themselves against my Commander in Chief.

The protest of which I am referring to is a profanation, a self-serving act of ignorance which sickens my soul. A woman attacks the very principle which her son died for, and threatens the integrity of his sacrifice. Is this the act of a loving mother? I think not! As a military man, I view this as an act of self pity and blatant disrespect for a fallen soldier, her son, no less! Will you "honor" your loved one's death by attacking the dignity of his life? In this day's policy of political correctness, have the American civilians grown so soft that they cannot manage even a glimpse of our code of honor, or do they intentionally tear it to shreds in our faces?

I am not here to defend the war in Iraq. Every war that is fought offers its fare share of reasons to oppose it, after all, opposition is what war is all about. However, as far as I can tell, the only human beings who do not long for a free world are those who prosper from the suppression of others, and if that alone is my sole justification for our cause, then so be it! I call our cause to be just, and it is your right of freedom to disagree with me if you so choose. I'll defend that right of yours to my death if I must! I can't think of a good politically correct reason why the Iraqi citizens shouldn't be afforded that same freedom.

Friends, family, if this war should cost me my life today, feel free to march on Washington tomorrow, but please have enough respect for my memory to leave my name out of it, and do not use it as a banner in your pity parade! Our military members are conditioned to withstand tribulations that would bring a typical man to his knees. When we survive we do so in triumph, when we die it is in honor. These deeds are disregarded by many who do not understand, yet they take privilege in the freedoms we provide to them. Spare our service members their dignity, it is the least you can do, and the most that we ask.

And if any of you have enough free time on your hands to make camp in Texas for the purpose of protest, might I suggest that you get a hobby?!

Sincerely, Petty Officer (I don't know if I'm allowed to put his name here, though I know he would be pleased) United States Navy

[bjcintennessee]

This young man is serving with my son and sent this e-mail to family and friends. I know he would not mind having his name posted, but I didn't want to violate any FReeper rules about posting names.

[Millee]

Wow! Thanks for posting. God bless your son & this fine man.

[martin_fierro]

OooohRaahh (or whatever it is they say in the Navy -- "Yo Ho"?)

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[stickandpucknut]

fat chance any media cept fox mention this

[SkyDancer]

You can't expect someone who has bricks for a brain to understand what she'd be reading .... if she read it at all ...

[Gator101]

Eloquently stated. If Mrs Sheehan would but read one letter of opposition to her antics, I would want it to be this one.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"President Bush said my son died in a noble cause,
and I want to ask him what that noble cause is."
Cindy Sheehan

Cindy : Iraq Freedom is the noble cause.
No longer do I fear the butcher Saddam Hussein murdering my children!



President Bush Remembers Halabja
Saturday, 15 March 2003
President's Radio Address (Remembering Halabja)
"This weekend marks a bitter anniversary for the people of Iraq.
Fifteen years ago, Saddam Hussein's regime ordered a chemical weapons attack on a village in Iraq called Halabja. With that single order, the regime killed thousands of Iraq's Kurdish citizens. Whole families died while trying to flee clouds of nerve and mustard agents descending from the sky. Many who managed to survive still suffer from cancer, blindness, respiratory diseases, miscarriages,
and severe birth defects among their children..."

Anyone who thinks Hanoi Kerry and Hanoi Jane
aren't behind the anti war crowd
needs to get a clue.
Remember the slaughter and torture of the people of Viet Nam by the communists
while Hanoi Kerry and Hanoi Jane cheered their commie buddies!



Lame Stream Media : News Flash!

President Bush already met with Cindy Sheehan in June 2004 for 10 minutes.

From The Reporter, Vacaville, CA archive: Bush, Sheehans share moments.


Quit lying!!!!

[dakine]

I think the say: "arrggghhhh!!"

[fredhead]

I offer this young man "Fair Winds and Following Seas"

[Michael.SF.]

Good for him!

I am also reminded of something along the same lines:

While serving on board the USS Abraham Lincoln my son sat down to watch the TV (CNN was on). He sat next to another sailor, whom my son noticed was obviously upset (my son did not know him). CNN was broadcasting an interview of anti war protesters, including an interview with a middle aged couple.

My son asked, in a helpful way, his shipmate what was the matter. "That's my mom and dad. Why the F are they doing that?"

He was watching his parents on TV protesting the war he was in.

The sailor got up and left, obviously distraught.

My son told me that was one of the toughest things he saw one of his shipmates go through while serving on board.

YES, THE USS LINCOLN'S MISSION WAS ACCOMPLISHED!

[Michael.SF.]

“Without question we were held captive longer because of the anti-war people, the Kerrys, the Fondas and Haydens. The names we knew over there – they encouraged the enemy to hang on.”
Leo Thorsness
Former Vietnam POW

**************

Leo Thorness
Medal of Honor

And today, we can now add the name of Cindy Sheehan to the above list of traitors.

[NVD]

Isn't it "Anchors Aweigh" ?

[eastsider]

Friends, family, if this war should cost me my life today, feel free to march on Washington tomorrow, but please have enough respect for my memory to leave my name out of it, and do not use it as a banner in your pity parade!

Bump!

[Stashiu]

Thats a roger, over.

[sneakers]

Navy bump! LOL!!


sneakers
(PNM of Sailor Nate)

[tutstar]

ping

[Senior Chief]

LOL...From a retired sailor, close enough.

[La Enchiladita]

The white crosses in Crawford came from the "Arlington West" travesty on the beach in Santa Monica, California, sponsored by Veterans for Peace, the descendants of Kerry's Vietnam Veterans Against the War. It's a direct lineage and Cindy is their girl.

[BigBobber]

Wow! What a tremendous letter. The petty officer's letter sums up this issue better than anything I have read in the last month. I especially like this part:

...the only human beings who do not long for a free world are those who prosper from the suppression of others, and if that alone is my sole justification for our cause, then so be it!

I can't express the contempt I have for Cindy Sheehan and others who denigrate the Iraqi constitutional process and tell us they were better off under Saddam, who kept the "peace" using fear, murder, and unspeakable atrocities.

With men like the letter writer and your son defending our country, I feel very safe and very proud.

[sport]

Amen!