I started to say something else but better not being a Church Lady and all...Weeellll, isn't that speaacial? ;)
Posted on 09/14/2005 3:22:14 PM PDT by Linda1956
Lest we forget the meaning of 9-11 14.SEP.05 Have you forgotten? As our great country was attacked, America came together as a true united states. We took the fight to Afghanistan and then trimmed the Al Qaida monster to nothing in Iraq, establishing a democratic government in both countries and exposing them to the life of the free.
There is nothing that terrorists hate more than the free helping others to be free. Well, Mr. Terrorist, nice try but you have failed. How does it feel to meet the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and the hardened American citizen as one?
All you did was bring a nation together and make it stronger: Average citizens helping strangers and service members defying odds and bringing criminals to justice.
You saw it in 2002 when you brought destruction to our shores and you see it again as Mother Nature does her damage. We are a nation of the free and the brave. Strong and United.
As I write this, brave soldiers and Marines resist a small arms attack joined by IEDs (improvised explosive device) less than a mile away in the area of Ramadi, Iraq.
Your attacks are becoming weaker and weaker every day as the coalition forces gain more and more popularity with your people, and become stronger and stronger in your homeland. It’s called freedom, Mr. Terrorist, and we know you don’t like it.
We build schools, develop governments, establish democracy, and bring freedom to your people. People like the ones who were freed by Marines in a village in western Iraq after having been held hostage by insurgents for over a year in their own village.
You don’t want America to be Muslim; you want the world to be Muslim. Well, again you have failed, because the one thing you didn’t count on happening, did happen. We became stronger. We didn’t fear large attacks today (Sept. 11) at our base; we knew they wouldn’t come. We didn’t fear attacks on our country today because we knew they wouldn’t come. We haven’t hidden inside and lived in fear because we knew they wouldn’t come.
If anyone desires to attack our great country they can count on one thing: We will come, and we will rid the world of evil people who hate what freedom stands for.
Today in America we stand as one nation fighting terrorism all over the world.
So, from Iraq and other forwardly deployed service members, we salute all of you, the great Americans in the home of the free and the brave.
Semper Fidelis. God Bless America. Captain B.
I started to say something else but better not being a Church Lady and all...Weeellll, isn't that speaacial? ;)
Linda, thank you for sharing this article and your son with us.
And you have plenty of people around here who talk a great game but can't even be bothered to show the slightest bit of support for our troops.
Keep up the great work, Bob!
First, welcome to the forum. I hope you stick around and learn a few things.
Next, why are you asking us? Ask the soldiers and their families, who routinely scream, curse and flip off these pathetic sleazeballs - the lowest life forms visible without a microscope. Ask the bus drivers who wave and honk, or the hospital staff and even double amputees who make their way from the hospital (which is several hundred yards back from the gate) to thank us and shake our hands.
Why would our wounded soldiers and their loved ones be so angry with their own? Hmmmm?
Has it not occurred to you that some of the protesters are relatives of the wounded soldiers?
-- IF -- they are relatives, they are even more shameful, the likes of the Cindynistas.
Policy IS NOT MADE BY WOUNDED WARRIORS AT WALTER REED!!!!!
Those that choose to protest the war have any number of locations to choose from. The Capitol would be appropriate - a military hospital is NOT!
You are new ... read up on the groups that have "organized" this blood ritual. If they have managed to dupe a family of one of the wounded heroes they are more despicable than I originally thought.
Also, we have massive numbers of soldiers, wounded heroes, family members of the military and friends of the troops, stop and thank us for being there to support ALL of our soldiers, their Commander in Chief and their mission.
There will always be a couple of "victims" no matter what any one does. It is the MASSIVE MAJORITY of those that believe in what they do that concerns me.
Why did they take this ignorant SOB off. I was ready to teach a lesson.
Dunno. I prefer to have them stay on, but...
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