Posted on 12/05/2005 1:59:15 PM PST by areafiftyone
First things first: The issue that's getting so much attention — and rightfully so — is the hate letter written to PFC Joshua Sparling.
In case you missed the show, Josh was wounded in Iraq on November 20, and by the time he arrived at he was almost immediately carted in for surgery. With a down moment he opened up a card which — on the surface — seemed like a patriotic "get well soon" kids' note, only to open and see it said this verbatim:
Dear, Soldier
Have a great time into he war and have a great time dieing in the war from Solider Miguel
P.S. DIE.
This was the only card on his wall. As much pain as he is in he insisted on leaving the card up and in view. He, by the way, is proud of his service misses his buddies and wants to go back and fight — as did everyone I met last Friday. Please write him and his fellow wounded war fighters Christmas/holiday/get well cards to let them know that and this sadist does not represent the America public.
Send your get-well and holiday wishes to:
Joshua Sparling
C/O Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20307-5001
If you have the time, please try and include the others I met along with Col. North and Col. Hunt at Walter Reed:
Capt. James Ollinger
Sgt. Zavian Simspon
Specialist Brian Radke
Specialist Jason Braase
Sgt. David Nevins
Sgt. Jose Ramos
Cpl. Todd Bishop
Sgt. Ryan Donnelly
Sgt. Eva Diane Cochran
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Joshua Sparling
C/O Walter Reed Army Medical Center
6900 Georgia Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20307-5001
If you have the time, please try and include the others I met along with Col. North and Col. Hunt at Walter Reed:
Capt. James Ollinger
Sgt. Zavian Simspon
Specialist Brian Radke
Specialist Jason Braase
Sgt. David Nevins
Sgt. Jose Ramos
Cpl. Todd Bishop
Sgt. Ryan Donnelly
Sgt. Eva Diane Cochran
I was sooo livid when I saw this on Fox and Friends this morning. How evil that person is!
bttt
Are there addresses for the others? I'll send a card to every one!!
Meant to add or are the addresses the same??
What's with the Green Day reference? Did the band have something to do with this?
Christmas cards with "thank you for defending our freedoms" and prayers for their recovery going out tomorrow. Thanks for the heads-up.
bookmark/bttt
"This was the only card on his wall."
Why even put that card on the wall? Doesn't make sense. If I ever have a quadruple bypass and receive a card from someone who hopes my heart explodes during surgery, it better not end up on the wall.
Not too sure about that. I guess Green Day must have one of their rotten songs out against the troops.
Probably gives him resolve to spite this person and get better!
"Wake Me Up When September's Over" is a caustic anti-war song as are many of the songs featured on their latest album. Sadly, I like the music, per se, of Green Day, but this kind of politicking grates deeply.
Can't any of those people spell?
All I know is that whoever is behind this ought to be horse-whipped. I liked the idea I read online today of walking this miscreant (whoever he turns out to be) through the severe wounds ward to show this POS what folks are going through to protect his "First Amendment Rights."
My wife's cousin spent some time at WRMC earlier this year (his tent got bombed in Iraq), and I could only imagine how he would have felt had this happened to him.
Truely amazing the levels that some "people" would stoop to in order to make their silly little points.
No doubt this is from one of those peace loving folks who are against the war but support our soldiers.
Indeed.
I'll be sending greetings to all listed.
I agree with you. But I seem to think this young man will have a happy ending to this story.
I am not sure about his injuries, but I think Americans will rally around him and erase the hate from the left.
I must be missing something -- what Green Day reference are you talking about?
It doesn't show up in the excerpt, but it shows up on the link to the Fox news story. There are no other references to it in the story and I wondered if it was a typo. I knew Green Day is very liberal and anti-Bush, but I was wondering if they had done something more egregious recently, perhaps connected to this hatemail.
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