Posted on 11/04/2006 12:51:37 AM PST by Jim Robinson
In a stunning and historic trip under the utmost secrecy, a delegation of families of fallen U.S. troops have traveled to Iraq to counter critics of the war effort, just days before the Nov. 7 midterm elections.
The delegation of “Gold Star Families” agreed to provide the Sacramento Union with an exclusive account of their trip to Iraq based on the assurance that news of their mission would not be published until they had safely left Amman, Jordan.
So secret is their trip that even members of the Bush Administration were kept in the dark about their planned activities.
They’ve come to Iraq from cities throughout America as part of a 12-person delegation in a history-making effort – no other coordinated group of “Gold Star Families” has ever traveled to Iraq, and they come with a message that is sure to ignite a firestorm of debate.
“The American people are shown a skewed picture of the situation in Iraq day after day by the international news media. We felt it was time to allow the families of U.S. troops who died in Iraq to come see the progress being made in Iraq and report it back to the American ,” said Melanie Morgan, Chairman of Move America Forward.
Move America Forward, a Sacramento-based pro-troop non-profit organization is organizing the 10-day journey to Iraq. The group previously led a contingent of radio talk show hosts to Iraq in July 2005.
To demonstrate their contention that things are better in Iraq than what has been portrayed in many news accounts, the delegation is intentionally traveling to Iraqi provinces that have largely been free of the violence that has erupted in Baghdad and the surrounding Sunni triangle.
(Excerpt) Read more at sacunion.com ...
I pray this noble mission will be successful. God keep them safe.
What a wonderful, important mission. Our troops deserve better than they've gotten from so much of America and the world. I hope the Democrats (and other assorted left-wing nut jobs) choke on the publicity that this trip will generate. Even the MSM will have no choice but to acknowledge the Gold Star Families' historic tour. Oh, no doubt they'll spend more time airing Cindy Sheehan's predictably hostile and self-important reaction, and then brushing this off as "the last-ditch efforts by a desperate GOP to sell the war in Iraq," but they'll be nervous. I fully expect the "Melanie Morgan must be codename for Karl Rove" investigation to begin almost immediately. I LOVE it!
Thanks for the update!
Bravo PING! God bless these dear family members, and their brave heroes. Godspeed, GoldStar Families! Give them all our love and appreciation.
Be sure to read the readers' shameful comments following the article on the SactoUnion site:
http://www.sacunion.com/pages/sacramento/articles/8638/
Here are the first two as examples:
"psst...it ain't a secret anymore. i'm posting this article on every islamist and anti-coalition message board i can find.
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-> Posted by jar jar / Nov 04, 2006
"it would be such an ironic tragedy if these hacks died on their trip...hahaa"
-> Posted by jar jar / Nov 04, 2006
You did good, Jim! You and I need to go on the next trip, deal? :)
Now they are expressing a desire to see the delegation members die on the trip. Check out the comments section at the bottom of the news story:
"it would be such an ironic tragedy if these hacks died on their trip...hahaa"
""psst...it ain't a secret anymore. i'm posting this article on every islamist and anti-coalition message board i can find."
Haha! I was preparing a post on that. I guess we noticed at the same time. I presume someone at DU or DailyKos was waiting for this story to spring on it and attack.
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I'm ready to roll!!
Oh my gosh ....how incredible!!! Thank you, Kristinn! How perfectly wonderful and appropriate .. for all you've done here for them! Godspeed, traveler .. safe journey.
Post the specific url and the exact quote on this thread impeach 98.
Thank you.
That not too surprising since many of their members are unreconstructed nihilists and anarchists.
OMG, this is incredible. May God guide their steps and keep them safe.
Thanks Jim.
I see you got it posted.
Duly noted.
i know i should have expected something like this from them, but they never cease to amaze me with their evil. just pure evil. for sure praying harder than ever!
::spit::
Godspeed to this group of Gold Star families.
Prayers for all involved in this trip.
I am still able to be shocked by the vitriol and hatred exibited in your link.Prayers for our nation.
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