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Twas the Night Before Surrender (A FANTASTIC READ)
Human Events ^ | 12/22/2006 | Catherine Moy

Posted on 12/22/2006 11:25:53 AM PST by Impeach98

Twas the Night Before Surrender by Catherine Moy

** Dedicated to our Troops **

T'was the night before Christmas, when all through the land We argued about our troops in the faraway Sand. Our politicians grabbed pork with so little care, While our soldiers risked life, limb and soul over there.

Congress was nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of another win danced in their heads. Our soldiers dodged bombs, bullets and suicide freaks While protesters hung their effigies on our streets.

Inside the Beltway there arose such a clatter, Another Kennedy crashed a car, its window in shatters. The Capitol police flew like a flash, But the Kennedys just gave them some cold, hard green cash.

Thousands of miles away, how could our soldiers know, That our support was more than just pomp, smiles and show? When, what to their wondering eyes should appear, But a half-baked report that made surrender clear.

What of Justin and Casey, once lively and strong, They’d given their lives, how could it be wrong? Patriots fought back, called the cowards by name, “Come from under your beds, have you no shame?”

“Now Murtha! Now Al Gore! Now Obama! Now Kerry! And your first woman speaker, oh, this could get hairy! Our soldiers stand strong as you cut off their funds, They leave behind their blood, as you cut, turn and run.

Stop where you are, Kennedy, get out of the booze, Our colors don’t run, we can’t and won’t lose. Remember Sept. 11, and the radicals who pray, That they cut our throats and kill Santa’s great sleigh.

And now, as we look to the north for the miracle star, We get on our knees, and pray for peace here and far. We will not falter, if we stand all together, In cold desert nights, whatever the weather.

We love our men and women, so far from their home. This Christmas we pray for them, so they don’t feel alone. We will stand by them, as they drive the enemy from sight, Then Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night!

THE AUTHOR: Catherine Moy is a columnist for the Vacaville Reporter newspaper and co-author of "American Mourning: The Intimate Story of Two Families Joined by War, Torn by Beliefs" - a book about our troops she co-wrote with Melanie Morgan of Move America Forward.


TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: catherinemoy; christmas; iraq; maf; war
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To: AD from SpringBay

Thank you and Merry Christmas


21 posted on 12/22/2006 5:23:53 PM PST by sodpoodle (if you can't handle the truth, try satire.)
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To: All; Impeach98; Vigilanteman; Valin; stevie_d_64; sodpoodle; AD from SpringBay; Carl/NewsMax; ...


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NEVER FORGET


TED KENNEDY's getting a Democrat post-WATERGATE Congress to cutoff all funding for the then Free South Vietnamese to fight for their own Freedom with, and then to cutoff all funding for Medical Aid needed to treat their resulting war casualties with =


Pictures of a vietnamese Re-Education Camp

http://www.Freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1308949/posts


And now TED KENNEDY is trying to do the same thing to a Free Iraq.

The Question that now just begs for an answer is:

.."WHY has TED KENNEDY alwaays been so dead-set against Freedom for Others..?


NEVER FORGET

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22 posted on 12/22/2006 7:54:39 PM PST by ALOHA RONNIE ("ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer/Veteran-"WE WERE SOLDIERS" Battle of IA DRANG-1965 http://www.lzxray.com)
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To: Impeach98

23 posted on 12/22/2006 10:11:10 PM PST by BykrBayb (Be careful what you ask for, and even more careful what you demand. Þ)
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To: Impeach98

bump for a later read


24 posted on 12/22/2006 10:23:20 PM PST by KsSunflower
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To: Impeach98

"Righton" bump:


25 posted on 12/23/2006 8:07:10 AM PST by Howie
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To: JoyjoyfromNJ

That's a great one. Thanks, JoyJoy, and have a great Christmas and New Year!


26 posted on 12/23/2006 11:38:51 AM PST by Albion Wilde (...where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. -2 Cor 3:17)
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To: All

BTTT!!!


27 posted on 12/23/2006 12:19:00 PM PST by Impeach98 (Anti-war protestors should try holding rallies in Damascus and Tehran!)
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To: Impeach98

--And your first woman speaker, oh, this could get hairy! --

"Pelosi" really does mean "hairy" in Italian.


28 posted on 12/23/2006 12:35:49 PM PST by rfp1234 (Custom-built for Bill Clinton: the new Toyota Priapus.)
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