[Mr. Silverback]

I am so proud to have been an American airman.

[Mr. Silverback]

BreakPoint/Chuck Colson Ping!

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[Zavien Doombringer]

I too am proud to have served!

SrA. United States Air Force

3rd TAC Fighter Wing, 3rd AGS/3rd AMU - Clark AB, PI 86-89

3746 FMS Eglin AFB, Val-p, FL 85-86

512 FMS, DOVER AFB, Dover, DE 83-85

[Howie]

My best friend came from Germany to the US, via Canada, in his twenties. He still remembers the WWII bombings of Germany. His mom was a soldier in the German army. They spent weeks in the bomb shelters as the allied bombers pounded the German cities. Anything that looked like it could be industrial was flattened.

When the American troops came through, the people were starving, boiling "grass soup" and such to stay alive. He said the GI's tossed the kids food, candy etc. just like in the movies.

He said the kindest of them all were the black GIs.

[EdJay]

"The picture in the WASHINGTON POST showed two American soldiers kneeling in the sand of Iraq. One had laid his hand on the shoulder of his buddy, trying to comfort him. The soldier was deeply disturbed over the sight of Iraqi children wounded during recent hostilities."

One interesting thing about that photo -- which only came out in subsequent stories -- was why the soldier being comforted in the picture was so distressed. The incident occurred on June 13. The Iraqi children had been injured when they set fire to some explosive powder left over from the hostilities. The soldier in the picture, Sgt. David Borell, called for medical help from the US forces. His request was refused. The official position was that, since the kids were not injured by US action, they were therefore not entitled to US medical aid. Sgt. Borell later said, "I cannot imagine the heartlessness required to look into the eyes of a child in horrid pain and suffering and, with medical resources only a brief trip up the road, ignore their plight as though they are insignificant." Sgt. Borell, from Toledo, Ohio, is a 14 year Army veteran. To the Associated Press, Borell said: "I have never seen in almost 14 years of Army experience anything that callous."

There's a story about the incident in the Casper (WY) Tribune at http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2003/06/27/news/world/09833b7751fae9da54e8ed9d7ac7c1c4.txt

[Burkeman1]

Good old Chuck Colson. Remember him? I think he was the Nixon appointee who got sent to jail for having ONE raw data FBI file. How many Clintonites got sent to jail for the 900+ files they had? PS- I think Colson started a Christian inmate fellowship program that he still runs today.

[Mr. Silverback]

There's a very good Colson essay over here about the troops. You may wish to ping your lists.

[Mr. Silverback]

Troop prayer field trip?

[foreverfree]

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