An Open Letter to FR from Iraq

91b ^ | August 18, 2005 | 91b

[concerned about politics]

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[Brad’s Gramma]

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[1955Ford]

Here is a great letter in Wednesday's edition of USA Today:

Mission isn't over yet

Al Neuharth used the death of Marines killed by an improvised explosive device in Iraq to illustrate his point that we troops are not well protected and therefore should be brought home (" 'Support our troops' — bring them home alive," The Forum, Friday).

I don't agree. And I'm one of the troops. I believe that it doesn't matter how these brave men were killed — Neuharth would use their deaths to dishonor their efforts.

I'm on my second tour, many of my soldiers on their third, and I see no such desire to leave our fallen comrades' efforts in vain. I have four children and a wonderful wife waiting for me at home. I did not enlist in March of 2002 so I could spend more time with them. I did it to come over here, or wherever I was sent, to take this fight to those who started it. Don't bring me home before I am done.

The truth is that those who were in the military before 9/11 have, for the most part, had the opportunity to get out if wartime service was not what they were looking for. By now, most of us have enlisted or re-enlisted in order to be over here. You want to support us? Support our decision to defend our country, or do it yourself.

Sgt. Brian P. Fitzgerald, 82nd Airborne Division, Gardez, Afghanistan

[kpp_kpp]

there's 250,000,000+ arm-chair quarterbacks here at home and to the 150,000 of you duty-bound in iraq...

i think you deserve our praise and thanks

[concerned about politics]

We all have jobs

This is important. The left wingers protesting are the social parasites here in the U.S. They have nothing else to do but hang out along the streets all day. They're supported by tax payer paid government checks.
Even Cindy Sheenan was using her sons life insurance to pay for her travel expenses until the American Socialists organizations started picking up the tab.
Those who support you and your fellow soldiers have jobs and families, but they do get out every chance they get. Those who don't get out to the troop support rallies are still holding you in their prayers. The average American has your back. They're the silent majority. You can hear them if you listen closely.

[trussell]

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91B, My prayers go up for you and all others who are serving our country. You will find that some of us have a hard time not saying thank you. We just don't know any other way to show our appreciation. God Bless!

Blessings,
trussell

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[cricket]

"However, I do not see where her actions serve any useful purpose other than to embolden our enemies and weaken the resolve that is necessary to carry forward the fight to a victorious conclusion."

Thanks for taking the time to confirm what so many Americans; here at 'home', believe as well.

Cindy is not just becoming a 'sorry' spectacle; but a pathetic one. Not only does Cindy and the Left's 'et als' embolden our enemies. . .and weaken resolve of our Military who endure; and 'fight the fight'. . .

. . .but their incessant demands and protests must help create an unsteady political ground, as well, for those in Iraq who share the higher vision for the future of their Country and the Middle East.

That said; could I just offer a 'heartfelt' Thank You. . .in appreciation for your service and your sense of duty that motivates you. To you and all who serve our Country. . .Thank You. . .

[LibSnubber]

"I believe that it doesn't matter how these brave men were killed — Neuharth would use their deaths to dishonor their efforts."

That is totally true. They are users, abusers, and takers. You (our troops), on the other hand, are our heroes. We love you and support you all the way. NOTHING will change that. Be safe and we promise to remain strong for you back here.

[DB]

I'm sorry, but I must say thank you.

[Humidston]

Please tell your friends that we intend to go Crawford to stand with flags flying, to counter that loon, General Cindy. We're going August 27/28!

Then tell them we'll do it because we're in the majority and we intend to prove that we love and support all of our warriors as well as our leaders.

It's the least we can do!

[Deetes]

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[mercy]

May God bless and protect you and yours.

We are fighting the Liberal quislings here. We are every day in thousands of ways. Many of us including myself have been to Crawford to counter Sheehan's cadres. We will go again.

We are resisting. We will not let your down. On the surface it looks like they have great prominence but this is only because the main stream media supports them ... indeed is of one spirit with them. In actuality the Left is greatly out numbered in this land and we have much more power. We just aren't as visible.

Things may get worse before they get better. Keep the faith and please let your brothers in arms know that there are thousands just here on FR alone who are praying for you all.

[TASMANIANRED]

Kick some terrorist butt.

We are very proud of you.

The world under sharia is not acceptable.

[Cindy]

Thanks for sharing that Names Ash Housewares.

[Cindy]

Ditto and Amen.

[TomasUSMC]

and that we were not able to carry the fight directly to its' most important strongholds even then.

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In Nam we could not carry the fight directly to the most important strongholds because not one but TWO Nuclear Superpowers supported the enemy. Korea was the same story.

Today that is not the case.

There is no reason on earth for our President Bush not to be striking at Syria and Iran since those two countries have no other Superpower backing them. Yet they are continued to be used as sanctuaries for the enemy that attacks and kills our troops and as supply depots for more and more of the enemy's lethal weaponry, such as the shaped charges captured coming from Iran a few weeks ago.

Nevertheless, our young men and women in Iraq are leading the way for their generation. They have put their priorities in the correct order and are trying to accomplish what very few have before - rebuilding a nation, physically and politically while under fire.

When you hold the high moral ground, you may not win every battle, you may not always win every body count, but you will win the war.
I'm retired now and they say to old to be with you but I will stand in the streets with my flag and raise it high when those who support the terrorists, who have no courage to fight the enemy, who hate America,who confuse peace with surrender, who won't give freedom a chance, and who would complain about terrorism with words here, instead of combating terrorism in battle there - show up.

SEMPER FI

[ElephantinTexas]

A few words from another guy that WE admire and respect over here.
The CIC.

"Freedom itself was attacked this morning by a faceless coward. Freedom will
be defended!"
-President George W. Bush, September 11, 2001

"The best defense against terrorism is a strong offensive against terrorists.
That work continues."
-President George W. Bush, October 13, 2001

"We will not tire, We will not falter, We will not fail."
-President George W. Bush, October 26, 2001

"For states that support terror, it is not enough that the consequences be
costly-they must be devastating"
-George w. Bush at a speech at The Citadel, Dec 11, 2001.

"I gave them a fair warning"
-President George w. Bush,
Oct. 8 when deciding on military action against the Taliban

"These acts shattered steel, but they cannot dent the steel of America's
resolve."
-President George W. Bush

"We must take the battle to the enemy, disrupt his plans and confront the
worst threats before they emerge."
-President George W. Bush
to graduates of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in June 2002

"What our enemies have begun, we will finish,"
- President George W. Bush
in his address to the nation on September 11, 2002.

"this will not be a campaign of half measures, and we will accept no outcome
except victory."
- President George Bush, addressing the nation 20.march 2003

I'm going to say it also, May God Protect and Bless ALL of Our Armed Services and Thank You.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

........It is because America is a democracy and the people endorse it, that the left's anti-American, but "progressive" agendas can only be achieved by deceiving the people. This is the cross the left has to bear: The better world is only achievable by lying to the very people they propose to redeem.

....For these self-appointed social redeemers, the goal-"social justice"-is not about rectifying particular injustices, which would be practical and modest, and therefore conservative. Their crusade is about rectifying injustice in the very order of things. "Social Justice" for them is about a world reborn, a world in which prejudice and violence are absent, in which everyone is equal and equally advantaged and without fundamentally conflicting desires. It is a world that could only come into being through a re-structuring of human nature and of society itself.

Even though they are too prudent and self-protective to name this future anymore, the post-Communist left still passionately believes it possible. But it is a world that has never existed and never will. Moreover, as the gulags and graveyards of the last century attest, to attempt the impossible is to invite the catastrophic in the world we know.

But the fall of Communism taught the progressives who were its supporters very little. Above all, it failed to teach them the connection between their utopian ideals and the destructive consequences that flowed from them. The fall of Communism has had a cautionary impact only on the overt agendas of the political left. The arrogance that drives them has hardly diminished. The left is like a millenarian sect that erroneously predicted the end of the world, and now must regroup to revitalize its faith.

No matter how opportunistically the left's agendas have been modified, however, no matter how circumspectly its goals have been set, no matter how generous its concessions to political reality, the faithful have not given up their self-justifying belief that they can bring about a social redemption. In other words, a world in which human consciousness is changed, human relations refashioned, social institutions transformed, and in which "social justice" prevails.

Because the transformation progressives seek is ultimately total, the power they seek must be total as well. In the end, the redemption they envision cannot be achieved as a political compromise, even though compromises may be struck along the way. Their brave new world can ultimately be secured only by the complete surrender of the resisting force. In short, the transformation of the world requires the permanent entrenchment of the saints in power. Therefore, everything is justified that serves to achieve the continuance of Them. ...........


http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a39611fde5615.htm

[Thumbellina]

Here's another letter from troops to Sindy.


http://soldiersagainstcindysheehan.blogspot.com/


There has been much in the news lately on Cindy Sheehan, the mother of Spc. Casey Sheehan who was killed in action. According to a website affiliated with her, her organization is related to Code Pink who has raised money for terrorists and apparently is involved in attacks on military recruitment centers in the US.

No one knows better than we do the cost on families that military services brings. We all have families who, for many of us, wait at home in fear while we are deployed. We know first-hand the trauma it causes to families and loved ones when one of us is killed in action. Spc. Sheehan was our brother and he will be missed. He voluntarily went to Iraq to help keep his fellow soldiers safe. He served with distinction and honor in the highest traditions of military service.

That being said, what Cindy Sheehan is now doing has descended beyond disgraceful. We can understand a grieving mother lashing out at the President. We all have had our doubts. What we cannot understand is a mother standing on the flagged-drapped coffin of her son and using his grave as a pulpit to, among other things, support organizations that fund the other side in this fight. We cannot understand violence and vandalism against the offices of the very soldiers that Spc. Sheehan went to Iraq to help protect. We cannot understand why you use this to denounce Israel. We are flabbergasted that you dishonor his service by suggesting his death allows you to speak for us. You do not speak for us. Much to the contrary, apparently.

Some of us are in Iraq and wondering what country the media is covering. Yes, there are casualties. Yes, there are setbacks. However, there are a great deal many more successes uncovered by the media. There are plenty of soldiers who have a variety of complaints about the way the war is prosecuted, whether we should be here, and the quality of food. Yet, for a majority, we understand that we are fighting what have become mostly foreign forces seeking to prevent a people from ruling themselves. It’s hard enough on those of us who are deployed without the likes of the fringe anti-war movement making the job that much harder.

Mrs. Sheehan, we’re sorry for your son, we really are. But please be quiet and stop undermining our efforts here. Your support for organizations that give money to the very people who killed your son is outrageous. And please stop using the grave of an honorable soldier as a soapbox.

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[Liberty Valance]

Thanks for posting. We know why you are there. We support your mission and know we must win. Keep writing.