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1 posted on 12/31/2007 2:37:19 PM PST by knighthawk
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2 posted on 12/31/2007 2:37:36 PM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: knighthawk

Well said, Sir.


3 posted on 12/31/2007 2:43:30 PM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: knighthawk

They all make my heart proud.


4 posted on 12/31/2007 2:44:22 PM PST by bannie
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To: knighthawk
"Four-star general salutes U.S. troops"

And this Four-star fool does as well!

5 posted on 12/31/2007 2:45:38 PM PST by VR-21
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To: knighthawk

This retired Army Officer couldnt agree more. God bless them all!


6 posted on 12/31/2007 2:48:23 PM PST by Bulldawg Fan (Victory is the last thing Murtha and his fellow Defeatists want.)
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To: knighthawk

Amen!!


7 posted on 12/31/2007 2:55:56 PM PST by logic (Support Duncan Hunter for the 2008 GOP presidential nominee. He is THE conservative candidate!!)
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And a Happy New Year from Holland!


9 posted on 12/31/2007 3:16:31 PM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: knighthawk

And who was that former commanding general who criticized the surge a couple of months ago and was licking Demonrat butts?


11 posted on 12/31/2007 3:34:21 PM PST by ArtyFO (I love to smoke cigars when I adjust artillery fire at the moonbat loonery.)
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To: knighthawk

It’s a little sad that senior generals are obligated to issue a “standard” holiday greeting, when in truth, if they felt free to do so, some of them could write in memorable prose and express their heartfelt feelings in a way that would be remembered many years later.

Imagine the depth of feeling that would have come from the pens of Generals Washington, Andrew Jackson, Grant, Lee, Sheridan, Sherman, Pershing, Eisenhower, Patton, MacArthur, Westmoreland, or many other great commanders in US history. (Granted, some far more “earthy” than others.)

Having their words sterilized, tempered, toned-down, and made as inoffensive as possible, is an injustice to those who shed their blood, sweat, and tears, perhaps even surrendering their life, while carrying out an honorable mission.

It is a shame that generals can only express themselves in private, and then only if there is no journalist to exploit what is said later.


12 posted on 12/31/2007 3:37:57 PM PST by yefragetuwrabrumuy
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