From: Ed (mojoedd@bellsouth.net)
Date: Wed Jun 29 2005 - 07:44:06 PDT
Well said both Chris & Dave, well said indeed! Having spent two tours
in Vietnam and having been both shot and blown up I can say with
authority that when we came home it was to being spit on, called baby
killers, not being hired if you put Vietnam Veteran on your job
application and in general being hated for years for doing the exact
same thing that every Troop from World War I until the present in Iraq
and other places in the sand box.
The media uses the freedom of speech that so many of our Brothers have
fought and bled for to knife these same Troopers in the back! Let the
reporters ride along and more importantly WALK along beside these fine
young men and women and send in the real stories. Not the crap that the
whining liberals want to hear to justify the same spitting on these
brave military personnel but the real truth, without bias, as it really
is! Now I would pay to see that!!
If we military personnel had lost some of these wars and the people that
were defeated had won, I wonder what kind of news these sorry assholes
would be writing now? Another thing, why do these whining liberals want
to lead the people into believing some jerk just because he or she makes
big money as a "star" or sports figure? Why does this elevate these
jerks into knowing what is best for the country?
Sorry for the rant, there is a lot more that I could say but I would use
all of the bandwidth.
Best Regards & WELCOME HOME,
Ed
Dave J wrote:
> Thank You Chris. It's refreshing to hear from "the horse's mouth" once in
> awhile. The anti-American nay-sayers in the media are starting to convince
> some of the more susceptible among us that we are indeed "losing" this war.
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> Just like VN. We didn't lose that country in the battlefield we lost it
> on the home front. The anti-American media again. And the losers that
> believe them.
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Somers" <bone184bw@yahoo.com>
> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 6:55 AM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Iraq winning or losing
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>>I just returned from Iraq not to long ago due to
>>injuries recieved in combat. 1st of all let me start
>>off by saying that in no way are we losing. The one
>>thing I realized when I was over there is that it's a
>>clear cut situation over there, but when you see it
>>over here there tends to be more limitations as to
>>what we see.
>> As I started off saying that in no way are we losing,
>>but at the same time we're not allowing overselves to
>>fully win the situation either. I say this due to the
>>limitations we place on our combat operations, we need
>>to allow our men in the field the resources to fight
>>and win against a terroist enemy and then not be so
>>eager to charge them for a crime. We must support the
>>decisions that our soldiers make as for it's them that
>>keep the U.S. Safe, I'm not saying that we should let
>>our soldiers kill 'em all, but let them do their job
>>without fear of being ivestigated and charged. We need
>>to remember back to the Korea an Vietnan Era, we can't
>>sign a treaty with terroist.
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>>That's just my 2 cents worth, I'm not trying to start
>>a riot or step on anyone's toes.
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>>Chris Somers
>>US Army (Ret.)
>>Combat Wounded
>>Operation Iraqi Freedom Vet 300+ Missions 2004-2005
>>American Legion #420
>>MVPA Member #28977
>>Proud Owner-1953 M38A1
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