Final Salute

[jkswiss]

I did a search and haven't found this posted here. Sorry if its a repost but I just thought I'd share something from over at the xd forum.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/news/article/0,1299,DRMN_3_4224657,00.html

Its long, but its worth the read.

 

[jrfoxx]

Outstanding article. very touching. Makes me cry whenever I hear or read something like this, but also reminds me of why I joined and re-instills the pride i should have in doing so. Thank you for the post.

 

[matis]

Funny how the "enlightened" among us want only goodness and tolerance and fairness and equality to prevail. Certainly they are above hate and violence and killing and all that.


And they love to denigrate our military as brutal and killers and just not up on the same level morally as these who know better.


These believe we can have love without hate, that we can be safe without those who protect us. That we can have up without down. And we can rid ourselves even of gravity by wishing it so.


Funny how it's the military -- in this outstanding and heartbreaking story -- the Marines, who live in the real world and who do what must be done so that the enlightened idiots can have a safe space in which to act out their idiocy. Even when the soldiers must die in the line of duty to do so.


Funny how the military, brutal and oh-so-terrible as they are, are rooted in the hard realities of life and possess values, traditions and a humanity above the comprehension of the oh-so-enlightened among us.





Until the day comes when the lion will lie down with the lamb, we will depend on our military. If we had any sense and any decency at all, we would deeply respect our American military and their families and be grateful to them forever.



matis

 

[Berek]

Until the day comes when the lion will lie down with the lamb, we will depend on our military. If we had any sense and any decency at all, we would deeply respect our American military and their families and be grateful to them forever.

I couldn't have said it better.I wasn't born until 1970, but my dad was in the Navy and a few of my uncles had been to 'Nam. As I grew older, they helped me understand what war was as best they could to a kid. When I finally had to do a report on 'Nam, I was disgusted the way our soldiers were treated when they came back. Spitting on the gun does not stop the finger from pulling the trigger.

When I graduated and saw my own war, I found what brotherhood meant. Not to the same degree, but enough. I was called names. Not to the same degree, but enough. I lost brothers. Not to the same degree, but enough.

When will politicians say, "We will help you as we always have. Not to the same degree, but enough." So when Dads, Moms, Wifes, Husbands, Sons and Daughters learn about loss, it's not to the same degree, but enough.

Enough is enough. Please forgive me as I'm tearing as I write this and my emotions are strung again. I have lost again (while I feel for his family, it wasn't this fallen brother, specifically). To the same degree, and more than enough.

 

[ReadyontheRight]

matis -- outstanding comments! Or should I say - great explaination of reality.

And great article jkswiss.

Thanks!

 

[jkswiss]

No problem. Its probably the most powerful article I've ever read. I was a wreck during the read.

 

[jazurell]

To all who served......THANK YOU!!!
http://www.herosalute.com/states/big_game_ad_WMmid.html