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Thursday, November 17, 2005
Veteran: Sacrifice, Honor, Tradition
Consider these words from Theodore Roosevelt:
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. Theodore Roosevelt
How grateful we are that throughout American history, there have always been souls that were willing "to pledge their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor" to the battle for freedom. There were also those in the original colonies that were very comfortable and didn’t want to rock the imperial boat, so to speak. While many gave all for the new country, many stood by, shamed the patriots, or even collaborated with the oppressors. In many ways, our men- and women-in-arms today follow in hallowed footsteps.
War is not the path we’d choose, forsooth, it is our last resort! But it seems to separate out the noble from the ignoble, doesn’t it? “Teddy” Roosevelt said, for example, were it not for the Civil War, no one would know the name of Lincoln. Nor would we know the name of Booth, I might add. Although we can’t know all our heroes by name, we can know them by the title of American Soldier.
Hence, I remember them here this week.
The things that will destroy America are prosperity-at-any-price, peace-at-any-price, safety-first instead of duty-first, the love of soft living, and the get-rich-quick theory of life. Theodore Roosevelt
How grateful we are that throughout American history, there have always been souls that were willing "to pledge their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor" to the battle for freedom. There were also those in the original colonies that were very comfortable and didn’t want to rock the imperial boat, so to speak. While many gave all for the new country, many stood by, shamed the patriots, or even collaborated with the oppressors. In many ways, our men- and women-in-arms today follow in hallowed footsteps.
War is not the path we’d choose, forsooth, it is our last resort! But it seems to separate out the noble from the ignoble, doesn’t it? “Teddy” Roosevelt said, for example, were it not for the Civil War, no one would know the name of Lincoln. Nor would we know the name of Booth, I might add. Although we can’t know all our heroes by name, we can know them by the title of American Soldier.
Hence, I remember them here this week.
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Veterans Week Rolls on Here at EGI
That’s EGI for Ernest Goes to Iraq. Honoring the Veterans of the early Iraq engagement with Saddam‘s regime by remembering the things they saw and dealt with. Not all bad, some beautiful, hopeful, positive, or amusing--as you may be able to tell.
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Northern and Eastern Iraq is mountainous and held by the Kurds. They have been safer 10 years under the no-fly zone. Still, during the 90s, Saddam would still sneak up and crush villages with tanks, so Kurds and are quite friendly and grateful for America finally finishing the job started in Desert Storm--getting rid of the Brutal dictator still thriving to the South. A soldier is safe there and many of their cities prosper economically. Soldiers have stayed overnight amongst the Kurds as they guarded the border with Iran or checked on villages to discern water, heat, or building needs. The generous villagers would bring out their best wares and feed the soldiers anything in their meager storage, and even adorn them with flowers. Coalition offensive postures in Kurdistan changed very quickly to helping them recover from Saddam’s abuse and neglect.
Northern and Eastern Iraq is mountainous and held by the Kurds. They have been safer 10 years under the no-fly zone. Still, during the 90s, Saddam would still sneak up and crush villages with tanks, so Kurds and are quite friendly and grateful for America finally finishing the job started in Desert Storm--getting rid of the Brutal dictator still thriving to the South. A soldier is safe there and many of their cities prosper economically. Soldiers have stayed overnight amongst the Kurds as they guarded the border with Iran or checked on villages to discern water, heat, or building needs. The generous villagers would bring out their best wares and feed the soldiers anything in their meager storage, and even adorn them with flowers. Coalition offensive postures in Kurdistan changed very quickly to helping them recover from Saddam’s abuse and neglect.
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Tough Guys
What Rambo is, they are. Don’t they make you proud? An army that doesn't pillage (not even allowed to send dirt home from Iraq!), governed by a Constitution that values your life as much as theirs, a country that invades only to set you free, and then sets you back on your feet. But couldn't we at least get a few gallons of oil at a discount?
What Rambo is, they are. Don’t they make you proud? An army that doesn't pillage (not even allowed to send dirt home from Iraq!), governed by a Constitution that values your life as much as theirs, a country that invades only to set you free, and then sets you back on your feet. But couldn't we at least get a few gallons of oil at a discount?
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