50 Heroes For 50 Great States

rcecale · rcecale's Garage

Heroes in the Global War on Terror come from all parts of the country and every state. These are the stories of just a few of our nation's sons and daughters who are completing history's great task on behalf of human freedom

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Randy

pwd72s · 12-22-2006, 08:46 PM

God bless them all.

stuartj · 12-22-2006, 08:54 PM

Rcecale- does the DOD pay you to shill their pap, or are you just an enthusiastic amateur?

Joeaksa · 12-22-2006, 10:03 PM

Randy,

Good post and will be forwarding this around to friends, many of them still deployed.

Do not listen to the crap that some jerk above says. He does not realize that he has free speech today because of soldiers like this who have fought and died for his rights in the past.

As Paul said above God bless them all.

Joe A

m21sniper · 12-22-2006, 10:05 PM

Charlie Mike.

stuartj · 10:51 PM

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Originally posted by Joeaksa
Randy,

Do not listen to the crap that some jerk above says. He does not realize that he has free speech today because of soldiers like this who have fought and died for his rights in the past.

Joe A

Read a piece this morning Joe, and I thought of you and your spittle flecked mates. After all, Ive seen you wheel out every mantra mentioned, (plus a few more not mentioned) as soon as FOX hands them down to you.

Ive posted just the first few paras for you- I doubt you would read any further- but here is the link JIC:

http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/whod-gloat-about-it/2006/12/22/1166290741946.html

Who'd gloat about it?
Shaun Carney
December 23, 2006

SINCE American voters handed control of the Congress to President George Bush's political opponents last month — making the failure of the invasion and occupation of Iraq even more difficult to deny — some of the most vocal advocates of that military adventure have adopted a new mantra.

This has replaced previous mantras, which include the pre-invasion likening of all sceptics to appeasers of Hitler in the '30s, the immediate post-invasion demands for all sceptics to apologise because the defeat of Saddam had taken only a few weeks and the 2004-05 insistence that occupied Iraq was really a good news story that a twisted media refused to report.

The latest mantra, now that it's clear the whole enterprise is a frightening mess, is: stop gloating. At first blush, this last-ditch attempt to stifle reason and dissent — after four years of accusing anyone with a different opinion of being a terrorist sympathiser — seems utterly ridiculous. The first time I saw it in print, accompanied by the declaration that the pretext used for going into Iraq was now irrelevant and did not warrant discussion, I did wonder whether I had entered some sort of comic-book bizarro world.

But on another level, the "stop gloating" admonition does make some sense, because the truth is that a cock-up of this scale was not foreseen; few opponents of the war could ever have imagined that the occupation would have gone this badly. That the US-led coalition would get bogged down — sure, there were predictions of that.

But the death counts contained in the accompanying graphic (above), taken from new figures released by the Pentagon, are almost beyond belief. After all, this was the world's most powerful country taking over a relatively piddly nation run by a nut who was hated by many of his fellow citizens. America had to have had a plan for the occupation, and not just a plan, but a good one, backed up by several other plans that could be pulled out if the previous one didn't work.

Turned out there was only one plan, which has produced a disaster. And America has the great misfortune to be led by a man unburdened by imagination and creativity, and possessed of a powerful capacity to avoid reality.

Joeaksa · 12-22-2006, 11:22 PM

Stuart,

Many of the men and women listed above gave their lives for a cause they believed in, their country, while fighting the war on terror. Many of them made the ultimate sacrifice in an all volunteer military. No one forced them to enlist, they volunteered, every last one of them.

You may or may not agree with the war on terrorism, or what OUR President does, but to post crap like you did above about them TWO days before Christmas just shows what type of a person you really are.

You should be ashamed of yourself...

stuartj · 12-22-2006, 11:39 PM

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Originally posted by Joeaksa
Stuart,

Many of the men and women listed above gave their lives for a cause they believed in, their country, while fighting the war on terror. Many of them made the ultimate sacrifice in an all volunteer military. No one forced them to enlist, they volunteered, every last one of them.

You may or may not agree with the war on terrorism, or what OUR President does, but to post crap like you did above about them TWO days before Christmas just shows what type of a person you really are.

You should be ashamed of yourself...

Yawn. At least you didnt go with the appeaser, just like Hitler in the 30s, line.

Got nothing to do with the brave US fightin man, Joe. Got to do with why they are in Iraq in the first place.

TWO DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS. Yes, shame on me.

You really are a knob, Joe.

fintstone · fintstone's Garage

If only you foreign apoligists and lefties understood our politics as well as you thought you did. The US election had more to do with local issues and illegal immigration as the war. Your much hated US president, George Bush, has yet to lose a presidential election...and never will. He is only hated by girly-men whose lack of bacckbone and adequately sized nads are exposed by his nerve and leadership. Sometimes doing what is right is more importatnt than doing what is popular...but you would not understand.

stuartj · 12-23-2006, 02:37 AM

"Sometimes doing what is right is more importatnt than doing what is popular"

Thats pretty good stuff, Fint. You should do a spot on FOX.

Except ofcourse, its not just apolgists and lefties (thats sooo 2003) who have a problem with the Iraq mess anymore, is it?

fintstone · fintstone's Garage

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Originally posted by stuartj
...Except ofcourse, its not just apolgists and lefties (thats sooo 2003) who have a problem with the Iraq mess anymore, is it?

Mostly....but there are always the weak...and those who will say anything for political gain.

stuartj · 12-23-2006, 03:00 AM

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Originally posted by fintstone
Mostly....but there are always the weak...and those who will say anything for political gain.

Sadly.

fintstone · fintstone's Garage

Good example of the president showing leadership and honoring the troops returning from the gulf...and others twisting the facts for political gain.

DavidI · 12-23-2006, 04:58 AM

F.... Allan Akbar...................

David

fintstone · fintstone's Garage

May God bless our troops that are in harms way this holiday season.

Racerbvd · Racerbvd's Garage

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Originally posted by stuartj
Sadly.

And he was right, the crew of that ship did accomplish their mission. I would love to take you out for some drinks and introduse you to some of the brave men and women who put their lives on the line so you can spew your crap. I'm sure you would tell these fine Americans how wrong they are, after all, they have only been there!!!

pwd72s · 12-23-2006, 07:44 AM

Well said....also, what a wonderful fantasy. Stuart would never say what he posts to a group of WWII vets, let alone current GI's.

m21sniper · 12-23-2006, 09:30 AM

Soldiers fight so that Stuart can say whatever the hell he wants. His babbling doesn't bother me all that much. Neither does pat's.

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
~ Voltaire

Anyway, thanx to our troops on this holiday season. I thank them all for their sacrifice, and i thank all you guys here who have served in one way or another.

fastpat · 12-23-2006, 09:55 AM

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Originally posted by Joeaksa
Do not listen to the crap that some jerk above says. He does not realize that he has free speech today because of soldiers like this who have fought and died for his rights in the past.

During the War of American Secession, aka American Revolutionary War, those that fought on the American side were indeed heroes and ought get a thread like this.

That said, no one participating in the ongoing war crimes in Iraq or Afghanistan should be so honored. They should be allowed to fade into the ignominy they richly deserve. No one connected with either action will ever be highly regarded.

m21sniper · 12-23-2006, 09:56 AM

Quote:

During the War of American Secession, aka American Revolutionary War, those that fought on the American side were indeed heroes and ought get a thread like this.

That said, no one participating in the ongoing war crimes in Iraq or Afghanistan should be so honored. They should be allowed to fade into the ignominy they richly deserve. No one connected with either action will ever be highly regarded.

Look guys, if you pull the string, it talks!