A Hero & Patriot -- Something You Won't See On CNN

Stud...incredible man. You just sound like a talking head. Do you think you might have any ORIGINAL thoughts on the subject?...LOL...keep towing the hard line there pal.

Oh yeah...more people have been needlessly killed (good people) in the name of religion than any other cause in the history of the world. Ludicrous...absolute idiocy!

...and watch that paranoia thing Stud...it's gonna' mess you up more man. Michael Moore is not going to hurt you...it's really alright friend...our government is just a tad more capable of upholding it's integrity than Michael Moore is of tearing it down. Sheesh. It's just freedom of speech dude...something a lot of people (HEROES) died for us to have...remember that? You have it too...although you diminish it's integrity with your comments...crazy.

No...I have not seen the movie.

You're to ignorant to go into anymore detail. If you think it's all right to have someone bomb our nation, and then sit back and do nothing, then you truly are a coward, and I pity you and anyone who follows your extreme submissive,acquiescent,nonresistent,resigned, and yielding mentality.

You couldn't tie George Washington's shoes. Thank God your point of view is in the minority, or Japan would be in control of the Pacific and Hitlers's followers would still be masacring millions of people, the British would own the U.S. and the south would have succeeded from the north.

You're a disgrace to every man and woman in uniform, you're a wimp and a coward with no backbone. You would rather have the terrorists walk all over us and do nothing to stop them. All you care about is saving your own hide, you wouldn't sacrifice your life for any cause. You would of probably been a traitor in the revolutionary war, just to save your own butt.

I feel sorry for you and anyone you protect or secure. You have no regard for your fellow man. So we're supposed to sit here and let madmen destroy are buildings and people, and use no force to stop them. Unbelievable, you most certainly are. Why don't you call Michael Moore up and go to France or Frogvill, and bash the U.S. with him. I tell you what, I hope they start a draft and you get drafted, then you would have to take your spineless but out and fight, or would you run to Canada. Also idiot, they(the terrorists) struck us first, therefore they are the aggressor, we must fight them back to prevent them from destroying any more of our country. Our retaliation is in the name of justice and protection of the country, their's was in the name of murder and destruction of the United States of America.

In God We Trust

WAR

Was that guy(STUD) even listening? I said we should have focused on Taliban/Aqueida! I have served my country proudly for the past 13 years how about you?????? In addition the name calling really shows your maturity @ 38 ! One should always have the ability to debate the facts with his or her mind and you sir have shown here that you have an inability to do so I will say a prayer for you!

Again, your bluster is worthless, because you have no real risk of going overseas to fight. Get your old ass over there, & then I will listen.

Like you, I have no fear of being sent overseas to fight; I too am 38. Unlike you, I'm not so gung-ho to send our sons & daughters to their deaths. This is not to say I don't support the idea of military force when appropriate; we should be in Afghanistan right now, & I support that action 100%. You talk a big fight (huge, actually) but you know you have no real threat of having to make good on it, which devaules your rants tremendously. Volunteer for service, & I'll call you a hero like every other soldier.

You either have no real argument to stand on, or you're just unable to articulate it, if all you can do is hurl insults at me like a slobbering idiot. Normally, I'd ban you for it, but it's kind of fun to watch. I especially enjoy all the blanket assumptions you make based on me disagreeing with you.

Here's a good one for you. I'm going to make an assumption about you, & say that you hated our previous administration (1992-2000) just as strongly as you love our current one (2000-present). If I am un-American for dissenting now, are you un-American for dissenting then? (Hint: you can't have it both ways.) I can tell you I already know the answer, I already know your reply, & you are wrong. But go ahead, it'll be fun. You might surprise me.

Actually, it's probably better if you don't. I'd rather the thread stay focused on the family in the original post. Start up a thread in 4.6 Talk, & we can go at it there. We'll have more spectators, too.

Actually this thread has disintegrated to the point where it really is no longer about the family in the original post.

And that's a shame.

When I originally posted this, it was to share with you all the sacrifice made by a Marine and his family, and the corageous and honorable manner in which his young widow chose to honor the memory of her husband. I did NOT post this with the intent that it turn into yet another politically charged Stangnet thread about whether the war was right or wrong, or with the intent that it become a forum in which to debate the merits of our current administration (it seems that Bush Bashing is a very popular past time for some Stangnet members). If I wasn't so sensitive to the situation addressed in my original posting, perhaps I would find some of the remarks in the subsequent postings more amusing. As it is, I find several of them very disappointing, and a few downright offensive.

I am a veteran of Operation Desert Storm, was in Iraq for the war last year (note my signature), and will probably be going back next year. As a Marine for the last quarter century (I've actually been a Marine for a greater portion of my life than I've been a civilian) I have seen first hand the sacrifices that our Marines (both young and old) and their families make. Some examples: One of the Marines who was killed at An Nasariyah last March 23rd never got to see the twins that his wife gave birth to after he deployed. He was killed while attempting to carry a wounded Marine to safety and was recommended for the Navy Cross as a result of his actions. Another Marine who was killed that day, a Coropral, immigrated to this country from Thailand when he was four years old. His 73 year old grandfather, a retired LtCol in the Royal Thai Air Force, wore his dress white uniform to his grandson's funeral at Arlington.

Several of the families of Marines who were killed during that battle chose to be standing on the beach at Camp Lejeune when the unit returned from Iraq to welcome them home. Think about how difficult that must have been for those families who had just buried their own Marines. Here's their son's/husband's/brother's platoon coming off the landing craft and he's not there. Their loved ones had been killed in March, and here they are on the beach at Lejeune when we returned in June, only 3 months later. The events of that day reaffirmed to me that courage isn't just limited to the battlefield.
These are the kinds of things--the stories of individual honor and sacrifice--stories that you won't see on CNN--that in many ways illustrate what it is to be American. Not the rock throwing and political chest beating that characterizes much of what was in this thread.

The fact is that we're at war, and people are dying. Whether you agree or disagee with our involvement in the war, the administration, the decision to go, etc. is immaterial to me, as this thread was not intended to be a political forum. What is important to me, and should be to EVERY ONE of us, is that we take a moment from time to time, to reflect on and honor the sacrifices our fellow Americans are making during this time of conflict, and say a little prayer for them and those who they left behind.

Enough already.

I did my time in Iraq. It was my choice to join. I support my country and our president. We should all be greatful to live here. I've been lucky enough to meet Iraqi people while serving there, there is no better feeling than knowing you help make a differance for a country. If you don't like our country of Commander and Chief, I would be happy to escort you to some third world country. If call up, I would be ready and willing to serve again.


USMC Sgt 1998-2003

Agreed.