posted on November 12, 2005 06:00:22 PM
Excerpts reprinted with permission from Dr. M. Sidney Wallace & Gulf1.com
Saturday, November 12, 2005
Last week I was honored to have lunch with a friend who had served in the United States Army during World War II. My friend is well over eighty years of age, yet in his mind he still remembers vividly his tours of duty defending his nation and home.
Earlier this week I had an opportunity to take give a young sailor a ride to his barracks. This young man has yet to enter into his twenties and has very few memories to look back on.
I have had many occasions to speak with veterans of Korea and Viet Nam. These men and women, like the other two, have nothing but respect for their country and an everlasting love for the “American Way of Life.”
In my conversations with all of these veterans you could hear a thread that goes through them all. That thread is love of the “American Way of Life.” Some came from the back woods of rural Alabama. Some came from the swamps of Louisiana. Some came from the high deserts of Idaho. Some came from the ghettos of New York City and some came from wheat fields of Kansas. Some were black, some were white, some were Hispanic, and some were Asian. No matter what their backgrounds, they all said they were Americans and that the “American way of Life” was what they believed in. Each individual had had freely offered his life to give the “American Way of Life” for his children.
We are now at a crossroad in history. The “American Way of Life” is under very serious attack from two forces. One group--radical Muslins fanatics--want to return the world to the dark ages. They see anything modern as evil. They not only want to stop the hands of time, but they want to destroy anyone who uses anything but a sundial to measure time. Even though this group makes things that go boom in the dark, they are the weaker of the two attackers.
The other groups of attackers are the radical pacifists that are willing to sacrifice everything in life for a few more minutes of perceived “peace.” They call anyone wanting to stand up for the “American Way of Life” murderers and war mongers. This group is the more dangerous of the two. They masquerade behind all sorts of disguises and have learned to use the national media to provide them liberal time to try and convince others that life is too valuable to be wasted on freedom. Unfortunately some of these fools are now members of our elected government and leaders of the Democrat Party.
On this Veterans Day, I am proud to be acquainted with my military veteran friends that have no reservations and a clear understanding of what it means to defend the “American Way of Life.”
Whom do you stand with: the soldier, sailor, airmen, and marines offering their lives for America, or the silk-panty wearing politicians in Washington, D.C.?
posted on November 13, 2005 09:33:53 AM
I will only support those who fight on their own turf,aka Kansas,Idaho,LA,NYC etc,not Iraq,Normandy,Vietname,Cambodia.
posted on November 15, 2005 11:04:57 AM
Uh, DODO, if we had not fought in Normandy and the West Pacific our national language would not be English or even Mexican!
But then someone with the mind set of "we should only fight on our own soil" probably can not fathom what WWII was even about.
And just for the record, I don't believe in fighting. If someone does not have enough sense to leave me or mine alone after being told to get out of my face I won't fight, I'll walk away.
BUT, if someone threatens my life or my freedom, I will shoot without warning!
I am a common-sense pacifist . I believe that a peaceful resolution should be sought. But I am also a realist. The world aint on the same peace seeking vibration as I am.
No one's life is more important than that of the people I love and I'll be darned if I will let some idiots who don't have a clue of what life is really about take my life or even my way of life.
You are lucky that our service men and women are willing to stand up to protect the freedoms of this country. Luckier still, that they will defend even those with opinions of which they disagree.
