Ultimate sacrifice

dantheman · 11-26-2003

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My thoughts and prayers are with all the men and women serving in our armed forces and thier families on this Thanksgiving Holiday

Winetalk.com · 11-26-2003

very sad, indeed....
;-(

Vick · 11-26-2003

Very touching, Very sad,
Brought tears to my eyes

thank you to all those who have served and are serving our country

Even though I don't wear the same shoes I got a little guy I have to go hug now

Trev · 11-26-2003

That’s got to be one of the saddest yet most inspiring things I've ever had the fortune to read.

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[Labret] · 11-26-2003

Propaganda. That was not written by a 14 year old girl.

Its like the bad letters that xtians write from the pov of an abortion baby.

I for one am instulted by it.

Quote:

I can’t believe this has happened to my daddy ... the best daddy in the whole world. It feels so unreal, like you’re still in Iraq. You were only there for 17 days. Why did they have to kill you? Why couldn’t they know how loved you are here? Why couldn’t they know? You have so many friends that love you with all their hearts and you affected each and every person you have met in your lifetime. Why couldn’t they know? When I get shots at the hospital I won’t have my daddy’s thumb to hold tight. Why couldn’t they know I loved for you to call me “princess”? Why couldn’t they know if they killed you I would not have a daddy to walk me down the aisle when I get married? Why couldn’t they know all this? Why?

You always told me and mom you never wanted to die in a stupid way like a car accident or something like that. And you really didn’t die in a stupid way ... you died in the most honorable way a man like you could — protecting me, mom, J., A. [full names withheld] and the rest of the United States.

In the Bible it says everyone is put on this earth for a purpose, and once they accomplished this you can return to Jesus. I did not know at first what you did so soon to come home to God. But I thought about it — you have done everything. You have been the best husband, father, son and soldier in the world. And everyone knows this.

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Fletch XXX · 11-26-2003

the Real author.

dantheman · 11-26-2003

not that I really give a fuck what insults you, but here's the story from October 9th

[Labret] · 11-26-2003

I like how it is utterly devoid of criticism and nothing but justification. That should be clue #1. I know if my father was killed I would just shrug it off. Esp someone who is the bestest Christian soldier daddy in the whole wide world. Valiant effort on behalf of the writer that produced it. I am sure the target audience will be sucked right in.

The letter should have read:

Dear President Bush,

Why did you kill my daddy? Where are the weapons of mass destruction you promised me? Where are the parades that Donald Rumsfeld promised the Iraqis would have in celebration? I thought they loved us. Please help me understand. I am now fatherless and my mom will soon be on public assistance as my dad barely made minimum wage in the army of the lord, and the death benefits are a joke. Lack of a father figure will have dire consequences, and not only will my mother suffer, but my brothers and sisters will be left at an economic disadvantage that will have a crippling effect on their development.

Thank you for protecting me. I feel safer already.

Suzy.

Last edited by [Labret] at Nov 26 2003, 10:36 AM

Winetalk.com · 11-26-2003

ahhh..I was waiting for this post..
won't work, sorry, try something new...

need my help in stirring shit?

Boneprone says I am the BEST, I CAN teach you a lot...

[Labret] · 11-26-2003

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Originally posted by Serge_Oprano@Nov 26 2003, 10:38 AM
ahhh..I was waiting for this post..
won't work, sorry, try something new...

need my help in stirring shit?

Boneprone says I am the BEST, I CAN teach you a lot...

Even I fail to believe you are simple minded enough to believe it was written by a 14 year old girl.

The best? Colin would eat you alive. But he would be too modest to say so. Colin is without a doubt one of the most dangerous people to dance with.

5 fucking edits in 15 seconds!

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GI's Christmas
The embers glowed softly, and in their dim light,
I gazed 'round the room and I cherished the sight;
My wife was asleep, her head on my chest,
My daughter beside me, angelic in rest.

Outside the snow fell....a blanket of white,
Transforming the yard to a winter delight;
The sparkling lights on the tree, I believe,
Completed the magic that was Christmas Eve.

My eyelids were heavy, my breathing was deep,
Secure and surrounded by love I would sleep;
In perfect contentment, or so it would seem.
So I slumbered in peace, then I started to dream.

The sound wasn't loud, and it wasn't too near,
But I opened my eyes when it came to my ear;
Perhaps just a cough, I didn't quite know,
Then the sure sound of footsteps outside in the snow.

My soul gave a tremble. I struggled to hear,
And I crept to the door just to see who was near;
Standing out there alone in the cold of the night,
A lone figure stood, his face weary and tight.

A soldier, I reckoned, some eighteen years old,
Perhaps a Marine, huddled there in the cold;
Alone in the dark, he looked up and smiled,
Standing watch over me, my wife, and my child.

"What are you doing?" I asked without fear,
"Come in this moment! It's freezing out here;
Put down your pack, brush the snow from your sleeve,
You should be at home on this cold Christmas Eve!"

For barely a moment, I saw his eyes shift,
Away from the cold, and the snow in a drift;
To the windows that danced with a warm fire's light,
Then he sighed, and he said, "It's really all right."

"I'm out here by choice. I'm here all the time,
It's my duty to stand at the front of the line;
No one has to ask me, or beg, or implore,
I'm proud to stand here like my father before."

"My grandpa at Pearl, on a day in December,
Is a memory my grandma will always remember;
My dad stood his watch in the jungles of 'Nam,
And now it's my turn, and so, here I am.

I've not seen my family in more than a while,
But my parents send pictures. They're great for a smile.
"Then he bent down and carefully pulled from his bag,
The Red, White, and Blue. An American flag.

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11-26-2003 #13

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My take on War.

A sometimes necessary evil. A random destroyer of lives.

A harshly violent and brutal means of action justified to end brutality. How ironic when you think about it.

A taker of land and property cloaked under the auspicies of politically contrived words labeling it otherwise.

A torrid and vicious release of energy upon those that are usually just forced pawns of a single truly evil mind.

It makes us feel proud and strong of our vast might and power, yet as with that little girl's letter to her fallen daddy, conversely makes us feel weak,weeping tears from our eyes, and questioning ourselves in a frantic search for justification.

It tests your valor and courage to its core. For what greater fear can a man endure than to know he must walk out the door, by order of his country, to go to a distant land he's never been, to then be forced to kill and maime men he doesn't know, while taking a last look of love into the eyes of his wife and children, knowing he may not come back to ever see them again, and knowing full well his very hands will have to pull the trigger which will cause another man's children and loved ones to never see their father again either.

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jezz man thats some sad shit there

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[Labret] Members Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,159	I like how it is utterly devoid of criticism and nothing but justification. That should be clue #1. I know if my father was killed I would just shrug it off. Esp someone who is the bestest Christian soldier daddy in the whole wide world. Valiant effort on behalf of the writer that produced it. I am sure the target audience will be sucked right in. The letter should have read: Dear President Bush, Why did you kill my daddy? Where are the weapons of mass destruction you promised me? Where are the parades that Donald Rumsfeld promised the Iraqis would have in celebration? I thought they loved us. Please help me understand. I am now fatherless and my mom will soon be on public assistance as my dad barely made minimum wage in the army of the lord, and the death benefits are a joke. Lack of a father figure will have dire consequences, and not only will my mother suffer, but my brothers and sisters will be left at an economic disadvantage that will have a crippling effect on their development. Thank you for protecting me. I feel safer already. Suzy. Last edited by [Labret] at Nov 26 2003, 10:36 AM