From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sun Jul 04 2004 - 19:05:53 PDT
Bush is no Roosevelt. He'll not get his picture on a dime. Now I'll shut up,
too. apb
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doc Scheffler" <roughdoc@comcast.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Off Topic: Nat'l Guard Redeployment
> I've resisted responding to this topic for a while, but have to throw my
two
> cents worth in.
>
> Not to brag, but I spent seven months in Afghanistan with the 82nd
Airborne
> Division, and upon return, went to Iraq, where I spent five months in
> Fallujah.
>
> (MV Content: I took lots of MV pictures and they are posted on
NCMVPA.org)
>
> I'm not sure what positive purpose griping about the wars serves. I'm not
> sure what positive purpose bitching about the senior leadership serves. I
> do know that to the grunt on the ground, all it does is hurt his morale.
>
> I talked to a lot of soldiers over there. Clerks, cooks, combat arms,
etc.
> Folks in the reserves, National Guard, and active duty. To a man/woman,
> those who thought that they were doing the job they enlisted for, had good
> morale. Most want to feel that they were part of something good. That
> their suffering and even loss of life was worth something.
>
> My most humbling experience of my life was hitching a ride on a C-141 home
> from Kuwait. The plane was rigged up for carrying litter patients.
Almost
> 40 men and women who had been wounded in the war. Not a one was whining.
>
> If you don't like how the war is going, then vote for someone else in
> November. I personally have never figured out how to argue against a war
> once it is started, without hurting the morale of those young men and
women
> who have to fight in it.
>
> With the recent dedication of the WWII memorial, we were reminded of what
> many have called the greatest generation. Yes, they suffered terribly in
> Europe and Asia. But think of the advantages they had. No one constantly
> griping about Roosevelt. No one questioning the cause. No one doubting
> that their mission was good and just.
>
> This generation of America's warriors deserves the same from us.
>
> Doc
>
>
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