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Do YOU really support the troop?
For many Americans, "supporting the troops" is an abstract concept, a broad
statement referring to a vague obligation that is easily fulfilled with a $2.99 magnetic ribbon from the corner gas station. Slap it on the back of your vehicle, and you're an official troop supporter-whatever that is, and minus the decoder ring. It doesn't require any kind of real commitment, no debate skills, no standing up and taking fire from your liberal neighbors. Above all, it doesn't require you to see or hear anything that might disturb the relatively pleasant rat race that is life in America: going to the mall, talking on your cell phone while impatiently waiting for the light to change, or grilling steaks and hoisting a beer with friends. This is not support. A select few Americans truly understand what "supporting the troops" means-and most of them have paid for it themselves in some form or another. Behind the bumper stickers and patriotic shirts, past taking off your hat at the start of a baseball game or going to the Memorial Day parade, there is an ethos, a mentality, a code of conduct. Supporting the troops means understanding the incredible gift you were given, the beautiful ideal that was offered you on the flag-draped casket of a man who you will never meet-who chose to die for you. It is more than complaining to the television during the news-it is holding your legislators responsible for foolish decisions and laws that tie the hands of the troops and cost lives. It is more than parroting the words "Thanks for your service" to a veteran while trying not to look at the place where his arm or leg once was. It is more than words. It is a way of life. Supporting the troops means living your life in a manner that is worthy of their death. It means ensuring, every minute of every day, that the words you speak, the actions you take, the beliefs you hold, are ones that honor them and honor the freedom they have provided to you. It means carrying yourself proudly, ethically, and with purpose. It means never backing down, never giving up, never quitting. It means taking the time to make a difference in someone's life-after all, did a soldier not make a difference in yours? It means teaching your children that places like Normandy, Iwo Jima, and Bastogne are sacred, almost holy phrases that encompass all that we are and all that we must remain. It means getting off your chair and doing your part-whether that be reading to a double amputee fresh from the dusty hell of Iraq, packing granola bars into a box to be sent to the front, or just not ignoring those who are ignorant any longer. How many times have we all just sighed and rolled our eyes when we hear "I support the troops but not the war?" Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.or say nothing. Supporting the troops means loving your country enough to live for her, to be willing to do whatever, wherever, and for however long it takes to ensure that the Marines whose blood stained an enemy's bayonet at Belleau Wood died for something more than your next Starbucks latte. We owe them that. At least. |
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Do YOU really support the troop?
On Apr 15, 11:39 am, "Mitch_A" > wrote:
<snip> I pay taxes, which is more support than I frankly wish to give our military at the present time. |
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Do YOU really support the troop?
Jason,
You're welcome. I spent 18 mos away from my family so far and will gladly do more if it means that you get to keep the right to feel the way you do. Therron W. Thomas 1SG, US ARMY "jason moyer" > wrote in message ups.com... > On Apr 15, 11:39 am, "Mitch_A" > wrote: > > <snip> > > I pay taxes, which is more support than I frankly wish to give our > military at the present time. > |
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Do YOU really support the troop?
Therron Thomas wrote:
> Jason, > > You're welcome. > I spent 18 mos away from my family so far and will gladly do more if it > means that you get to keep the right to > feel the way you do. > > Therron W. Thomas > 1SG, US ARMY > > > > > "jason moyer" > wrote in message > ups.com... >> On Apr 15, 11:39 am, "Mitch_A" > wrote: >> >> <snip> >> >> I pay taxes, which is more support than I frankly wish to give our >> military at the present time. >> > > I too served although many years ago,most who do serve would gladly do it again.I think we see what freedom is all about and that it's worth protecting.Unlike some who think letting it all work out by itself will someway fix it. |
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Do YOU really support the troop?
On Apr 16, 6:30 am, "Therron Thomas"
> wrote: > You're welcome. > I spent 18 mos away from my family so far and will gladly do more if it > means that you get to keep the right to > feel the way you do. I'm sorry for you and your family. If it were up to me you'd be with them. |
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Do YOU really support the troop?
What a waste of time that was then.
Therron Thomas wrote: > Jason, > > You're welcome. > I spent 18 mos away from my family so far and will gladly do more if it > means that you get to keep the right to > feel the way you do. > > Therron W. Thomas > 1SG, US ARMY > > > > > "jason moyer" > wrote in message > ups.com... > >>On Apr 15, 11:39 am, "Mitch_A" > wrote: >> >><snip> >> >>I pay taxes, which is more support than I frankly wish to give our >>military at the present time. >> > > > |
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Do YOU really support the troop?
I too served although many years ago,most who do serve would gladly do
it again.I think we see what freedom is all about and that it's worth protecting.Unlike some who think letting it all work out by itself will someway fix it. There are some meant to be soldiers, leaders and patriots. Then there are the complaining sheep they serve. "jwilson54" > wrote in message ... > Therron Thomas wrote: >> Jason, >> >> You're welcome. >> I spent 18 mos away from my family so far and will gladly do more if it >> means that you get to keep the right to >> feel the way you do. >> >> Therron W. Thomas >> 1SG, US ARMY >> >> >> >> >> "jason moyer" > wrote in message >> ups.com... >>> On Apr 15, 11:39 am, "Mitch_A" > wrote: >>> >>> <snip> >>> >>> I pay taxes, which is more support than I frankly wish to give our >>> military at the present time. >>> >> >> > I too served although many years ago,most who do serve would gladly do it > again.I think we see what freedom is all about and that it's worth > protecting.Unlike some who think letting it all work out by itself will > someway fix it. |
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