Three New Navy Ships :
This is not going to be pretty.
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Three New Navy Ships :
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“I am deeply saddened by this senseless act of violence against two brave young soldiers who were doing their part to strengthen our armed forces and keep our country safe. I would like to wish Quinton Ezeagwula a speedy recovery, and to offer my condolences and prayers to William Long’s family as they mourn the loss of their son.”
Above is the entire quote from President Barrack Obama–2 days after the murder/assasination of 23-year-old Pvt. William Long on American soil in front of a Recruiter Station.
It took our president 2 days-to come up with that?
Where is the condemnation???of such a pre-meditated act of violence/murder to a member of the armed forces–a person who has taken an oath-as our president to protect and defend against all enemies both foreign and domestic.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gQACNshVFYt6M9CDykHq6DKqPhiwD98JDJ100
Where is the public outrage??? from fellow Americans at the murder of one of our sons on American soil? Targeted because he wore the uniform of service. Recruiter stations have been targeted before–remember???
| Please consider sending out a condolence card to Pvt. William Long’s parents. Pvt William Long 23, was gun downed/murdered/assassinated while wearing his uniform outside a Little Rock, AR recruiting station.http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,524833,00.html
I found out via Michelle Malkin’s site–the funeral home–so send this on to all you know–to get condolences cards out to his mom/dad: Griffin Leggett – Conway Funeral Home By clicking the link above–you can send on-line condolences to Pvt. William Long’s parents/family. The Patriot Guard site/link has the address to the church if you’d rather send the cards there. Patriot Guard is on duty: http://patriotguard.org/Forums/tabid/61/postid/1166858/view/topic/Default.aspx http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2009/06/the_death_of_private_william_l.html |
The below is from a man who knows, Medal of Honor Recipient Col. Bud Day.
I am glad Col. Day has finally spoken out on this important issue the left is still clamoring over.
The last couple of paragraphs are interesting.
Sarge
(C.L. thanks for sending this on—Colonel Bud Day endured 5 1/2 YEARS of horrific brutal torture.)
Admiral James Stockale survived 7 years as a prisoner of war–think about that—
four years in solitary confinement,
two years confined to leg irons……
“Unity above Self” — a motto/creed that sustained these men and inspired those around them…
http://www.usna.edu/Ethics/stockdalelbio.htm )
“You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be.”
http://www.admiralstockdale.com/
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. The prelude to the “response” below, from Colonel Bud Day, Medal of Honor recipient – prisoner of war survivor – reads “I didn’t expect to be reminded of my treatment some 36 years ago on this holiday weekend but our politicians find it worthy to ignore what some have tried to recount to them, who have actually been there.”
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I got shot down over N Vietnam in 1967…a sq commander.
After I returned in 1973… I published 2 books that dealt a lot with “real torture” in Hanoi. Our president is branding our country as a bunch of torturers when he has no idea what torture is.
As for me…put thru a mock execution because I would not respond…pistol whipped on the head…same event… Couple of days later…hung by my feet all day. I escaped and got recaptured a couple of weeks later… I got shot and recaptured. Shot was OK…what happened after was not.
They marched me to Vinh… put me in the rope trick, trick…almost pulled my arms out of the sockets. Beat me on the head with a little wooden rod until my eyes were swelled shut, and my unshot, unbroken hand a pulp.
Next day hung me by the arms…rebroke my right wrist…wiped out the nerves in my arms that control the hands…rolled my fingers up into a ball. Only left the slightest movement of my L forefinger. So I started answering with some incredible lies.
Sent me to Hanoi strapped to a barrel of gas in the back of a truck.
Hanoi…on my knees…rope trick again. Beaten by a big fool.
Into leg irons on a bed in Heartbreak Hotel.
Much kneeling–hands up at Zoo.
Really bad beating for refusing to condemn Lyndon Johnson.
Several more kneeling events. I could see my knee bone thru kneeling holes.
There was an escape from the annex to the Zoo. I was the Senior Officer of a large building because of escape…they started a mass torture of all commanders.
I think it was July 7, 1969…they started beating me with a car fan belt. In first 2 days I took over 300 strokes…then stopped counting because I never thought I would live thru it.
They continued day-night torture to get me to confess to a non-existent part in the escape. This went on for at least 3 days. On my knees…fan belting… cut open my scrotum with fan belt stroke. Opened up both knee holes again. My fanny looked like hamburger…I could not lie on my back.
They tortured me into admitting that I was in on the escape…and that my 2 room-mates knew about it.
The next day I denied the lie.
They commenced torturing me again with 3- 6- or 9 strokes of the fan belt every day from about July 11 or 12rh…to 14 October 1969. I continued to refuse to lie about my roommates again.
Now, the point of this is that our president has declared to the world that we (U.S.) are a bunch of torturers… Thus it will be OK to torture us next time when they catch us….because that is what the U.S. does.
Our president is a know nothing who thinks that pouring a little water on some one’s face, or hanging a pair of woman’s pants over an Arabs head is TORTURE.
I just talked to MOH holder Leo Thorsness http://www.pbs.org/weta/americanvalor/stories/thorsness.html who was also in my sq in jail…. as was John McCain … and we agree that McCain does not speak for the POW group when he claims that Al Gharib was torture… or that “water boarding” is torture.
Point out the stupidity of the claims that water boarding …which has no after effect… is torture. If it got the Arab to cough up the story about how he planned the attack on the twin towers in NYC … hurrah for the guy who poured the water.
BUD DAY, MOH
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Below: a link to an excellent/detailed article about Colonel Bud Day–more graphic torture then what is mentioned above…
The article mentions/documents too, how in 1990 he fought again for all the Veterans and servicemen/women when the government denied health care for Veterans and stated that those who served did so at their own risk…. John McCain is in the article-and documents how he was instrumental in getting TRICARE going.
(I posted/shared this-not aiming to tarnish or detract anything from John McCain or any other Veteran–who can really/rightly judge anyone unless they’ve really have walked in their shoes?– Colonel Bud Day being a P.O.W. has the moral authority to raise/answer questions about the what/how/meaning of torture-as do any of the other surviving P.O.W. who survived the years of brutality and torture.
For one who survived-the repeated life threatening marathons of tortures and the memories of their brothers who did not—from their perspective—trying to equate water boarding of only three terrorist to a regime of years of disabling/disfiguring/life threating torture of many gives clarity and insight to an issue that has been used politically to divide our country rather than unite it in strength….. Colonel Bud Day MOH, once again deserves our respect/thanks in his dedicated service to our country.
http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Sections/TVNews/Nightly%20News/photos/bud%20Day%20Article.pdf
http://www.historynet.com/bud-day-vietnam-war-pow-hero.htm/5
http://www.military.com/NewContent/0,13190,MoH_George_Day,00.html
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rih6YOetrw
Are we arrogant??? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Y3UdtObJo
In alphabetical order. Just Europe…
1. The American Cemetery at Aisne-Marne, France. A total of 2289 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/am.php
2. The American Cemetery at Ardennes, Belgium. A total of 5329 of our dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ar.php
3. The American Cemetery at Brittany, France. A total of 4410 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/br.php
4. Brookwood, England American Cemetery. A total of 468 of our dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/bk.php
5. Cambridge, England. 3812 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ca.php
7. Flanders Field, Belgium. A total of 368 of our military. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ff.php
8. Florence, Italy. A total of 4402 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/fl.php
9. Henri-Chapels, Belgium. A total of 7992 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/hc.php
10. Lorraine, France. A total of 10,489 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/lo.php
11. Luxembourg, Luxembourg. A total of 5076 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/lx.php
12. Meuse-Argonne. A total of 14246 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ma.php
13. Netherlands, Netherlands. A total of 8301 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/ne.php
14. Normandy, France. A total of 9387 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/no.php
15. Oise-Aisne, France. A total of 6012 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/oa.php
16. Rhone, France. A total of 861 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/rh.php
17. Sicily, Italy. A total of 7861 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/sr.php
18. Somme, France. A total of 1844 of our military dead http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/so.php
19. St. Mihiel, France. A total of 4153 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/sm.php
20. Suresnes, France. A total of 1541 of our military dead. http://www.abmc.gov/cemeteries/cemeteries/su.php
Apologize to no one.
IF I ADDED CORRECTLY THE COUNT IS 104,366, Note the thousands of service men missing (M.I.A.).
(Above post from my Uncle who served. Thanks Uncle J. Cartoons from Donna-army and Pat- Marine moms of service men-my friends/sisters.)
The verse for this year’s “National Day of Prayer”: Psalm 33:22 http://bible.cc/psalms/33-22.htm
“Let thy mercy, O LORD, be upon us, according as we hope in thee.”
Here are some links for prayer/reflection:
National Day of Prayer Task Force: http://www.ndptf.org/military/index.cfm
E-Water: http://www.e-water.net/index.php
Dayspring E-cards: http://www.dayspring.com/ecards/allcat.asp?category=43
“If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.” 2 Chronicles 7:14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2OB2rsD-CM&feature=related
http://www.azlyrics.com/19/3doors.html
“Citizen / Soldier”
In reading today, (Black Five, Long Island Girl) have a tribute/membrance/celebration/honor of M.O.H. Lt. Michael Patrick Murphy’s birthday. She has a link to a tribute book at Legacy.com for his family.
http://longislandgirl.vox.com/library/post/happy-birthday-murph-in-loving-memory.html#comments
Please continue to remember/lift his family and all the families of those men and women who have given all in service to our country up in prayer/support.
Pray for our returning men/women as they reconnect back home. Pray for our Veterans. Pray for our homeless men/women who have served (as well as all.)
Pray for all our men/women who serve to protect/defend. May they all feel the love, support, pride/respect/awe from us and may God continue to hold them, guide them, give them grace, strength, wisdom, discernment, stamina, health and protection in all they do, everywhere they go.
I saw this Vince Gill song a while back–connected me immediately to all the warriors who have died in the line of duty–”Go Rest High on that Mountain”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CRyKg5xMaXA
Lyrics link: http://www.cowboylyrics.com/lyrics/gill-vince/go-rest-high-on-that-mountain-6191.html
Please come out, line the streets with American flags and pride to welcome home Cpl. Chris Levi.
Saturday, May 16th, 2009
12:30 Islip Airport (eta)
Line streets from Veterans Highway/Broadway Ave. (north) to Mollie Blvd. Holbrook, NY 11741
Cpl Christopher Levi will be coming home on “Armed Forces Day” / May 16th. This is a very poignant/fitting day as it was designated by then President Harry S. Truman (”the buck stops here”) for citizens to come together and express gratitude/patriotic pride to our men/women/neighbors who have chosen to protect and defend us, our Constitution/written law of government and country in service in the military. This year’s motto/focus/theme of Armed Forces Day: “UNITED IN STRENGTH”. http://www.defense.gov/afd/
Come out and unite in strength to welcome home this brave young man and his family.
Youtube video on Cpl Christopher Levi: “Long Walk Home”http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjhE0YDmiC8
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The 2 links/youtube videos are from: IAVA (Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans of America)
“Alone” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDbqLul97Fg
“Signs” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDL5AKfMMZY
IAVA has a site called: “Support Your Vet” http://supportyourvet.org/
Support Your Vet web site has tips on welcoming home our Veterans, tips for conversation-when not exactly sure what to say… transition information, information on invisible injuries… and in their own words.
Really helpful/good site: http://supportyourvet.org/
WELCOME HOME AND THANK YOU