The 10th Mountain Division - tough times
While John Edwards attempts to promote defeat as patriotism, what I will be remembering next weekend is the battle scarred unit which has suffered a huge loss this week - the Army’s 10th Mountain Division from Ft. Drum, New York. My son is assigned to this unit and while I haven’t heard from him since this event happened, I know that it’s because he is probably working 24/7 to help find these people. He runs the UAV’s that ground units need for their efforts. I can only speculate on his grief and determination. I’ve had a heavy heart since I heard this story - even before the first announcement of the units involved. I knew it was his AO but didn’t know the loss would be so great.
I only wish that he and his brothers would be able to function without the heavy handed dumocrats spouting the defeat meme that has become a wedge in the daily lives of our soldiers. His emails to me (prior to this loss) were ripe with incredulous and disparaging comments about the defeat attitude that seems to permeate the dumocrats. He cannot believe that no one has been charged with treason since that is exactly what the “ruling” party promulgates. I only hope he can perform without that “what the hell are we doing this for” thought in the back of his head, pushed in by people so devoid of the ability to see freedom for its value rather than a voting poll statistic. “Doing the right thing” has become so interpretive of the speaker that “right” has now become synonymous with “abandonment” by speakers on the dumocrat left. And since no one within the dumocrat ranks ever speaks of the result of abandonment, it’s easy for them to tout the irresponsible line “We’ll take care of it later.” Just like we did with Cambodia and South Vietnam. Three and half million lives later we didn’t need to get involved. No one was alive to fight.
In Iraq’s case, there will will be plenty left to fight. How you gonna take care of that Hillary, Johnboy, and Teddy?
Move to Nantucket? Canada? Venezuela?
“Negotiate”? With what? Your good looks? (That’s a scary thought.)
Thanks, but forget it. I’ll trust my lot with Petraeus and what the military chain of command, including George Bush, think ought to happen. I have zero confidence that the dumocrats pleas for capitulation will make us better off.
The Dems never think about AFTER they pull out. What do we do then? What happens then?
My heard goes out to all the Military and especially to those killed and captured this past week. I pray those remaining three will be returned safe and sound, but … We all know how the enemy, Muslims, al-Qaeda treat prisoners. They don’t get satellite TV, gourmet meals, soccer games, etc. like Gitmo detainees get.
Comment by Debbie | May 17, 2007
Been keeping all you folks in my prayers since I first read this last week. Hang in there…
Comment by MissBirdlegs in AL | May 23, 2007