For those that have served, for those that are currently serving in Law Enforcement, Military and Emergency Services, there are those who have not forgotten. The war has went on for a great while, I remember sitting in my police academy at FT. Leonward, Miss when our Instructor leaned forward to the 20 some inserts and say "Men and lady we are now at war with an unseen enemy", I remember looking back at the instructor and telling him in a joking manner to shut the hell up, until he turned his cell phone towards us and I saw for the first but not last time that day the planes slamming into the World Trade Center in NY. I remember my reaction was that of shock and anger as was that of many, but what I remember the most was listening to a young private jumping up and down for joy that he was a National Guard guy and that he was going to get recalled to his unit and he was going to get to war. I don't know which part pissed me off more, the fact that someone had the nerve to attack the greatest country in the world on our own home turf or the fact that I had just heard a young dumb ass who knew nothing of war or killing jumping up and down about going to war. I remember literally grabbing the kid and choke slamming him against the wall and yelling at him, until my instructor grabbed me and told me to chill out.
That was the beginning of a new age in war, something that our men and women in uniform had never experienced before, a enemy that could not be seen, a enemy that did not have the nerve to fight face to face, but did so in the darkness, a enemy that once again would use religion as their reason for wanting to kill us infidels. What cracks me up about this is that these knuckleheads say that they are the true religion that all others are infidels, well let me say this now THEY ARE NOT THE FIRST RELIGION if you want to get technical with that JUDASIM IS THE FIRST RELIGION Islam was not founded until the two sons of Abraham. One son went on to be the leader of the Jews while the other shunned by God and Abraham for being the bastard son born by his hand maiden was turned away from the family and disowned, thus creating the seperation and the beginning of a war between to cultures that have waged battle in secret and in the open for thousands of years. Now to make this very clear to all people reading this, I am not racist towards any religion, I have very good friends who are Muslim, some of which I served with in the military at one point, but those who take and corrupt the true meaning of the Koran are not welcome in my house anytime.
So to all of you who just read the newspapers and read or hear of all the nasty things that our GI's do overseas, let me say this to you, SCREW YOU if you believe it, if you believe everything that you read or hear than hey I own the Brooklyn Bridge and I am having a special price this week, 1,000,000 dollars all to go to chairity for vets, seeing how nobody wants to take care of them when they come home, someone has to do it.
Yes, I will admit that atrocities occur overseas, but hey it is war people, war is not pretty nor is a glamorous life, its nasty, its down and dirty, people get hurt some die and others live, it is a reality, and for all of you who look down your noses at them, here's an idea, bag you people up throw you on a C-130 transport place and parachute you into one of the most hostile areas with a M-4 carbine, 80lb rucksack, 30lbs worth of Kevlar, and another 30-40lbs worth of weight coming from all the ammo that you are carrying and lets see you make out in one piece. By the way thats the standard load that a combat soldier carries into the field of battle on any given day. People have called these soldiers murders or rapist, and yes there has been some of those cases over there where men and women should not be there anymore and can't take it anymore and they snapp, but for the most part the men and women there are good kind hearted people who joined the military to do the right thing and they are there. If not for these people, we who are here would not be able to sleep at night. Theres a old saying from those overthere, We do want we do that nobody else will do so that people like you can sleep at night knowing that the PEACEKEEPER is on the job 24-7 360 days out of the year.
I heard a story the other day from a young marine who was in his uniform, walking thru the airport, he had not had anytime to get money out of the bank before getting on the plane and had already spent what he had on him, he went into one of the resturants there and sat down and ordered a water, it was all he could get, when a older gentleman walked by him and dropped a 100 dollar bill on his table and continued to walk by him, the young marine got up with the money and chased the older man down and said sir you dropped this, the older man turned around and said Son, I didn't drop it I gave it to you, the young marine was dumbfounded by this and was going to refuse when the older man said to the young marine, I lost my son last year in Kabul, he was a strong man and a good man, I made a promise to him that no matter what, when I saw a man or woman in uniform what ever money I had on me I would give to them to help them out. The words that came from this older mans mouth brought tears to the young marines eyes as well as myself when I heard the story. For those who care about our soldiers you are heroes in our eyes for you care for the lives of the men and women who you have never met, so at least from myself I Thank You!!!
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