Thursday, June 16, 2005
A Soldier's Blog
Check out A Soldier’s Blog, the web journal of Shawn Richardson, who is a Christian, husband, brother, son, and Soldier, stationed in Iraq. It’s really remarkable.
I am so sick and tired of hearing the brave men and women in the American military slammed in the press. These guys are risking so much for something they really believe in. Meanwhile, the soft, pasty-white, collegiate leeches in the media are busy focusing on supposed Koran mishandling at Gitmo, prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib, military recruitment problems… basically anything they can come up with to make our soldiers look bad. I can’t remember the last time I saw a legitimate story designed to pay tribute to our men and women overseas. Even on Memorial Day, the media tributes I saw were spun so that they not-so-subtly criticized the war effort. It makes me sick.
Shawn Richardson’s blog affords a real look at the life of a soldier who lives and works in Iraq, and deals daily with things that are remote to the rest of us. This is compelling stuff… he isn’t talking about Iraq academically or hypothetically. He lives there. This is his world.
Here’s a brief passage about handing out toys and school supplies to Iraqi children:
Fair is not something that these kids are used to and they appeared to not care if their playmate got nothing, and they got multiple items. It could be that all kids are like that while in a frenzy. I guess I should analyze my childhood before I slam these kids for being selfish. All kids seem to be selfish at one point in their lives, and these kids definitely have more of a right to be than I ever had.
God bless him and every man and woman who has so much on the line overseas. Their sacrifices are unimaginable to the rest of us, and their journeys will continue long after they get home. They need and deserve our prayers, support, and admiration.
Click the snapshot of the blog below to read that story. And, the blog regularly. It’s really something.
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thanks for supporting my brother in reading his blog. he's truly a remarkable person serving in iraq as with all our service men and women.
Maybe I'm off my nut, but what I keep hearing (and my main source is NPR and the BBC) is that our troops have the backing of everyday citizens like us, but not always the support they need from various parts of the government.
As someone whose current existence would not be possible without my best friend's career miltary husband (and by extension his career military father and brothers) I understand how hard it can be to walk the line between supporting your loved ones and being clear about a military action that isn't lawful or sensible. There are those of us on the liberal side of things that aren't totally clueless, just so ya know.
As someone whose current existence would not be possible without my best friend's career miltary husband (and by extension his career military father and brothers) I understand how hard it can be to walk the line between supporting your loved ones and being clear about a military action that isn't lawful or sensible. There are those of us on the liberal side of things that aren't totally clueless, just so ya know.
Meepers: There are those of us on the liberal side of things that aren't totally clueless, just so ya know.
Thanks, and I appreciate your comment. My gripe isn't with "liberals" over this issue, so to speak. It's more with the media, who seem to see themselves as a force against the US government in general and the military in specific. I should have been more clear.
I also think it is a reasonable argument that soldiers aren't getting as much support as they could be getting from the government. And, I agree with those who say that it's time for Bush to at least approach an outline for withdraw. I wrote a month or two ago that I can no longer "support the war," so to speak, with a clear conscience. However, I won't back down from supporting the troops themselves. I'm glad you support them, too.
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Thanks, and I appreciate your comment. My gripe isn't with "liberals" over this issue, so to speak. It's more with the media, who seem to see themselves as a force against the US government in general and the military in specific. I should have been more clear.
I also think it is a reasonable argument that soldiers aren't getting as much support as they could be getting from the government. And, I agree with those who say that it's time for Bush to at least approach an outline for withdraw. I wrote a month or two ago that I can no longer "support the war," so to speak, with a clear conscience. However, I won't back down from supporting the troops themselves. I'm glad you support them, too.
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