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2005-02-13 Iraq-Jordan

Bonds forged in battle create lasting image

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Posted by CrazyFool 2005-02-13 4:10:45 PM|| || Front Page|| [11128 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Separation from his unit during recovery ached more than the wounds

File under why small units fight.

Posted by Shipman 2005-02-13 5:15:48 PM|| 2005-02-13 5:15:48 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 nice post CF, thanks

Posted by Frank G 2005-02-13 5:20:54 PM|| 2005-02-13 5:20:54 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 ....file under the very best we have,
"But we in it shall be remember'd;
We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,
This day shall gentle his condition:
And gentlemen in England now a-bed
Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day."
William Shakespeare

Posted by thanks 2005-02-13 5:45:32 PM|| 2005-02-13 5:45:32 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 With men like these how can we lose? I know Victory can be thrown away by politicians. I lost some good friends in Vietnam and I've lost one young friend in Iraq. A great young man who only wanted to serve his country and do what was right. Cpl. Reid, I think of you often. There literally is no bond stronger.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2005-02-13 6:40:42 PM|| 2005-02-13 6:40:42 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 My work colleague's son is in Fallujah. He said that 3rd battalion, 1st Marines had the worst of it.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-02-13 7:24:22 PM|| 2005-02-13 7:24:22 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 Guys like this I served with. I know their hearts. I hoep mine measures up - they are better men than I in my opinion. At elast the bad guys I took on had uniforms on, or were clearly identified and we coudl choose the time and place.

The Marines and soldiers, this band of brothers, these are the people the LLL despises because these guys SHAME the LLL in the core of their being; in their heart of hearts the LLL simply are too cowardly to even understand what it takes to put your life on the line for your country and (more imporantly, in my experience) to willingly do whatever it takes for the troops in your command, and even more so, for your buddies. [Even harder than thinking it for the LLL is actually doing it]. Its the same reason the LLL is anti-Christian. The ethos here is that of the Christian Warrior - in Jesus' own words:

John 15:13,"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Posted by OldSpook 2005-02-13 9:19:50 PM|| 2005-02-13 9:19:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Thats a lot to live up to, if you think about it.

So the LLL instead of trying to live up to it, or even simply admitting they cannot do so and admiring those who do - they, the LLL try to tear them down so they (the LLL) will not feel so small in comparison.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-02-13 9:22:05 PM|| 2005-02-13 9:22:05 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 OldSpook---John 15:13 is one of my favorites.
Re #7 comment: The LLL always tries to tear down. This is the socialist thing, even in legislation. Instead of having the top ones bring the ones up that are behind, the socialists and LLL believe in bringing down the top ones to make things equal so all are at the bottom. We see this in public education in our country. We see this worldwide in the Kyoto Treaty. We see this all over the world in punishing high taxes for achievers. And we also see it in the LLL attitudes toward our achieving military, like OldSpook so elequently points out.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-02-13 10:01:02 PM|| 2005-02-13 10:01:02 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 Guys like this I served with. I know their hearts. I hoep mine measures up - they are better men than I in my opinion. At elast the bad guys I took on had uniforms on, or were clearly identified and we coudl choose the time and place.

The Marines and soldiers, this band of brothers, these are the people the LLL despises because these guys SHAME the LLL in the core of their being; in their heart of hearts the LLL simply are too cowardly to even understand what it takes to put your life on the line for your country and (more imporantly, in my experience) to willingly do whatever it takes for the troops in your command, and even more so, for your buddies. [Even harder than thinking it for the LLL is actually doing it]. Its the same reason the LLL is anti-Christian. The ethos here is that of the Christian Warrior - in Jesus' own words:

John 15:13,"Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends."

Posted by OldSpook 2005-02-13 9:19:50 PM|| 2005-02-13 9:19:50 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Thats a lot to live up to, if you think about it.

So the LLL instead of trying to live up to it, or even simply admitting they cannot do so and admiring those who do - they, the LLL try to tear them down so they (the LLL) will not feel so small in comparison.

Posted by OldSpook 2005-02-13 9:22:05 PM|| 2005-02-13 9:22:05 PM|| Front Page Top

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