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Originally Posted by Downthestretch55
Bold Ruler,
Do me a favor, ok?
Next time you write a piece, tell them that there are many Americans that DO care.
I heard the same kind of crap during Viet Nam. We can't stop now or all those lives would be in vain.
Then, I got a chance to stand in front of the memorial, find ten of my friends names, not counting several others that died later from agent orange and living crippled for the rest of their lives. Ed M. was a colonel. He got blown up by an improvised device. Spent the remainder of his life on fake legs, right arm blown off below the elbow, and a disfigured face with no ear on the right side, and a glass eye on the same side. Interesting fact is that the same people he was training during "Vietnamization" were the ones that did this to him. After his many operations, he became a college professor teaching Asian studies. He also counseled many vets.
Then he founded a program that brought vets back to Viet nam to distribute medical aid...revisit the place where he was blown up.
He spent many years in search of the answer to a question that haunted him.
WHY?
Unfortunately, he died last year at 56 in his shower. His son found him.
Ed's name isn't on the wall.
So, just do me a favor, ok? Tell those that you write your articles for that there are people that DO care about them just as much as i cared about Ed,
and Bill, and Stan, and Joe, and....so many more.
Names on a wall will never replace the lives they cost.
NEVER!
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That op-ed was about raising the gas tax 5 cents per gallon and using the billions raised to help soldiers and their families. Before it ran I had to change a paragraph, or rather include one that sort of gave Bush a little credit. Stars and Stripes is owned by DoD and they have freedom but you won't see anything criticizing the administration on their pages.
The americans we polled were willing to do it, but the WH refused to raise the gas tax. It actually got a little ugly with them. One of the many reasons I can't stand them.