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Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:01:12 +0000

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By: hotoffthepress2

hotoffthepress2 — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:46:11 +0000

Thanks, Granny.

By: Granny T

Granny T — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:45:07 +0000

Thank you for posting this article. We owe so much to our military personnel and their families; because freedom isn’t free. Our freedom has always been paid for by the blood of the courageous. I am voting for it at
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/readerarticles/?period=all

By: Skunkfeathers

Skunkfeathers — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:13:27 +0000

I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again: I never served. I graduated high school a month after Saigon fell. I had an option: service or self-indulgence. I opted for the latter. On 9-11-01, I had cause to regret that choice, too late to make a difference.

But I never forget who allowed me the choice in the first place. It wasn’t a law, or an edict, it wasn’t a state or US congressperson or senator, not even a President of the United States, that made it so.

It was a soldier. Sailor. Marine. Airman/woman. National Guardsman/woman. Coast Guardsman/woman.

They have made it so for me, and for a plethora of others that make up these United States of America. Some remember it well; some embarrass the rest of us with their blatant, out-of-control self-indulgence.

But one thing stands true, whatever the person’s inclinations: there’s a common thread that made our lives and choices what we chose: the courage, dedication, sacrifice and service of our men and women in uniform. Period.

God bless Col. Scott, those before him, and those to follow.

We can never thank each and every one of you enough.