11.18.2004
All the Tea in China
A Young Marine Writes Home
As published in a small-town West Kentucky newspaper - 11-17-04
Jason's letter is followed by one other on the papers op-ed page. It is almost three times as long. A somewhat battered and bruised, albeit well-respected and highly educated, successful liberal attempts to extend a hand of friendship to all in the community following the contentious election season. He exhorts us all to live by our principles and to respect the Constitution, but...he just can't seem to get past himself, and falls back into the same, tired arguments of the left. You know, the wrongness of the war, helping OBL, you know the routine (e.g., "It's OK to be conservative, and it's OK to be liberal, without which by the way we would still have slaves and women would still be second-class citizens."). Bitter liberals can't even say 'can't we all just get along', without picking a fight.
All the tea in China could not purchase elevation of the liberal's grandiloquent proselytizing over the young marine's simple, profound song of thanks and entreaty for prayer. In him, and so many tens of thousands like him, is the core of what will carry America forward another 100 years.
God Bless our Troops. God Bless our Mission. Pray for everyone in Iraq.
A Young Marine Writes Home
As published in a small-town West Kentucky newspaper - 11-17-04
To the editor:
I would like to thank everyone for your support and mostly for your prayers. The station I'm at is a calm place. I don't really have much to worry about as far as attacks. The living conditions are good here. We have a church to go to and Bible study. Now is the time more than ever for faith. God has been with us to give us strength and courage everyday.
We had a marine from my unit in the rear fall. He left a new wife. I also had a friend from boot-camp fall a week earlier. He left behind a new wife and unborn child. Please pray for them and their families. I also ask you to pray for those who have fallen and those still here. I am proud to serve my country and fight for freedom. I know and understand that these deaths are not in vain.
I look and talk to these people and see the desperation for freedom. They are all not like the stories we hear. They are very friendly, kind people. They always greet you with a smile and laughter. I now know why we are here. Everyone deserves freedom and happiness. To those who fight, I ask for God's mercy for them and their souls. I pray that one day they will understand the error of their ways. I hope they see that instead of murder, there can be peace.
Life is a gift from God that no one should take for granted, though we do it everyday. At home we enjoy our family meals, our favorite shows and our occasional night out. We fight with our spouses over money, the care, the cleanliness of the house and the toilet seat. Out here, none of that matters. Here, Christmas is another day at work with a slight relief that we are still alive. We give thanks to God for being alive and praying for those who have fallen.
Before you go to bed tonight, grant me this favor: pray for the marines, soldiers, sailors, Americans and the people here. The power of prayer is greater when more than one prays for the same cause. I thank you all.
Jason E. F.
Cpl., USMC
Jason's letter is followed by one other on the papers op-ed page. It is almost three times as long. A somewhat battered and bruised, albeit well-respected and highly educated, successful liberal attempts to extend a hand of friendship to all in the community following the contentious election season. He exhorts us all to live by our principles and to respect the Constitution, but...he just can't seem to get past himself, and falls back into the same, tired arguments of the left. You know, the wrongness of the war, helping OBL, you know the routine (e.g., "It's OK to be conservative, and it's OK to be liberal, without which by the way we would still have slaves and women would still be second-class citizens."). Bitter liberals can't even say 'can't we all just get along', without picking a fight.
All the tea in China could not purchase elevation of the liberal's grandiloquent proselytizing over the young marine's simple, profound song of thanks and entreaty for prayer. In him, and so many tens of thousands like him, is the core of what will carry America forward another 100 years.
God Bless our Troops. God Bless our Mission. Pray for everyone in Iraq.
// posted by HunterByrd @ 3:55 AM 
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HB-
Sent this column (http://tennessean.com/opinion/
columnists/chavez/archives/04/11/61493701.shtml)
from last Sunday's Tennessean to you for personal delivery,but I don't know if the delivery materialized. Anyway, this columnist always tries to pass on any good news he can about the efforts in Iraq. Apparently he caught a lot of heat recently from far and wide that his accounts were not accurate. This is his follow-up opinion. Of course, the letter you print is the best info because it's first hand news from someone who's putting his life at risk.
Judy Bean
Sent this column (http://tennessean.com/opinion/
columnists/chavez/archives/04/11/61493701.shtml)
from last Sunday's Tennessean to you for personal delivery,but I don't know if the delivery materialized. Anyway, this columnist always tries to pass on any good news he can about the efforts in Iraq. Apparently he caught a lot of heat recently from far and wide that his accounts were not accurate. This is his follow-up opinion. Of course, the letter you print is the best info because it's first hand news from someone who's putting his life at risk.
Judy Bean
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: 1:19 PM
: 1:19 PM
HB-
Sent this column (http://tennessean.com/opinion/
columnists/chavez/archives/04/11/61493701.shtml)
from last Sunday's Tennessean to you for personal delivery,but I don't know if the delivery materialized. Anyway, this columnist always tries to pass on any good news he can about the efforts in Iraq. Apparently he caught a lot of heat recently from far and wide that his accounts were not accurate. This is his follow-up opinion. Of course, the letter you print is the best info because it's first hand news from someone who's putting his life at risk.
Judy Bean
Sent this column (http://tennessean.com/opinion/
columnists/chavez/archives/04/11/61493701.shtml)
from last Sunday's Tennessean to you for personal delivery,but I don't know if the delivery materialized. Anyway, this columnist always tries to pass on any good news he can about the efforts in Iraq. Apparently he caught a lot of heat recently from far and wide that his accounts were not accurate. This is his follow-up opinion. Of course, the letter you print is the best info because it's first hand news from someone who's putting his life at risk.
Judy Bean
# posted by : 1:19 PM
: 1:19 PM 
Hello soldier,
Ain't it good to go home, instead staying alive in Iraq?
In the US you are needed, really needed. In Iraq you are the sitting duck which creates the terrorists (beyond the imported terrorism).
No, you can better go home and prevent abortion, prevent killing the unborn child. Wake up and kill the useless doctors, the abortionists. Become a radical christian, instead of being a wise guy in a place where you don't belong. Use the bible as your weapon and kill ritualy with your own hands.
Yeah, you want more killings of the unrighteous in the streets, unchristian people, with a different believe or no believe at all.
Pray that it won't be you who is going to die because there is so much to accomplish for your dear god. Praise the orthodoxy.
Keep on worshipping, the last days might be upon you.
Proboscis monkey
Ain't it good to go home, instead staying alive in Iraq?
In the US you are needed, really needed. In Iraq you are the sitting duck which creates the terrorists (beyond the imported terrorism).
No, you can better go home and prevent abortion, prevent killing the unborn child. Wake up and kill the useless doctors, the abortionists. Become a radical christian, instead of being a wise guy in a place where you don't belong. Use the bible as your weapon and kill ritualy with your own hands.
Yeah, you want more killings of the unrighteous in the streets, unchristian people, with a different believe or no believe at all.
Pray that it won't be you who is going to die because there is so much to accomplish for your dear god. Praise the orthodoxy.
Keep on worshipping, the last days might be upon you.
Proboscis monkey
# posted by : 8:57 AM
: 8:57 AM
P.M.,
What good does it do for you to write hate mail to the author of the letter that is printed on this site? He will never read it. I guarantee the author of that letter is a stonger person than you will ever be. You are the weak one, because you cannot even put down your real name. Write to a newspaper next time.
What good does it do for you to write hate mail to the author of the letter that is printed on this site? He will never read it. I guarantee the author of that letter is a stonger person than you will ever be. You are the weak one, because you cannot even put down your real name. Write to a newspaper next time.
# posted by : 9:24 PM
: 9:24 PM
Tell me why is there so much hate in the US if abortion isn't possible in many states if not all, when same sex marriage isn't allowed? Why is it that Europe is overwhelmed with internet spam from the USA? From my (European) point of view fundamentalistic christian fanatics in the USA are as wrong as the fundamentalistic islamic fanatics in Europe. They use the same methods of terror and killing.
Your country doesn't support the war on terror, which is a euphemism of a silent war on all continents, but started it. So bear the consequenses and end it.
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Your country doesn't support the war on terror, which is a euphemism of a silent war on all continents, but started it. So bear the consequenses and end it.
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