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Re: [RC] WARNING - POLITICAL delete at will! - Howard BramhallI have a nephew over "there." He's in Special Operations, US Air Force, and, right now, and for a few months, he's been in an undisclosed location. He'll be the first one in if he's not "in" already. His name is SSgt Shannon Gallagher, and I've never been more proud in my life of anyone. He's there for you; he's there for me. He's there for all of us to have the right to be free from terrorism and, no matter how you feel about it, I go with how he feels about this war. And, his answer is "we need to do this." The days of stationing American troops in Germany and other places in Europe are soon to be over. The Middle East is where we need to be. The time is now and there's no room for hesitation. When Shannon tells me it's time to come home, that is when I'll say the same. You will never ever meet a braver young man! He's there for you; he's there for me. cya, Howard ----- Original Message ----- From: "Truman Prevatt" <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "Bob Morris" <bobmorris@xxxxxxxx> Cc: <FASTGraphic@xxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [RC] WARNING - POLITICAL delete at will! In modern times, from say about 1900 on, the prospect of the US going to war has never been a popular one with the public. This has been the case notwithstanding the fact that there was no other option and those with access to the intelligence data (the politicians) knew war was the only option, but they were somehow not capable of convincing the American people. It seemed it always take something to jar the US population into being willing to go to war (Pearl Harbor in WWII, the Zimmerman Telegram in WWI, etc.). Those wars where there was not a smoking gun were unpopular, e.g., Korea, Viet Nam. Maybe that is all good and one of the built in checks and balances. But at some point one has to tighten his/her belt and face the fact that war is the only option. I'll end this with a quote from an anonymous solider (actually it's a quote from a very good friend of mine). The Duty of the American Solider The first duty of a solider is to tell the other side they should to talk to the State Dept. The second duty of the solider is to convince the other side they need to talk to the State Dept. The third duty of the solider, when all else fails, it to thump the other side so hard they want to talk to the State Dept. The last duty of the solider is to die for his country. The one thing you can be sure of - independent of how this all plays out - we have 1/4 million US service men and women in place to do their duty. Let's just hope if it comes it's quick and easy and they all come back home. Back to endurance. Truman Bob Morris wrote:How true, how true Semper Fi Bob Bob Morris Morris Endurance Enterprises Boise, ID -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of FASTGraphic@xxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:26 PM To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] WARNING - POLITICAL delete at will! With all the anti-war protests about, I wanted to share my favorite quote here. If you didn't already delete from the title and are not interested in this, which is NOT horse or endurance related, please delete now so I don't get flamed. :o) I always try to make sure my posts are endurance related, but just this once............ War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself. John Stuart Mill :o) Scott =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. 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