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Thank You Ol Thom
Thanks for doing your part in making the USA the greatest country on earth.
Thank you and all the vets that carried the tourch of freedom. Who else here is a veteran? Joe C.A.P. N.J.R.O.T.C. BMSN USS Samuel Gompers AD-37 USMM Master Its to easy to tell who is not. |
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Thank You Ol Thom
I'll drink to that!
Scotty "Joe" wrote in message om... Thanks for doing your part in making the USA the greatest country on earth. Thank you and all the vets that carried the tourch of freedom. Who else here is a veteran? Joe C.A.P. N.J.R.O.T.C. BMSN USS Samuel Gompers AD-37 USMM Master Its to easy to tell who is not. |
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Thank You Ol Thom
Joe wrote:
Thanks for doing your part in making the USA the greatest country on earth. Thank you and all the vets that carried the tourch of freedom. Who else here is a veteran? I'll second that, and add a salute. Doug King, ex BT1(SW) USS MacDonough DDG-37 USS Paul FF-1080 |
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Thank You Ole Thom
Thanks Joe,
Doug , I return your Salute! You younger Vets deserve your share of real credit, In my war, we knew who the enemy was and where to find him. It was the Leaders of the Military's job to defeat him, It was a hard, costly war but it had a direction and a goal. TOTAL VICTORY!! That, I believe was the last war fought that way. You younger Vets have never had that option. Politics have entered our lives and God help me for saying this, but I don't think anyone can know what a final victory is anymore. I do salute the Military of today. They have it tougher than we did. Thanks Joe and everyone who serviced and services. To all OUR VETS---- GOD BLESS AMERICA; And "I'LL DRINK TO THAT!!" Ole Thom |
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Thank You Ole Thom
What war did you fight in? The Civil War? :-)
S.Simon "Thom Stewart" wrote in message ... Thanks Joe, Doug , I return your Salute! You younger Vets deserve your share of real credit, In my war, we knew who the enemy was and where to find him. It was the Leaders of the Military's job to defeat him, It was a hard, costly war but it had a direction and a goal. TOTAL VICTORY!! That, I believe was the last war fought that way. You younger Vets have never had that option. Politics have entered our lives and God help me for saying this, but I don't think anyone can know what a final victory is anymore. I do salute the Military of today. They have it tougher than we did. Thanks Joe and everyone who serviced and services. To all OUR VETS---- GOD BLESS AMERICA; And "I'LL DRINK TO THAT!!" Ole Thom |
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Thank You Ole Thom
"Thom Stewart" wrote... Thanks Joe, Doug , I return your Salute! You younger Vets deserve your share of real credit, In my war, we knew who the enemy was and where to find him. It was the Leaders of the Military's job to defeat him, It was a hard, costly war but it had a direction and a goal. TOTAL VICTORY!! That, I believe was the last war fought that way. I dunno about that, Thom. War is always a military means to a political solution for an economic problem. It's a loose term for any large group of people attempting to impose their collective will on another group by force. An old fashioned word for terrorism might be sabotage, and every country has tried it's hand at sending saboteurs into 'enemy' territory. The enemy we are currenty fighting (outside of those enemies of the Constitution that we have, Lord help us, elected over ourselves) uses terrorism or sabotage because that is the only way they have to fight. They are so poor & so desparate that they have no other means. Therefor they have no big, obvious, economically valuable targets for our military to go after. We have two huge strategic problems, and no leader of any industrialized country has AFAIK addressed either. 1- the terrorists are irrational and cannot agree on their own goals, so there is no hope of making 'peace' with them on any terms 2- the terrorists make very handy agents for behind-the-scenes economic groups who profit by the destruction of competitors assets I wish I had some answers myself, contemplating the whole situation makes me very sad. I do salute the Military of today. They have it tougher than we did. In some ways, it's not so bad. Cell phones & email make it easy for today's servicemen to keep in daily contact with their families. Equipment is much better & more reliable. Living conditions are also a lot better, although it seems to me (and I thought about this a lot back in my day) that the US always chooses to fight in most horrible climates & terrains we can find. Thanks Joe and everyone who serviced and services. To all OUR VETS---- GOD BLESS AMERICA; And "I'LL DRINK TO THAT!!" I'll drink to that, too, Thom! Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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Thank You Ole Thom
Some have very clear goals. It is usually their means of achieving it
that they cannot agree on. While many would like to kill all Americans as vermin, other wish to scare you to an honest, open negotiation table. That you lump them together reveals your lack of diplomatic smarts. The US's second major problem is that you gain no respect on their eyes as you, yourself, carry out acts of terrorism and support terrorist countries/regimes -when it suits you. Cheers MC DSK wrote: "Thom Stewart" wrote... Thanks Joe, Doug , I return your Salute! You younger Vets deserve your share of real credit, In my war, we knew who the enemy was and where to find him. It was the Leaders of the Military's job to defeat him, It was a hard, costly war but it had a direction and a goal. TOTAL VICTORY!! That, I believe was the last war fought that way. I dunno about that, Thom. War is always a military means to a political solution for an economic problem. It's a loose term for any large group of people attempting to impose their collective will on another group by force. An old fashioned word for terrorism might be sabotage, and every country has tried it's hand at sending saboteurs into 'enemy' territory. The enemy we are currenty fighting (outside of those enemies of the Constitution that we have, Lord help us, elected over ourselves) uses terrorism or sabotage because that is the only way they have to fight. They are so poor & so desparate that they have no other means. Therefor they have no big, obvious, economically valuable targets for our military to go after. We have two huge strategic problems, and no leader of any industrialized country has AFAIK addressed either. 1- the terrorists are irrational and cannot agree on their own goals, so there is no hope of making 'peace' with them on any terms 2- the terrorists make very handy agents for behind-the-scenes economic groups who profit by the destruction of competitors assets I wish I had some answers myself, contemplating the whole situation makes me very sad. I do salute the Military of today. They have it tougher than we did. In some ways, it's not so bad. Cell phones & email make it easy for today's servicemen to keep in daily contact with their families. Equipment is much better & more reliable. Living conditions are also a lot better, although it seems to me (and I thought about this a lot back in my day) that the US always chooses to fight in most horrible climates & terrains we can find. Thanks Joe and everyone who serviced and services. To all OUR VETS---- GOD BLESS AMERICA; And "I'LL DRINK TO THAT!!" I'll drink to that, too, Thom! Fresh Breezes- Doug King |
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Thank You Ole Thom
That's what I was wondering. Did you wear a
three corner hat? Bart "Simple Simon" wrote What war did you fight in? The Civil War? :-) S.Simon "Thom Stewart" wrote Thanks Joe, Doug , I return your Salute! You younger Vets deserve your share of real credit, In my war, we knew who the enemy was and where to find him. It was the Leaders of the Military's job to defeat him, It was a hard, costly war but it had a direction and a goal. TOTAL VICTORY!! That, I believe was the last war fought that way. You younger Vets have never had that option. Politics have entered our lives and God help me for saying this, but I don't think anyone can know what a final victory is anymore. I do salute the Military of today. They have it tougher than we did. |
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Thank You Ol Thom
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Thank You Ol Thom
20 Years and One Day . .US Army. But more importantly. Did Thom tell you
he worked on Navy ships in WWII? Now THAT is real service! MST |
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