Firestar
Chief Petty Officer
- Joined
- Aug 20, 2006
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Subject: A letter from a marine
I could not find anything in snopes about this as a yet. But,, I agree with
the letter no matter who wrote it.
This is a very well written letter i found from a Marine wife written by her
husband... the end the Sincerely part got to me the most!!! God Bless our
troops !
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{This was written by my husband, Aaron, who is currently deployed to Iraq, in
defense of a recent comment made by Senator John Kerry. Pass it along, it
might inspire someone else to speak up! ~ Michelle}
Yesterday John Kerry said, "You know education, if you make the most of it,
you study hard, you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you
can do well, and if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq"
So I wrote him a letter:
I am a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. I am currently on my
second tour in Iraq, a tour in which I volunteered for. I speak Arabic and
Spanish and I plan to tackle Persian Farsi soon. I have a Bachelors and an
Associates Degree and between deployments I am pursuing an M.B.A. In college
I was a member of several academic honor societies, including the Golden Key
Honor Society. I am not unique among the enlisted troops. Many of my enlisted
colleagues include lawyers, teachers, mechanics, engineers, musicians and
artists just to name a few. You say that your comments were directed towards
the President and not us. If we were stupid Senator Kerry, we might have
believed you.
I am not a victim of President Bush. I proudly serve him because he is my
Commander and Chief. If it was you who was President, I would serve you just
as faithfully. I serve America Senator Kerry, and I am also providing a
service to the good people of Iraq. I have not terrorized them in the middle
of the night, raped them or murdered them as you have accused me of before. I
am doing my part to help them rebuild. My role is a simple one, but
important. You see Senator Kerry, like it or not, we came here and removed a
tyrant (who terrorized Iraqis in the middle of the night, and raped them and
murdered them). And we have a responsibility to see to it that another one
doesn't take his place. The people of Iraq are recovering from an abusive
relationship with a terrible government and it's going to take some time to
help them recover from that. We can't treat this conflict like a microwave
dinner and throw a temper tantrum because we feel like it's taking too long.
Senator Kerry, you don't have to agree with this war. You don't have to say
nice things about those of us who choose to make sacrifices for the rights of
every American rather than sit back and simply feel entitled to it. But
please Senator Kerry, if you're going to call me a stupid murdering rapist,
stick by what you say. Don't tell me that I misunderstood or that you would
never insult a veteran because you're one too. Having been there and done
that does not give you a free pass to insult me.
My suggestion for you, Senator Kerry, is to remember that your speeches are
recorded, and broadcast to us simpletons over here. You may want to write
down what you want to say before you say it, maybe have somebody look at it
before you say it and tell you what others might hear. Remember that we can't
read your mind, if there are any misinterpretations in what you say, it's
because you didn't communicate clearly.
Good luck to you Senator Kerry, if nothing else it's always entertaining to
watch you try and climb out of the holes that you constantly dig for
yourself.
Sincerely,
Somebody who is watching his daughter grow up in photographs so that you can have the right to say whatever you want about him.
I could not find anything in snopes about this as a yet. But,, I agree with
the letter no matter who wrote it.
This is a very well written letter i found from a Marine wife written by her
husband... the end the Sincerely part got to me the most!!! God Bless our
troops !
****************************************************
{This was written by my husband, Aaron, who is currently deployed to Iraq, in
defense of a recent comment made by Senator John Kerry. Pass it along, it
might inspire someone else to speak up! ~ Michelle}
Yesterday John Kerry said, "You know education, if you make the most of it,
you study hard, you do your homework, and you make an effort to be smart, you
can do well, and if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq"
So I wrote him a letter:
I am a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps. I am currently on my
second tour in Iraq, a tour in which I volunteered for. I speak Arabic and
Spanish and I plan to tackle Persian Farsi soon. I have a Bachelors and an
Associates Degree and between deployments I am pursuing an M.B.A. In college
I was a member of several academic honor societies, including the Golden Key
Honor Society. I am not unique among the enlisted troops. Many of my enlisted
colleagues include lawyers, teachers, mechanics, engineers, musicians and
artists just to name a few. You say that your comments were directed towards
the President and not us. If we were stupid Senator Kerry, we might have
believed you.
I am not a victim of President Bush. I proudly serve him because he is my
Commander and Chief. If it was you who was President, I would serve you just
as faithfully. I serve America Senator Kerry, and I am also providing a
service to the good people of Iraq. I have not terrorized them in the middle
of the night, raped them or murdered them as you have accused me of before. I
am doing my part to help them rebuild. My role is a simple one, but
important. You see Senator Kerry, like it or not, we came here and removed a
tyrant (who terrorized Iraqis in the middle of the night, and raped them and
murdered them). And we have a responsibility to see to it that another one
doesn't take his place. The people of Iraq are recovering from an abusive
relationship with a terrible government and it's going to take some time to
help them recover from that. We can't treat this conflict like a microwave
dinner and throw a temper tantrum because we feel like it's taking too long.
Senator Kerry, you don't have to agree with this war. You don't have to say
nice things about those of us who choose to make sacrifices for the rights of
every American rather than sit back and simply feel entitled to it. But
please Senator Kerry, if you're going to call me a stupid murdering rapist,
stick by what you say. Don't tell me that I misunderstood or that you would
never insult a veteran because you're one too. Having been there and done
that does not give you a free pass to insult me.
My suggestion for you, Senator Kerry, is to remember that your speeches are
recorded, and broadcast to us simpletons over here. You may want to write
down what you want to say before you say it, maybe have somebody look at it
before you say it and tell you what others might hear. Remember that we can't
read your mind, if there are any misinterpretations in what you say, it's
because you didn't communicate clearly.
Good luck to you Senator Kerry, if nothing else it's always entertaining to
watch you try and climb out of the holes that you constantly dig for
yourself.
Sincerely,
Somebody who is watching his daughter grow up in photographs so that you can have the right to say whatever you want about him.
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