halligan83
08-28-2005, 07:20 AM
Dear Cindy Sheehan,
I have watched your message to our President on our local network.
I feel your pain.
I am sending you a virtual hug for all that is worth and hope your pain eases in time and you can let your boy rest.
I do not support your message however.
I believe that your son gave his life in service to his country. By signing his employment contract he was stating his belief that he too thought it was an honorable service and that he was willing to do whatever it took to make sure our country’s future would be secure.
Please do not negate his gift or his honor.
What you do tells your fellow Americans that your son wanted the job but did not want to perform it.
You make it seem as if your son wanted all the benefits of service with no understanding that this job entailed possible sacrifices for the better good of his fellow countrymen.
Your message translates as his having wanted a paycheck and great benefits for doing work equivalent to any civilian job and with no risks.
The United States military is unlike any civilian job. The purpose of the American services is to secure this country and perform whatever is needed in order to accomplish this.
Your son knew this and I am sure that he was not only willing to do this, but took pride in the fact that he would do it.
Now let him go Mrs. Sheehan.
Please stop hassling the President for doing what it takes in these troubling times. Hassle him when he doesn’t, because then we may have suicide bombers on our doorsteps and when your neighbor’s five-year-old son is blown to pieces, please feel free to give the President hell!
<mod edit> Its really safer not to give personal info including full names on a public board. :flowers:
I have watched your message to our President on our local network.
I feel your pain.
I am sending you a virtual hug for all that is worth and hope your pain eases in time and you can let your boy rest.
I do not support your message however.
I believe that your son gave his life in service to his country. By signing his employment contract he was stating his belief that he too thought it was an honorable service and that he was willing to do whatever it took to make sure our country’s future would be secure.
Please do not negate his gift or his honor.
What you do tells your fellow Americans that your son wanted the job but did not want to perform it.
You make it seem as if your son wanted all the benefits of service with no understanding that this job entailed possible sacrifices for the better good of his fellow countrymen.
Your message translates as his having wanted a paycheck and great benefits for doing work equivalent to any civilian job and with no risks.
The United States military is unlike any civilian job. The purpose of the American services is to secure this country and perform whatever is needed in order to accomplish this.
Your son knew this and I am sure that he was not only willing to do this, but took pride in the fact that he would do it.
Now let him go Mrs. Sheehan.
Please stop hassling the President for doing what it takes in these troubling times. Hassle him when he doesn’t, because then we may have suicide bombers on our doorsteps and when your neighbor’s five-year-old son is blown to pieces, please feel free to give the President hell!
<mod edit> Its really safer not to give personal info including full names on a public board. :flowers: