[rollei_list] Re: Idle Thoughts on the US Memorial Day
- From: Marc James Small <marcsmall@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 17:59:14 -0400
At 08:37 AM 5/27/2008, Robert Lilley wrote:
>The one great thing about being a veteran is that you can say anything you
>want about current conflicts, etc - you have earned the right. My father
>landed in Normandy, I am a Vietnam Vet and all three of my boys have served
>in Iraq. We are all apposed to this country's presence in Iraq. My father
>and I never joined the VFW or the Legion nor will my kids. We are proud of
>our service and feel that the real patriot steps up when he is needed, not
>just on July 4th and that joining the military is not a political or social
>statement. The voting booth and the guy next to us is what/who we
>fought/fight for. We pray that all our service men stay out of harms way
>and come home soon!
Rob
My direct family have been in the service of this
country and of its predecessor colonies since at
least The War of Jenkins Ear. I had a
third-great-grandfather who was a double veteran,
having served in the Revolutionary War and then
re-upped in his 70's for the War of 1812. No one
was ever drafted, no one was ever wounded or
killed or captured. We were a stolid lot and
just served. None of us ever suffered horrible
illnesses, though a great-great-grandfather was
discharged in 1864 from the 52nd Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry at City Point in Hopewell,
Virginia, about ten miles or so from where I now
live. He had pneumonia. But, then, he was 64
and had served three years as a rifleman. Two
great-uncles volunteered in WWI. My father was a
Prewar volunteer for WWII. My draft number was
327 but I signed up. We are al idiots and fools.
I am not certain just what it means to be
"apposed" to the war in Iraq. I regard George W.
Bush as a relatively decent President but I find
his fixation on South-East Asia rather bizarre
and unseemly. But now it seems as if John McCain
will be our next President, although the only
other alum of his college, Canoe U. to become
Chief Executive, Jimmy Carter, is arguably the
worst President the US has ever had to endure.
As you note, us Vets can shoot off our mouths and do so with impunity.
Marc
msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
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