[Grovenet] A Thanksgiving Thought

[David Morelli]

Since I don't receive the daily paper, I had to go back and look at  
the context of this week's Doonesbury.

Our volunteer military is really something to be thankful for.  And  
their main support group, their families and friends.

David

On Nov 23, 2006, at 3:30 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> One of the things I've been very thankful for is that although I  
> served in
> our Armed Forces I was never called upon to serve in combat, and most
> especially I was never called upon to serve in combat in a conflict as
> contentious as Vietnam or as Iraq is turning out to be.
>
> Accordingly I am especially thankful that we have soldiers who are  
> willing
> to do their duty and serve their country even if their own  
> conscience tells
> them this is an ill-lead and ill-advised war that is hamstrung with
> limitations that make achieving the goals virtually impossible.
>
> We have over 100,000 soldiers doing just that. Not every one of  
> them is
> "gung ho". Some have broken under the strain. Others were probably  
> broken
> before they arrived in Iraq. That's what happens when we give ordinary
> people guns and tell them to try to stay alive while pursuing  
> objectives
> they can neither understand or achieve.
>
> Others are struggling to make a positive difference achieving our  
> country's
> goals, no matter how absurd they may seem, and many are struggling  
> to make a
> positive difference for the people of Iraq, no matter how  
> impossible that
> may seem.
>
> I am thankful for each and every one of those heroes.
>
> And with that thought I respectfully offer the attached observation by
> Trudeau about how not just our youth, but how more and more of the  
> civilian
> adults are reacting to the situation.
>
> After all, our kids are mirrors of our adult attitudes, no matter  
> how much
> we'd like to think it wasn't so.
>
> Ron D'Eau Claire
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