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| 2004-08-25 |
| Hat Tip Don Sensing This is a Guest Op Ed by Maj. Gen. Patirck Brady for the Northwest Veterans Newsletter. I was going to edit it for length, but given that Gen. Brady holds the Congresional Medal of Honor I figured we ought to let him have his say about heros. P. S. The citation does not tell the whole story of what Gen Brady did to earn the CMOH. Check out Don Sensing's post for a fuller description. Guest Op-Ed by Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady 16 Aug 04 America has no kings or queens but we do have nobility — our nobility is called Veterans. That nobility is responsible for the bounty that is America but tragically their influence has faded in recent years and the values they died for are under attack. But this election year they are back in demand and some have said the veteran vote could decide this election. It may have put Bush in the White House. With this in mind, John Kerry is seldom seen with out his band of brothers and constantly plays the" hero" card as a cornerstone of his bid for president, indeed, as the definition of who he is. Kerry defines patriotism as "keeping faith with those who wear the uniform of this country. He also brags that he "defended this country as a young man". If Missouri is the show me state, Veterans are the show me voters — we are not much for words, deeds are our stock in trade. Lets look at Kerry's deeds. |
| Posted by:Mrs. Davis |
| #3 Great letter--a true hero has proven himself and does not need continual, public affirmation. And he recognizes that he had a supporting cast who likely did not receive the credit and acclaim he did, so he works to ensure they do--he sure as hell doesn't abandon them and backstab them like a certain someone we all know. |
| Posted by: Dar 2004-08-25 8:53:16 AM |
| #2 Great article indeed |
| Posted by: True German Ally 2004-08-25 1:29:07 AM |
| #1 Read the whole article. This isnt a swiftie - this is a genuine hero, CMH winner. And he's knocking great big chunks off of Kerry and his post-war behavior. I wonder when the MSM will finally pick up on this - its all over the blogosphere. One thing is for sure, if they do NOT pick up on it in an investigative way, they will have shown their bias to be so insurmountable as to make them moot and destroy any credibility they have left - they have already permanently eroded it by trashing the swiftvets instead of investigating their charges (opposite of what they did regarding the left and Bush/Guard). |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2004-08-25 1:23:12 AM |