We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/we_must_be_more.html Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:16:11 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2010 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification [Kat] From the Vets for Freedom, LTC Steve Russell (partial transcript) America has never been built on the labor and the hard work of the cynic and the critic. Americans of the past knew how to sacrifice and they knew the difference between what was evil and what was good; who was a threat and who was harmless. Whether to live free or quit and die. So, where do we go from here? What can Americans do at this critical hour? America must sacrifice today along with her men and women in uniform. We must be more than an army... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/we_must_be_more.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/we_must_be_more.html Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:06:40 -0600 It is only a letter, Kevin, not a political statement. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/we_must_be_more.html#comment-70884 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/we_must_be_more.html#comment-70884 Tue, 18 Mar 2008 09:06:28 -0600 How little you know. I am a former officer in the 35th ID. I set up the '2' shop for that Divisions DISCOM and one of the members now wasting his life away in that mudhole is a friend of mine and a former subordinate in that same shop. I brought him with me when I transfered units. He's a good man and he deserves better. He, his new wife and their fledgling business has suffered because of this nonsensical deployment. I support the troops, but I don't have to support the mission. I CAN make the distinction between the two. Clinton and Bush have BOTH screwed the pooch on this one. And as I've stated, I can make the distinction between the two. Supporting our Missouri National Guardsmen on this issue would be to bring them home ASAP and let the Europeans solve their own petty squabbles. We don't have a dog in that hunt. End of story. I don't need headlines or accolades to highlight my support of my friends and fellow military personnel. I want my Missouri National Guardsmen HOME, NOW! I will make NO apologies to anyone on that accord. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/we_must_be_more.html#comment-70878 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/we_must_be_more.html#comment-70878 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:25:30 -0600 Dear Kevin, Is that all you're going to say? A brief note about what I did or did not include as to the history of Kosovo and the Serbian conflict? Whatever your beef with that, the post was to note the largest deployment of MO NG since WWII and ask for support during their service, particularly in a time of great unrest. We are sending our forces into a serious situation. They deserve our support. Full stop. I do not subscribe to the theory that they only get our support when it is a war or deployment that we like. I hope that you do not subscribe to that theory either and that you will see your way clear to the original intent of the message and send a letter of support to our troops. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/we_must_be_more.html#comment-70876 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/we_must_be_more.html#comment-70876 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 23:01:16 -0600 Hmmmm, "Serbian Death Squads".... with no mention of the KLA terrorists who murdered, browbeat and ordered their own people out of "Kosovo" or else. Not a peep of the 'ethnic cleansing' practiced by the KLA against the native Serbs and the destruction of practically every Christian church and monastery in that Serbian province. This is madness that I simply cannot understand, as to why the Europeans and our Prez would set up the conditions for establishing a Greater Albania, as a Mafia-Muslim terrorist run 'nation'. We have no business being in Kosovo, none. If indeed it is a problem, it is a European problem, not one of the United States. Kosovo is the Serbian homeland and by setting the precedent for this artificial nation, wait a few years and see if parts of our own SW don't make the same specious claims that the Albanians made to get their own 'nation'. La Raza should be quite happy... This folly will come back to haunt Europe and eventually, the United States. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/we_must_be_more.html#comment-70866 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/03/we_must_be_more.html#comment-70866 Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:11:50 -0600