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A 'TIRED' WARRIORS TAKE ON THE IRAQ WAR: (MINE TOO):

 

NOTE THE LINK TO SNOPES AT THE BOTTOM...

 

 

 

"I'M TIRED"

BY: JOE REPYA, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, U. S. ARMY

101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

 

TWO WEEKS AGO, AS I WAS STARTING MY SIXTH MONTH OF DUTY IN IRAQ, I WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO THE USA FOR SURGERY FOR AN INJURY I SUSTAINED PRIOR TO MY DEPLOYMENT. WITH LUCK, I'LL RETURN TO IRAQ TO FINISH MY TOUR.

 

I LEFT BAGHDAD, AND A WAR THAT HAS EVERY INDICATION THAT WE ARE WINNING, TO RETURN TO A DEMORALIZED COUNTRY MUCH LIKE THE ONE I RETURNED TO IN 1971 AFTER MY TOUR IN VIETNAM. MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I'LL TURN 60 YEARS OLD IN JUST FOUR MONTHS, BUT I'M TIRED:

 

I'M TIRED OF SPINELESS POLITICIANS, BOTH DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN, WHO LACK THE COURAGE, FORTITUDE AND CHARACTER TO SEE THESE DIFFICULT TASKS THROUGH.

 

I'M TIRED OF THE HYPOCRISY OF POLITICIANS WHO WANT TO REWRITE HISTORY WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH.

 

I'M TIRED OF THE DISINGENUOUS CLAMOR FROM THOSE THAT CLAIM THEY 'SUPPORT THE TROOPS' BY WANTING THEM TO 'CUT AND RUN' BEFORE VICTORY IS ACHIEVED.

 

I'M TIRED OF A MAINSTREAM MEDIA THAT CAN ONLY FOCUS ON CAR BOMBS AND CASUALTY REPORTS BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO AFRAID TO LEAVE THE SAFETY OF THEIR HOTELS TO REPORT ON THE COURAGE AND SUCCESS OUR BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN ARE HAVING ON THE BATTLEFIELD.

 

I'M TIRED THAT SO MANY AMERICANS THINK YOU CAN REBUILD A DICTATORSHIP INTO A DEMOCRACY OVERNIGHT.

 

I'M TIRED THAT SO MANY IGNORE THE BRAVERY OF THE IRAQI PEOPLE TO GO TO THE VOTING BOOTH AND FREELY ELECT A CONSTITUTION AND SOON A PERMANENT PARLIAMENT.

 

I'M TIRED OF THE SO CALLED 'ELITE LEFT' THAT PROLONGS THIS WAR BY GIVING AID AND COMFORT TO OUR ENEMY, JUST AS THEY DID DURING THE VIETNAM WAR.

 

I'M TIRED OF ANTIWAR PROTESTERS SHOWING UP AT THE FUNERALS OF OUR FALLEN SOLDIERS, A FAMILY WHOSE LOVED ONES GAVE THEIR LIFE IN A JUST AND NOBLE CAUSE, ONLY TO BE CRUELLY TORMENTED ON THE FUNERAL DAY BY COWARDLY PROTESTERS IS BEYOND SHAMEFUL.

 

I'M TIRED THAT MY GENERATION, THE BABY BOOM -- VIETNAM GENERATION, WHO HAVE SUCH A WEAK BACKBONE THAT THEY CAN'T STOMACH SEEING THE DIFFICULT TASKS THROUGH TO VICTORY.

 

I'M TIRED THAT SOME ARE MORE CONCERNED ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF CAPTIVES THAN THEY ARE THE SLAUGHTER AND BEHEADING OF OUR CITIZENS AND ALLIES.

 

I'M TIRED THAT WHEN WE FIND MASS GRAVES IT IS SELDOM REPORTED BY THE PRESS, BUT MISTREAT A PRISONER AND IT IS FRONT-PAGE NEWS.

 

MOSTLY, I'M TIRED THAT THE PEOPLE OF THIS GREAT NATION DIDN'T LEARN FROM HISTORY THAT THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR VICTORY.

 

SINCERELY,

JOE REPYA, LIEUTENANT COLONEL, U. S. ARMY

101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION

 

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THIS NEEDS TO GET ALL OVER THE U S A

 

VERIFIED @

http://www.snopes.com/POLITICS/SOAPBOX/REPYA.ASP

 

LIEUTENANT COLONEL REPYA

 

 

HAVE A GREAT DAY