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| Topic: Love & thanks ~ to our beloved Soldiers... - part 2 | |
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 ((((((Vanessa)))))) I love this thread. I rarely post here but come here often for the inspirational reading.  God bless our military men and women, here and abroad!  Oh Steve, what a Sweetheart you are I am thoroughly humbled & honored ...  I had no idea you read these posts...  but i am so glad you do, for i have dedicated this thread to include you & your Children  In fact, I was just thinking of you and was wondering if you were visiting your Daughter & her Husband & your Grandson and your new little baby Granddaughter  Yes! I will be flying out in September! Woo hoo!
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Rapunzel
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awww ~ how wonderful That is sooooo cool ! Congratulations!!! Proud Grand Papa & Family! Thank You for Your Brave Service in the Military I'd like to also thank your Sons & Daughter for their Service Sending Blessings for them & their Families Prayers & Love & Thanks from all of us here < our Online Family on JustSayHi/Mingle2 > |
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awww ~ how wonderful That is sooooo cool ! Congratulations!!! Proud Grand Papa & Family! Thank You for Your Brave Service in the Military I'd like to also thank your Sons & Daughter for their Service Sending Blessings for them & their Families Prayers & Love & Thanks from all of us here < our Online Family on JustSayHi/Mingle2 >  Thaks Vanessa!
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Weapons There are many types of weapons But the ones that hurt the most Are the weapons made of memories And the deadly midnight ghost Not all wounds are red and bloody There are wounds that touch the mind These are wounds that always fester They're the never healing kind Why are we who've done our duty Plagued by wounds that never heal Made by weapons of our memories Which are worse than lead and steel |
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Medals Don't envy a man his medals All those ribbons on his chest He did not try to get them They're not there at his request They were earned in stinking hell holes Where no man would like to go Or in cold and wintry places Where there's only ice and snow He did not know he earned them Till they were awarded at parade And they were bright when he first got them But in time the colors fade He was told he had to wear them And to wear them all with pride But when the memories come to haunt him Those same medals make him hide Cause those medals will not bring back All those guys he left behind And he would trade them all forever For a little peace of mind So don't envy a man his medals You don't want to take his place Thinking back to long gone battles And meeting dead friends face to face |
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Celebrating <The Soldier Thread> { Part 2 } <<< Love & Thanks to Our beloved Soldiers >>> & to all of our men and women in every branch of our Military & to all those people in every country who seek peace & love already we had 1,000 posts in The Soldier Thread { Part 1 } this is for you Brigade .. Star_ Tin_Gover & STG's Sons & Daughter Grannithands & SweetSassyMolassy No Psychos Please elwoodsully Fanta46 Wiccan Cowboy, Combat Medic68W Soldier for America Marine Mom <Zanne>' s Sons AMP dog Tido Tiffany Raquel Danette Giovanna for Old Sage's Son overseas Eaglewood's Sons and all those whom i do not know or have missed and to all of our Military Soldiers who have served for our freedom and for Righteousness i tip my hat to you and curtsy deeply here is a bottle of Crown Royal for you dear " Brigade " without coke "Give thanks to those who defend democracy - for they bear the gift of liberty and pay the price of freedom". |
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Rapunzel
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Wed 07/30/08 10:46 AM
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awww ~ how wonderful That is sooooo cool ! Congratulations!!! Proud Grand Papa & Family! Thank You for Your Brave Service in the Military I'd like to also thank your Sons & Daughter for their Service Sending Blessings for them & their Families Prayers & Love & Thanks from all of us here < our Online Family on JustSayHi/Mingle2 > Thanks Vanessa! Of course, Anytime, Steve ! |
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Love and blessings to all our military personnel! and yes, even to the commander-in-chief Bush, cause he needs our prayers too. His job is hard and he made some bad decisions and he is going to need a lot of prayers and support when he leaves office
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BAGHDAD — Nearly twice as many U.S. troops have been killed in Afghanistan than in Iraq so far this month, marking the lowest death toll of the Iraq war and the first time that the American military has suffered more casualties in Afghanistan than it has in Iraq .
As of Tuesday, 11 U.S. service members had been killed in Iraq and 20 in Afghanistan in July, according to icasualties.org, which tracks coalition casualties in both wars. If the July statistics hold for the next two days, they'll mark the lowest American military death toll in Iraq since February 2004 , when 20 service members were killed, and the second highest toll in Afghanistan , after June, when 27 U.S. troops were killed there and 29 Americans were killed in Iraq . In all, 29 NATO and U.S. service members have been killed in Afghanistan this month. The American military is debating shifting more troops from Iraq to Afghanistan and expanding its counterinsurgency strategy there. Adm. Michael Mullen , the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has said that the military can't send more troops to Afghanistan unless it draws down more in Iraq , despite the surge of violence around Kabul and southern Afghanistan . "I don't have troops I can reach for, brigades I can reach, to send into Afghanistan until I have a reduced requirement in Iraq ," Mullen said earlier this month at a briefing at the Pentagon. " Afghanistan has been and remains an economy-of-force campaign, which by definition means we need more forces there." Some in the Pentagon have suggested that the U.S. send a strategic reserve unit of Marines based in Kuwait . On Tuesday, Geoff Morrell , a Pentagon spokesman, said that while there were "pockets of problems we are concerned about" in Afghanistan , the situation wasn't yet dire enough to send a unit that usually was called up as a last resort. The numbers suggest that the biggest threat to U.S. troops in Iraq is Sunni Muslim extremists, not Shiite Muslim militiamen. In Afghanistan , the threat is from Taliban fighters, who've reorganized and are using the same kinds of explosives to target coalition forces that once dominated Iraq's landscape. Of the 11 deaths so far in Iraq , two were soldiers who were kidnapped nearly a year ago and whose bodies were found July 9 in Jurf al Shakur, south of Baghdad . One midshipman died in a nonhostile incident. The remaining eight were killed in predominantly Sunni areas, places where the U.S. military thinks that the group al Qaida in Iraq and other Sunni extremists are trying to reconstitute. In Afghanistan , 16 soldiers were killed either by explosives or rocket-propelled grenades, nine of them in an attack on an outpost in Kunar province. The remaining four died in nonhostile incidents. In Iraq , violence is at its lowest level since March 2004 . Earlier this month, the last of the five "surge" brigades left, leaving about 140,000 American troops in Iraq . Gen. David Petraeus , the top U.S. military commander in the country, has said that he'll consider further withdrawals this fall. In an interview earlier this week with McClatchy , Petraeus said that it was premature to declare victory in Iraq . Sunni and Shiite extremists are trying to reconstitute themselves, and the Iraqi military will need American support for some time, he said. The U.S. military began supporting Iraq in an offensive Tuesday in Diyala province, one of Iraq's remaining hot spots, composed of nearly all of Iraq's sects and ethnic groups. That could lead to a spike in American deaths next month. Petraeus, who this fall will become the commander of the U.S. Central Command, which oversees U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan , is expected to employ his counterinsurgency approach— which many attribute to the dramatic security turnaround in Iraq — against the Taliban. More troops in Afghanistan may not be enough, however. The country's tribal system is more complex, its terrain is more rugged and the coalition structure is more complicated than in Iraq , and Taliban and al Qaida fighters have a haven in neighboring Pakistan and are sustained in part by profits from the opium trade. Only 30,000 troops will fall under Petraeus' command there; the rest are under NATO's authority. Last year, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates sent the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, roughly 2,200 troops, to southern Afghanistan to bolster struggling British forces. But the Pentagon has stressed that the deployment was an "extraordinary, one-time" commitment. In all, 4,124 American service members had been killed in Iraq as of Tuesday, and 561 have died in Afghanistan . |
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Edited by
Rapunzel
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Wed 07/30/08 02:55 PM
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Weapons There are many types of weapons But the ones that hurt the most Are the weapons made of memories And the deadly midnight ghost Not all wounds are red and bloody There are wounds that touch the mind These are wounds that always fester They're the never healing kind Why are we who've done our duty Plagued by wounds that never heal Made by weapons of our memories Which are worse than lead and steel   Lord God, I don't know why these horrible wars must happen i don't understand why people must endure so much pain & suffering & die You are The Giver and The Taker of Life You & only You created us & have the Master Plan You know all the answers & will judge us & bring justice in the end Mold us into the very best that we can be Let us all become bright shining Mirrors of your Heavenly Light Restore peace, & love & respect for all of mankind on our Mother Earth & love & appreciation of the Planet and for all living things , end suffering & bloodshed on this planet for all of eternity please God , help us... Enlighten us and brighten our paths !!! I ask that you daily Bless & Protect Those Brave Warriors Serving in the Mighty Military Giving their All to Protect Our Lives & Freedom We Pray for our Soldiers & All of our Troops the Men and Women overseas, & those here Protect them always, when they are at War Keep them Safe when They return Home |
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Edited by
Rapunzel
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Wed 07/30/08 05:46 PM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m0fLlvRsjc&feature=related James Taylor's exquisite rendition The Water is Wide An Irish song The water is wide, I can't cross o'er Neither have I wings to fly  Give me a boat that can carry two And both shall row, my love and I A ship there is and she sails the sea She's loaded deep as deep can be But not so deep as the love I'm in I know not if I sink or swim  Oh love be handsome and love be kind Gay as a jewel when first it is new But love grows old and waxes cold And fades away like morning dew when cockle shells turn silver bells Then will my love come back to me When roses bloom in winter's gloom Then will my love return to me |
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Rapunzel
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W4TtUP_QmZQ&NR=1
Long ago & Far Away James Taylor Long ago a young man sits and plays his waiting game But things are not the same it seems as in such tender dreams Slowly passing sailing ships and Sunday afternoon Like people on the moon I see are things not meant to be Where do those golden rainbows end? Why is this song so sad? Dreaming the dreams I've dreamed my friend Loving the love I love To love is just a word I've heard when things are being said Stories my poor head has told me cannot stand the cold And in between what might have been and what has come to pass A misbegotten guess alas and bits of broken glass Where do your golden rainbows end? Why is this song I sing so sad? Dreaming the dreams I dream my friend Loving the love I love to love to love to love
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AaGZEzUz0M&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkIiaaXUjlE&feature=related You Can Close Your Eyes Album: The Best of James Taylor Well the sun is surely sinking down, but the moon is slowly rising. So this old world must still be spinning round and I still love you. So close your eyes, you can close your eyes, it's all right. I don't know no love songs and I can't sing the blues anymore. But I can sing this song and you can sing this song when I'm gone. It won't be long before another day, we gonna have a good time. And no one's gonna take that time away. You can stay as long as you like. So close your eyes,  you can close your eyes, it's all right. I don't know no love songs and I can't sing the blues anymore. But I can sing this song and you can sing this song when I'm gone |
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Wed 07/30/08 09:26 PM
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Rapunzel
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Wed 07/30/08 09:23 PM
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Medals Don't envy a man his medals All those ribbons on his chest He did not try to get them They're not there at his request They were earned in stinking hell holes Where no man would like to go Or in cold and wintry places Where there's only ice and snow He did not know he earned them Till they were awarded at parade And they were bright when he first got them But in time the colors fade He was told he had to wear them And to wear them all with pride But when the memories come to haunt him Those same medals make him hide Cause those medals will not bring back All those guys he left behind And he would trade them all forever For a little peace of mind So don't envy a man his medals You don't want to take his place Thinking back to long gone battles And meeting dead friends face to face |
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Psalm 9: 9-10 The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble, And those who know Your Name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You. |
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On Wings of Eagles
But they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as Eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. Isaiah 40:31 |
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Rapunzel
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Wed 07/30/08 09:37 PM
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Psalm 91:1
{{{ He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High God ~ shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty }}} |
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Medals Don't envy a man his medals All those ribbons on his chest He did not try to get them They're not there at his request They were earned in stinking hell holes Where no man would like to go Or in cold and wintry places Where there's only ice and snow He did not know he earned them Till they were awarded at parade And they were bright when he first got them But in time the colors fade He was told he had to wear them And to wear them all with pride But when the memories come to haunt him Those same medals make him hide Cause those medals will not bring back All those guys he left behind And he would trade them all forever For a little peace of mind So don't envy a man his medals You don't want to take his place Thinking back to long gone battles And meeting dead friends face to face 
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A Hero is someone who steps up when everyone else backs down
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