Posting this here again because I know there are people who read and post on this thread who are passionate about the military and about the sacrifices made by all in the service of the country.

I have been posting information about this charity on various forums for several years.

In part because it touches my life. I spent several years as a navy wife away from my then husband. The sacrifices made by the families of our service men and women are often overlooked as are the realities of life in the service.

Please consider supporting this charity.

I don't care how you feel about the war. I am going to assume each reader here knows someone they love. Friends or Family.

Please, look into your heart when you read this and think about those you love. Then stop and think about the people who are rightly or wrongly far away from their loved ones.

There are men and women deployed who may be able to get leave but who cannot get home simply because they cannot afford it. There is a charity that is registered with the IRS called Welcome to Let's Bring Em Home.

Their website will give you details and the appropriate legal information. This charity isn't one that pays itself. It brings men and women home to be with their families. Some of them for the last time.

From the site: http://www.lbeh.org/

OF COURSE we're doing it again this year! How could we pass up our EIGHTH opportunity to help our nation's military spend Christmas with their loved ones! That's right, each year we take donations to purchase plane tickets for junior enlisted military personnel, allowing them the opportunity to fly home and spend the holidays with their families. This program was initially started in December 2001 to show our grateful appreciation to American service members deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom, and has become an annual tradition ever since.

Last year we raised over $70,000 and helped 135 soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines go home for Christmas. Our sincere thanks to everyone who donated last year! This year we understand the burden of a strained economy has us all in a pretty tough spot. People are losing their jobs, their houses, and their hope. The economic downturn has many pushed many of us towards financial hard times. But we're hoping to still pull off a few Christmas miracles for our deserving troops. Our donation page is always open, and we will begin taking international ticket requests after November 11th, and domestic ticket requests will start shortly thereafter. Stay tuned for more details!

The world is a very different place from what it was seven years ago when you and I first began this journey. As public opinion for the war in Iraq has molded the phrase, "bring them home," to imply other motives, I want to take a minute and remind everyone of the purpose behind LBEH. We are not for the war in Iraq, nor are we against it. We are not Republican, Democrat, Libertarian, Green or Independent. We are not pro-Obama or pro-McCain. Our motives serve not to change world events, or your perception of them. Our mission is as simple, as it is noble. All we want to do is unite a few military families for the Christmas holiday. That's it. No hidden agendas, no political speeches. We just buy plane tickets for troops. Period.

I know times are hard for all of us but times are harder for those who serve and for their families.

president-elect obama reiterated AGAIN today his timeframe for 16 months and OUT.....of iraq.

the iraqi government supports this also.

here's hoping.....

OH YIPPEE!!!! BIG MOUTH IS GIVING THE TERRORISTS A FREE 'STAB OUR TROOPS IN THE BACK' AND ADVANCE NOTICE OF WHEN TO ATTACK IRAQ AND ISRAEL AND THE USA.

obama - BRILLIANT...SUPERB.....ABSOLUTE GENIUS..

Constructive posting would be appreciated.....
Edited by Lindyy on Mon 12/01/08 04:02 AM

president-elect obama reiterated AGAIN today his timeframe for 16 months and OUT.....of iraq.

the iraqi government supports this also.

here's hoping.....

OH YIPPEE!!!! BIG MOUTH IS GIVING THE TERRORISTS A FREE 'STAB OUR TROOPS IN THE BACK' AND ADVANCE NOTICE OF WHEN TO ATTACK IRAQ AND ISRAEL AND THE USA.

obama - BRILLIANT...SUPERB.....ABSOLUTE GENIUS..

In my own opinion, just an opinion, we should have never sent those troops there in the first place. Reminds of that thing we did in the sixties and seventies where we needlessly sacrificed so many good Americans in a jungle.

We need to bring them home, if the terrorists take over Iraq in the power vaccuum there is nothing we can do about it. Know why? You can't beat Partizans on there home soil. They live there we don't. If we are going to keep supporting a nation on the other side of the world, let's make it a state and have it contribute to the common good like the rest of our states. Otherwise, Iraq is a rich country, let them take care of themselves.

We've been there for what 5 years spending a ten billion a month, what is that 6 trillion dollars that isn't being spent on our own? I'm glad I don't have children, let alone grandchildren. If I was thinking of them alone, which with all the cries of "what about the children" we in this country ought to start thinking about them, I'd be embarressed that I was shackling them with this kind of debt. You know, up to now, the "greatest generation" has been controlling the congressional purse strings, maybe they weren't so great.

Merry Christmas to our service people and their families.

Let them say it in person.

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