The Cost of Freedom
April 19, 2008 by TXPoet
Filed under Uncategorized
While reading the news and catching up on the latest condemnations of the USA by our supposed leaders I ran across an article that transported me back to my time of Military Service.
Here is the article from the Military Times. SSG Tabb was promoted posthumously to SFC (E-7). This hero volunteered to go to the Middle East. This was his fourth deployment.
Here, the Atlanta Journal Constitution runs a photo essay about SFC Tabb’s dog, but I want you to look at the pictures they tell the real story. Look at the soldiers. These are the people on the front lines. These are the people spilling their blood so people can say “God Damn America!” These are the people who are willing to give all so some Judge in Vermont can say being a Christian makes you a bad parent. These are the people who are sacrificing daily so the State of California can teach gay lifestyles in schools.
Here is a short video clip from the Dothan Eagle and one from CNN. You notice that CNN puts most of the emphasis on Bo, the dog. I am not taking anything away from MSG Bo, military working dogs have saved many a soldier’s life including mine, but the dogs are an extension of the handler. SFC Tabb had to be a very special person and soldier.
I have seen President Bush cry at military funerals. I have heard Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and Jack Murtha slam our soldiers. I have heard Hillary and Obama’s plans to cut and run. What I want to hear is them stand up in front of SFC Tabb’s family and tell them his sacrifice was for naught. I want Jimmy Carter to stand in front of an armed military company and call them terrorists. I want Congress to butt out and let the Military do the job it is supposed to, protect us and spread the tenets of democracy. I want the treasonous remarks made by elected leaders to stop.
It doesn’t matter what I want. I am just one person, but with another voice and then another, perhaps soon the silent majority will be vocal enough to be heard and obeyed. Government of the People, By the People.
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You may be ‘just one person’, but so am I ‘just one person’. I know there are many more ‘just one person’s out there. Heck, we make up America! Thank you for your service, and I thank SFC Tabb and his family for their service and their sacrifice. I know there is nothing I can say to stop the pain. I won’t even be so ignorant as to think I can. I can only be grateful I live in the greatest country in the world. Where men like him and you are so unselfish. Thank you for this post, and thank you for your service. BTW, welcome home Soldier. We love you.
Thank you for your comments Miss Rosemary.
They are in marked contrast to my welcoming home from Vietnam. To this day I am not sure of which worse the death of friends on the battlefield or the being spat on and called “baby killer” when I returned home (out of uniform because the Military recommended it to avoid public scenes but our haircuts were a dead give away). It took over thirty years for anyone to thank me for my service and I appreciate it each time I hear it.
Thank God most Americans’ don’t subscribe to the idiotic views of Pelosi, Reid, et. al. I take every opportunity I get to thank soldiers when I see them and lots of other folks do to. I am encouraged when I see news reports of soldiers coming through airports and being cheered by people.
Of course there are still the nut jobs out there who will spit on a soldier given the chance and we ought to kick the living shit out of them when we see it.
My eternal gratitude goes out to every single person in the military, regardless of branch. They make me proud!