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I wish I could say I understood this well. I think there is a proper fight here, and one I could get behind, but I don't know.
Saturday, May 30, 2015
Islamic State claims blast at Saudi Arabia mosque
Islamic State claims blast at Saudi Arabia mosque
This is an ominous escalation... what will the Saudis do?
This is an ominous escalation... what will the Saudis do?
Tuesday, May 26, 2015
From Carol Kendall on Memorial Day
With gratitude and thanks to my father, Earl Redlin, and my son David Kendall and daughter-in-law Heather Kendall for
their service to our country. I am going to repost something I posted
last Memorial Day. I am going to add a little more of my father's
thoughts after visiting the military cemeteries at Anzio and Florence,
Italy.
Today,
I read through a 27 page handwritten account of the war years written
by my father, Earl Redlin, about 20 years ago. At the end, he writes of
his trip back to Anzio, Italy with my mother and other members of the
34th Signal Company in 1985. He was quite moved by his visit to the US
military cemetery there. The following is part of what he wrote:
"If
there is beauty in a cemetery, then it can certainly be said of our
military cemeteries. They are well kept and immaculate beyond
description. And for those who have loved ones buried there, they could
not ask for a more beautiful resting place. In this cemetery, are 4189
marble crosses of known dead. There are 213 unknown which have the
inscription: "Here rests in honored glory, a comrade in arms known but
to God". Two crosses mark the multiple burials of two unknowns whose
remains could not be separated. Five pairs of brothers are buried side
by side. The ages of soldiers buried there was very shocking because
most were from 19-22 years of age.
This
cemetery has a memorial; and by this time, you ask yourself these
questions: "Did this really happen? Is such carnage necessary for the
price of freedom? To know that this is only one of dozens of American
cemeteries around the world convinces one that there was a great
sacrifice by so many.
After
2 to 3 hours at the cemetery, we returned to the bus. Very little was
said because we all had a lump in our throats. Sadness of what we saw,
reminded us of what we have seen when Vietnam and Korean Veterans visit
their memorials and are overcome with grief and love for their fellow
soldiers.
As
the bus left, one thought came to me: “Those buried here cannot speak -
What would they want to say or what message would they want to give to
their fellow Americans?” I believe their message would be this: “Tell
our country that we loved it so much that we gave our lives for it, and
our sacrifices were not in vain. Tell them not to forget us, and to
enjoy all the beauty of life we could not have. And if time should erode
their memory, remind them again - and again. Don’t forget us”
Tonight
when I go to bed, I may hear the drone of a plane above. I’ll go to
sleep knowing that it probably is a peaceful plane flying to a peaceful
destination without bombs of destruction. This is the security I fought
for."
Thank you, Dad, and all veterans. Because of you, we are the most fortunate people on the face of the earth.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Queer Nation
By
Theodore Shoebat In Ireland, a Christian business was punished by the
government for refusing to make a cake that said, “Support Gay
Marriage.”
Virtually all Americans come together on Memorial Day to honor those who paid the ultimate sacrifice for the country’s freedom and safety.
All muslims can leave this country !! You don't like us and our 1 and only true GOD so get out !!!!
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