Happy Armistice Day

hehehe, I love that song, by Paul Simon.

A solemn but proud Remembrance day to those who fought and gave their lives and innocence for the bastion of greatness and freedom that is democracy.

At the going down of the Sun and in the morning we will remember them.

In particular I would like to remember Private Samuel White on the 11/11/07. Lost from our family on Flanders fields, but not forgotten. We thank you for your sacrifice.

A young man from Wednesbury lost to the war without a grave.

I say amen do what has been and will be said, because it needs to be said.

My father pasted away this last year. He to was a WWII vet. There are many vets from that war who are going through the final phase of their lives. I thank all of them and hope they were rewarded a rich life, loving family and close friends.

Psalm 127:3-5
Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him. Children born to a young man are like sharp arrows in a warrior's hands. How happy is the man whose quiver is full of them! He will not be put to shame when he confronts his accusers at the city gates.

مزمور 127:3-5
الاطفال هم هبة من الرب ؛ فهي مكافاه منه. الاطفال الذين يولدون لشاب هي مثل سهام حاده في يد المحارب. كيف سعيد هو الرجل الذي الرعشه مليء لهم! وقال انه لن يطرح للعار عندما يواجه المتهمون في بلدة بوابات المدينة.

Amen! God bless those who defend Lady Liberty. May the flame of the West never be extinguished.

May no one ever forget their Heroes.

In Flanders Fields

By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army

IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

Free peoples everywhere, no matter what corner of the earth, know or should know that they owe their freedom above all other reasons to the American man in uniform. Anyone who doubts this, just consider what the last hundred years of mankind's history would have been like with one difference---------no American military. As dark as the past hundred years has been (virtually always because of non-democratic governments and organizations; just look at radical Islam for confirmation of this), it would have been far darker if the millions of American soldiers, sailors and aviators had not been present. All who love freedom and know that freedom isn't free should hold Veterans' Day in very high regard.

Don’t mean to belittle the American presence in the trenches Wellington. But I take offense at the idea that Britain, France; Canada and all the rest of the allies needed the USA during the Great War.

We lost 800,000 dead alone.

To all who have served and post here, I say, THANK-YOU for your service. To my family relations, living and decesed, who have served, I also say, THANK-YOU for your service. I want to also post a special poem that is dear to me. It is called: " It Is The Solder"

"CHARLES M. PROVINCE
Charles M. Province, a veteran of the US Army, is the sole and single Founder and President of The George S. Patton, Jr. Historical Society. He is the author of "The Unknown Patton", "Patton's Third Army", and "Patton's One-Minute Messages"

IT IS THE SOLDIER
It is the Soldier, not the minister
Who has given us freedom of religion.

It is the Soldier, not the reporter
Who has given us freedom of the press.

It is the Soldier, not the poet
Who has given us freedom of speech.

It is the Soldier, not the campus organizer
Who has given us freedom to protest.

It is the Soldier, not the lawyer
Who has given us the right to a fair trial.

It is the Soldier, not the politician
Who has given us the right to vote.

It is the Soldier who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
And whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag.

©Copyright 1970-2005 by Charles M. Province"

God Bless our vets and service people!

URL for those who are interested in the site where the above poem was found.

http://www.iwvpa.net/provincecm/

The the Veterans that are home...WELCOME HOME and THANK YOU!!!

Thank You, Veterans, Thank You. Words can't express.

My heart breaks when I think that we may lose the nation for which our forebears fought so valiantly. Here are Emerson's words as he looked back to the birth of our nation.

Concord Hymn
by Ralph Waldo Emerson

By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled; Here once the embattled farmers stood; And fired the shot heard round the world.

The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps, And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream that seaward creeps.

On this green bank, by this soft stream, We place with joy a votive stone, That memory may their deeds redeem, When, like our sires, our sons are gone.

O Thou who made those heroes dare To die, and leave their children free, -- Bid Time and Nature gently spare The shaft we raised to them and Thee."

"Let us not shrink from this great struggle for human rights, human dignity, and freedom from oppression and injustice -- particularly the oppression and injustice, and assaults to human dignity that are enshrined in the Sharia".

The best days for America are ahead, as President Reagan said many times. He also restated that as he became ill. He meant it.

I am often struck by how eerily similar Reagan and FDR were in terms of their personalities, in terms of their basic and uniquely American optimism about the future. Both believed in the triumph of reason and justice-if we just stayed the course in terms of our faith in individual human rights and individual responsibility. I think they are going to prove to be right. The 21st century will be their century, the result of their work and faith. We are not going back to the 7th century. "The best days are ahead."

Veterans:

Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

We owe it all to you.

Thanks to the men and the families making the true sacrifices.

Thanks also to Robert Spencer and company for providing leadership in the arena of ideas.

Thanks also to Robert Spencer and company for providing leadership in the arena of ideas.

Posted by: pez at November 11, 2007 8:10 PM

It's true. Spencer will "stay the course". He's really indispensable in a world of PC (Moe-Howard-Karl-Ernst types, Saudi-Pet-Armstrong types, Espoharpo, etc.). It's remarkable how he can put up with the crap. He provides an alternative point of view.

The Other Mert: I honor the British military tradition and accord high honors too to ANZAC and Canada, but without the American entry into WWI in 1917, a continuing stalemate on the Western Front was a foregone conclusion. Don't take my word for it, consult what the Imperial German General Staff averred after the war. Both Hindenburg and Ludendorff said the key factor in victory for the Allies was the American entry into the war. Of course, this didn't stop the Nazis (and way too many other Germans) from placing the blame falsely elsewhere, but I stand by my statement that but for the American soldier the last hundred years of mankind's history would have been far different, including the Great War (the appellation given it, of course, before numbering world wars became a necessity).

In short, not only did Britain and all others who had entered the war against the Central Powers need America, they indispensably needed her. Just try contemplating WWI without any entry of American forces, all other factors remaining the same. It proves my point. And again, no disrespect whatsoever to our allies in WWI, but the truth is the truth.

I would like to thank soldiers from every country who have fought for our freedoms.

I know if it were not for the US I would be speaking Japanese right now, or maybe would never have been born.

Yet I see an even worse conflict as many of you also are aware of. It will not be fought in the trenches or in the Pacific, it will be fought by all of us,,yes those of us who make use of the internet, and of course our military.It will be global.

In Australia we had our Rememberence Day yesterday.Ceremonies etc etc.I do not take them lightly.

I have to say I used to consider myself a pacifist, but what is the good of pacifiscm and Geneva conventions when our adversaries do not fight by normal "rules of engagement"?

This is a different war, it needs different rules and if the gloves don't come off soon I don't want to contemplate the consequences.

Thanks to all the soldiers, thanks to Robert, Hugh and Marisol and thanks to all of you for this site of sanity.

As John Bolton pointed out in this month's Commentary magazine, our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are fighting, not for democracy, which is probably unattainable, but for liberty, which is something much more esssential and meaningful than the formalism of democracy. What we hope will ultimately be achieved is freedom from the coercion, menace, and degradation of Islamofascism. Tactical considerations aside, that's certainly something worth fighting for and believing in, for all people, everywhere.

As it is said and I do add, freedom is neither free nor cheap, but bought every generation at a great price.

As per the best: The American GI ("General issue") has beaten the Nazis, won the Cold War, and will win this struggle, too. The world owes them so much. It really goes beyond words what they have meant to human freedom.

My thanks will never be enough to express what I feel in my heart for the fighting men and women of this country. Thank You! Thank all of you for the sacrifice you have made for our Republic. God bless you, and God bless our great nation!!

Special Blessings for Tomorrows Veterans.

Veterans Day is about those who are alive.Memorial Day is when we remember the dead.

Veterans day is a day of joy and celebration. It's about team spirit and conquests won.

Get your shit together and stop mixing holidays, and that is an order. And here is why. If you can't get your shit in a group regarding US national holidays, then how can you expect to have any credibility regarding radical islamic murderers.

Semper Fi (except today)

This is a day to remember the Veterans in the U.S. however the original meaning of the day was the ending of WWI. Today the U.S. is engaged in a war for the survival of Western Civilization and yet just like WWI we are fighting it in all the wrong ways because the men who lead our brave men into battle are not up to the task. Our troops do not complain nor should they for that is what good troops do. Someone says “take that hill” and they do it even if the plan is idiotic. WWI was the pinnacle of stupidity in Western Civilization. The leaders like today were fighting yesterday’s war. Instead of changing strategies they repeated the same plans over and over again. Yet the troops did what they were ordered to do.

Although not an American example but instead a British one such as Vice-Admiral de Robeck who on his ship watched the landing of British troops at Gallipoli in 1915. Upon observing the British Empire troops charging straight at the Turkish lines only to slaughtered he is to have said…

“Gallant (or Stout) fellows, these soldiers; they always go for the thickest place in the fence”

It is important to remember that the troops will go for the thickest place in the fence if ordered to do so however Sun Tzu also said…

“If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.”

So let us remember the veterans on this day for they are alive for a reason and let us the people find leadership who will find a thin place in the fence so our troops lives are not unduly short.

Malaysia, Iran, Turkey to build an Islamic car

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/Malaysia_Iran_Turkey_to_build_an_Islamic_car/articleshow/2533819.cms

Here is a great veteran's memorial site.
http://www.lindasog.com/archives/support_the_troops/

It includes the complete "Captain Jimmy Bones" my childhood hero (as you can probably discern)!

Also a great speech by Zell Miller on utube, quoting the Soldier Poem the BigCatGirl mentioned above.

There is a very good series on the Military Channel that is re-run every now and then called "The First World War." It begins with an episode titled "To Arms." It will start being shown in the middle of December. I highly recomend that Morgaan Sinclair see "To Arms".

There is one installment that I have not seen called "Jihad" about the Ottoman involvement.

It must be seen. One installment explains the German Army belief that the American entry would tip the balance, even though the Russians had dropped out of the War.

I thank all of you who have served and especially those now in uniform – may God always be with you.

Thank you again, Wellington for so clearly stating what I was felling as I took (slight) offence at “The Other Mert “ as he “took offence”. To “The Other Mert”, no offence, we are allies, remember?

As all of us reflect on this day and the current conflict with Islam, we should keep foremost in mind that it is the force of truth, even more than the soldier that will win this war. The sooner we educate our fellow countrymen as to the true nature of Islam the sooner we will unite and spread this truth to the world. More light cast on Islam - less blood shed by our troopers.

(Former) 1lt. US Army Infantry, Viet Nam ’68 – ‘69

Thanks, sounder for that. In Flander's Fields. A fine poem.

My heart breaks when I think that we may lose the nation for which our forebears fought so valiantly.

Posted by: Cinder at November 11, 2007 7:35 PM

What can be expected from presidents like Slick-willy and drop-out dubya? While one sold our children: http://www.blessedcause.org/proof/Clinton%20Embracing%20Islam%20selling%20out%20children.htm
the other shamelessly works for our enemies: http://www.israpundit.com/2006/?p=5612

But the days of bewilderment at blatant trechery are gone. Americans who elect such traitors have to share the blame for the blunders. Part of those blunders can be corrected by electing a true American patriot, Tom Tancredo: http://www.teamtancredo.typepad.com

Our brave lads ( and lassies ) are at "the sharp end," but what can WE do?? ( over the hill civies with bad backs and creakey knees, like me. ;) )

Daveygreybeard wrote: "As all of us reflect on this day and the current conflict with Islam, we should keep foremost in mind that it is the force of truth, even more than the soldier that will win this war. The sooner we educate our fellow countrymen as to the true nature of Islam the sooner we will unite and spread this truth to the world. More light cast on Islam - less blood shed by our troopers."

Fellow Jihad Watchers/Dhimmi Watchers, I think Daveygreybeard has just given us our marching orders! Spread the word!!

I wouldn't send troops through IED/sniper nests. However, that is being done as if to act out jihad-video scripts for the enemy. That said, Iran being the next target, it must be said that the Ayatollahs are in a position of strength, with the US torching billions of dollars in propping an Iran puppet Shiite regime in Iraq, while US media won't report ethnic cleansing of Sunnis (not that I care about that).

Bushies should be aware that in 2000, the Ayatollahs were on the ropes, until - as with sanctions bashed Pakistan - Bush allowed them to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat. Hamid Dabashi - an apologist for Muslim aggression - had reduced Islam to a dead ideology, which was about to enter a catechism phase, where Koran dictate would subordinate to mullah filtered secular notions. (Gobineau described similar circumstances - in special consideration of the Babist genocide - after spending time in Central Asia).

I have read Dabashi's works and I am familiar with his post 9-11 activism for aggressive islam. Read this long article from 2000, and then try to defend Bush' nation building for Sistani totalitarians:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m2267/is_2_67/ai_63787340/pg_1

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Unfortunately, the brain dead majority has been implanted with a mental filtration system that prohibits understanding that the Ayatollah' regime should not be beaten; it should be annihilated.

I would like to pay tribute in particular to my relative Ernest Harrison of The King's Liverpool Regiment, who was lost in battle on the Somme on 9th September 1916, aged 22.

There is no grave - as is the case for so many - but his name appears on the Thiepval Memorial in France.

This is a bit of topic but I think all should see it.
http://www.nmatv.com/view_video.php?viewkey=c49e5a833517c45d3107&page=1&viewtype=&category=mr

and thank you, thank you more than words can express, to all those who have given their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor

Just a quibble, but I don't think you meant to say that our veterans "gave" their sacred honor. Rather, they kept their honor by doing their duty.

To those of all nations who gave their lives for our freedom, our eternal gratitude.

To those who fought, and continue to fight, our admiration and our never-ending support.

Slightly OT, but for all British Jihadwatchers:

The Govt has today finally relented and extended the period that parcels can be posted free to our servicemen and women on duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. It was due to end in early December but now will now last as long as troops are posted there.

So... why not put a parcel together and send it FREE to someone over there? It needn't cost you much (look for good condition paperbacks in charity shops, keep an eye out for BOGOF foodstuffs, toiletries etc) but it will mean a heck of a lot to anyone who receives it.

The BFPO site has a FAQ for those sending parcels, while The Army Rumour Service has a list of stuff that would be most welcome (I can tell you from experience that the stuff on it goes down really well.) If you can't send a parcel, the Support Our Soldiers web site allows you to contribute to the parcels they send.(All links below)

http://www.bfpo.mod.uk/faqs.htm#faqsoptelic

http://www.arrse.co.uk/cpgn2/Forums/viewtopic/t=52369/postdays=0/postorder=asc/highlight=parcels/start=0.html

http://www.supportoursoldiers.co.uk/yellowrib.html

Today, as we cherish the honor, courage & commitment of our brave soldiers, who selflessly defend the blanket of freedom under which we rest tonight and every night, please consider a tangible act of support:

http://www.stripes.com/03/mar03/support303.html

If I may be so bold (bear with this)...

You're Welcome.
Not from us who can say so, but for those who cannot.
Not from me-I see that gratitude in everyday folks in their words & actions, nor speaking from pomp or venality...for there are those who deserve that Gratitude FAR in excess than those of us who can hear and see it...

They can be found here at Hamm, Luxembourg...
http://www.marville.org/photos/localarea/local-278.jpg

...and here in Normandy...
http://www.alvernia.edu/academics/history/silbey/silbey-Images/5.jpg

...and Manila...
http://www1.istockphoto.com/file_thumbview_approve/1089329/2/istockphoto_1089329_american_cemetery_5.jpg

...and Hawaii...
http://targetcentermass.net/images/Bennington_honors_Arizona_1958.jpg

...and that's just a few of many that can be found...those who have no voice...so those of us living do, for them...
...for there is no greater sacrifice, no greater devotion, no greater love, than he, and yes, she, "who give up their life for their fellow man."

Since they cannot speak, it is up to us, the living, still, their peers, past, present and future, to do that for them-it comes with that comradeship that comes from that unique line of work only those of us who've been there can understand...it's up to us to carry on what they did...and it is a privilege, and a responsibility, to do so, for them, all of them.
No words, however well intended, however well presented...certainly not mine...can even attempt to express the gratitude for those who deserve it so...so much more than I and my peers still among the living-for our words are inadequate, but there is one who speaks, far better than I ever could, who can, especially since he, too, loved us, and this Nation so, that he, too, gave his last full measure of devotion...especially now, since we are engaged in another great war-a war against annihilation...

"... testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.

But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us — that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion — that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain — that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom — and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."
-Abraham Lincoln

Cinder - many thanks for posting one of my favorite poems, and one that is particularly appropriate in light of the huge role reservists and guardsmen are playing in the current war. Let us hope and pray that our political leaders are given the grace and wisdom to use military force wisely and well so that those who serve (and their loved ones) are able to view their sacrifice as worthwhile.

Jcom, here's a couple of pictures - the famous church in St Mere Eglise.

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2027337460098176252wDgcCV

http://travel.webshots.com/photo/2369868840098176252jqRDXQ

The last picture depicts the paratrooper (last name Steele) who was hung up on the roof. Portrayed by Red Buttons in the "Longest Day."

“We’re gathered today, just as we have gathered before, to remember those who served, those who fought, those still missing, and those who gave their last full measure of devotion for our country... One of those who fell wrote, shortly before his death, these words: ‘Take what they have left and what they have taught you with their dying and keep it with your own. And take one moment to embrace those gentle heroes you left behind.’ Well, today, Veterans Day, as we do every year, we take that moment to embrace the gentle heroes of Vietnam and of all our wars. We remember those who were called upon to give all a person can give, and we remember those who were prepared to make that sacrifice if it were demanded of them in the line of duty, though it never was. Most of all, we remember the devotion and gallantry with which all of them ennobled their nation as they became champions of a noble cause... Our liberties, our values, all for which America stands is safe today because brave men and women have been ready to face the fire at freedom’s front. And we thank God for them.” —Ronald Reagan

Sad to say, some pahblum pukers still call us "war criminal"