thedrifter
07-02-05, 07:00 AM
Coutesy of Mark aka The Fontman
Taking the fight forward
Marine Corps Moms
July 1, 2005
In today's Opinion Journal, Daniel Henninger describes how a nation that was seemingly united following 9/11 quickly descended into partisan political posturing. But not everyone is convinced.
On a very warm Wednesday this past May, during Fleet Week in New York City, a passerby at Ground Zero encountered some 150 astonishingly young Marines in fatigues, wet with sweat after a run, standing at attention on the site's edge, outside the fence. They were from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and they appeared to be in the middle of a formal ceremony. Yesterday the organizer of the May event, Maj. Dave Anderson, explained they were laying a wreath to honor the victims of September 11, and that the three Marines chosen to lay the wreath had earned Purple Hearts while serving in Iraq. When the ceremony ended, he said, a woman came out of the crowd, crying, and grabbed his wrist to say that her brother had died in there that day, and she said to him, "When people see you Marines doing this, they'll know that you will take the fight forward."
Despite the best efforts of folks like Michael Moore, Ward Churchill, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, and Ted Kennedy to deny the reason we are in Iraq and Afghanistan, ordinary people know. They realize that Marines are taking the fight forward and will continue to protect their freedom. Thank God for the Marines on this 4th of July and every day of the year.
Ellie
Taking the fight forward
Marine Corps Moms
July 1, 2005
In today's Opinion Journal, Daniel Henninger describes how a nation that was seemingly united following 9/11 quickly descended into partisan political posturing. But not everyone is convinced.
On a very warm Wednesday this past May, during Fleet Week in New York City, a passerby at Ground Zero encountered some 150 astonishingly young Marines in fatigues, wet with sweat after a run, standing at attention on the site's edge, outside the fence. They were from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit, and they appeared to be in the middle of a formal ceremony. Yesterday the organizer of the May event, Maj. Dave Anderson, explained they were laying a wreath to honor the victims of September 11, and that the three Marines chosen to lay the wreath had earned Purple Hearts while serving in Iraq. When the ceremony ended, he said, a woman came out of the crowd, crying, and grabbed his wrist to say that her brother had died in there that day, and she said to him, "When people see you Marines doing this, they'll know that you will take the fight forward."
Despite the best efforts of folks like Michael Moore, Ward Churchill, Howard Dean, Nancy Pelosi, John Kerry, and Ted Kennedy to deny the reason we are in Iraq and Afghanistan, ordinary people know. They realize that Marines are taking the fight forward and will continue to protect their freedom. Thank God for the Marines on this 4th of July and every day of the year.
Ellie