thedrifter
02-01-03, 04:53 PM
Posted: January 28, 2003 <br />
1:00 a.m. Eastern <br />
By Richard Botkin <br />
© 2003 WorldNetDaily.com <br />
In case you have not noticed, America is going to war. For the average citizen, the real cost of this...
thedrifter
02-01-03, 04:53 PM
This war against evil will be won because of who is going to fight it. Armed to the teeth with 21st-century technology, schooled and thoroughly
trained in the latest tactics, the on-paper edge goes to our side. Far more important though than all of the precision weapons and night-vision equipment is the firmly rooted culture of victory and sacrifice and duty of our nation's Marine Corps. It is the only organization of its size where men like Lethin, Cooper and Hutchison - the very best men - are almost routinely common.
They, their fellow Marines and the warriors of our other services are deserving of our daily prayers until all are again safely home. My longer-term prayer for America is that we, as a nation, remain worthy of the sacrifices they are about to make.
Richard Botkin <mailto:rlobster@jps.net> , a member of the WorldNetDaily.com board of directors, served during peacetime as a Marine Corps infantry officer.
Sempers,
Roger