What a difference a year makes?
How some things have changed
…and how some things have not.

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Oh how easy it is to write with disregard for the writings one of many patriots who gave the ultimate sacrifice. The Good Sgt was merely reminding us that due to the liberal political aspirations and not the common good of our society (and of the world) our country is divided without a good reason.

I have spent a few years in the shoes of the Sgt. (TSgt. USAF ret.) during desert storm 1 and can tell you that it isn’t a good feeling to do the duty called upon us as solders, but it is with great pride in our country that we do it. It is to us a great sadness that our fellow countrymen can show such uneducated viewpoints, with the world media at its finger tips. All you need to do is learn of the great strides our country has helped the peoples of Iraq make toward the freedoms we earned 200+ years ago from a dictator ourselves.

We do have the right to free speech, but with those rights comes responsibilities to be informed about which we speak.

So Cole103 if you haven’t had the opportunity to walk in the sand of foreign lands, haven’t wondered if you would return to your family after a daily mission or if you would be able to enjoy the freedoms you so richly and fervently protected. I ask you to look beyond your radio, TV and newspaper and look at the real picture before you take the time to berate the last great words of a true patriot Sgt Eddie Jeffers.

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Sgt Jeffers should’ve remembered his oath to uphold the constitution. I seem to remember something about freedom of speech.
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The enemy is transitioning from the Muslim extremists to Americans. The enemy is becoming the very people whom we defend with our lives. And they do not realize it. But in denouncing our actions, denouncing our leaders, denouncing the war we live and fight, they are isolating the military from society…and they are becoming our enemy.
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So he is declaring the 70% of Americans disapproving of Bush’s Iraq policies as “enemies”? Or was he just mugging to the Limbaugh Dittohead audience? So, paranoic or liar?

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I had the privilege of meeting SGT. Eddie Jeffers, but it wasn’t until I read his writings that I felt like I knew him. I will mourn his passing.

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When his death was noted on the local evening news last night, they simply said he was with the 2BCT, 2ID. And, that he died in a non-combat accident, another casualty experienced by the Ft Carson community. The local CBS affiliate was the only one to mention he was highly-regarded milblogger.

There’s more to this brave young man than being another casualty or soldier or milblogger. He did more, he sacrificed more. Remember him for who he was and what he did … defending freedom. And, freedom is worth defending, even with precious life.

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I have been moved by Sgt Eddie’s writings. I have corresponded with his Dad. I was grieved when his Dad emailed me about his son’s death. Late Wednesday night, I penned this poem to honor this hero.

May he rest in peace in the arms of our Lord,

Cliff Jones

Eddie Rides With Jesus

In a dangerous, deadly, hostile land,
Rode a brave and courageous man.
He fought evil and despair,
Around every corner, everywhere.

He had ideals, dreams and goals,
Keeping his men alive and whole.
Sgt. Eddie loved his brave men,
And fought to get them home again.

He wrote from his heart so deep,
From his pain and made us weep,
For the truth he penned cut like a knife,
To the heart and soul of American life.

We suffer not as our soldiers die,
We go on our way and pass by,
The crippled veteran, the sad bride,
Whose husband bled and died.

Our soldiers give their blood, their life,
In an effort to end the horrible strife,
Should not we support and care for them,
As they fight to protect us from harm?

Let us change! Start something new!
Show our troops we love them too!!
Let’s get off our duffs, get busy now,
And show them we know when and how!

Send them cards, cookies and cheer,
Do it from our hearts and sincere.
Love them and let them know we care,
In every way, and all through the year!!

Sgt. Eddie has not died in vain,
His cause is ours, we will remain,
Faithful to the dreams he held so dear,
Freedom, freedom both far and near.

Sgt. Eddie has left the scene,
He rests with Jesus, so serene,
His duty done, in a distant land,
His hope has reached a peaceful end.

Eddie’s hope no longer rides alone,
He rides with Jesus, no more groans,
His head held high, feeling joy unbounded,
Through streets of gold with angels surrounded.

We miss you Eddie, wish you were here,
But we know God has called you up there.
Rest well Eddie, your mission is completed,
God’s love for you will never be depleted.

Father in Heaven, Please hold Eddie close to your heart,
Comfort him for us, even though we are apart.
Thanks for the years he lived with us too,
May his life bring great glory and honor to you.

We ask this in the Powerful Name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, and by his shed blood, in the Power of the Holy Spirit, Amen and Amen

Cliff Jones September 19, 2007

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GodSpeed Brother and have one for me at Fiddler’s Green.

SGT Jeffers plainly stated what so many other US Service Members have been yelling at the top of our lungs for years. As usual, the left, “anti-war” crowd (who are very PRO-WAR, just not on the US’s side), and the conspiracy nuts ignore, verbally assault, and slander Soldiers who state what SGT Jeffers wrote. These morons then have the gaul to say they “support the troops”.

Soldiers like SGT Jeffers are 1000 times the worth of any of their detractors or enemies

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Rest well, brave soldier. Rest soundly in your reward.

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Sgt. Jeffers death is a tragedy for his friends and family. However, we as a nation can find comfort in this sad event knowing that there still are so many stalwart patriots who understand that the freedom and greatness of the United States depends on their willingness to undertake these awful jobs for which thankfully few make the ultimate sacrifice.

Bless you Sgt. Jeffers. You’ve earned a heroe’s rest and a place in the hearts of your countrymen.

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“Why will people stop at nothing to be against this war, no matter how much evidence of the good we’ve done is thrown in their face?”

…there it is…”Why?”

Why was it immoral to remove a genocidal dictator
Why is it ok to travel overseas:
to provide food to the starving,
to give medicine to the sick,
to build bridges and roads for those who still have to ford streams or trek on goat paths

…but it’s wrong to go overseas and try to protect people from terrorists, from head-sawer-offers, and from suicidal Islamic holy warriors who follow death cults like Al Queda?

Why?

Because as much as Republicans needed to look tough on security after 911, Democrats need to oppose. There is not a single post-911 national security issue that hasn’t seen tens of thousands of Democrats protesting (including the invasion of Afghanistan-which Dems tried to cut the funding for earlier this year). Dems need to oppose to get political support, money, and thus power. Without their opposition…the party is empty, and the people have to face realities they don’t like; realities they faced on 911, but came to believe were no longer real during the 02-04 Presidential campaigns.

Eddie knew it. He understood it. He knew that success and survival depends on national unity-not the deliberate partisan division of America by politicos who can’t handle the truth about the world (evil men exist), or those who need to play on that fear others’ have so that their political careers can survive and/or thrive.

Democrats have ranted for a long time that the solution in Iraq isn’t military. They’re right, but in typical fashion they ignore the other half of that truth.

“…we cannot place the burden on our military alone. We must all stand up and fight, whether in uniform or not. And supporting us is more than sticking yellow ribbon stickers on your cars. It’s supporting our President, our troops and our cause. Right now, the burden is all on the American soldiers. Right now, hope rides alone. But it can change, it must change. Because there is only failure and darkness ahead for us as a country, as a people, if it doesn’t.”

Godspeed Eddie

& thank you

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