Old Sarge writes:
I wanted to share with you what we saw in Washington DC last week. We toured the Mall and made the usual stops at the WWII Memorial, the Wall, Lincoln Memorial, etc.
At the Vietnam Wall we saw something unbelievable. We noticed three small index cards at the base of the Wall.
I knelt down for a closer look and noticed that a 4-star general’s rank was pinned to each card.
The cards were personally addressed and said something like:
These are Yours – not mine!
With Love and Respect,
Your Platoon Leader,
Pete Pace
1 Oct 2007
The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs had laid down his rank for his boys who died in Nam.
Oct 1 was the day he stepped down as Chairman.
Hat tip: The Liberal Lie, the Conservative Truth
A former fetus, the “wordsmith from nantucket” was born in Phoenix, Arizona in 1968. Adopted at birth, wordsmith grew up a military brat. He achieved his B.A. in English from the University of California, Los Angeles (graduating in the top 97% of his class), where he also competed rings for the UCLA mens gymnastics team. The events of 9/11 woke him from his political slumber and malaise. Currently a personal trainer and gymnastics coach.
The wordsmith has never been to Nantucket.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0607/4490.html
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called Marine Gen. Peter Pace, the outgoing chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, “incompetent” during an interview Tuesday with a group of liberal bloggers, a comment that was never reported.
say again,
“incompetent”
Democrats support the troops-not
Now that’s honor — the American left wishes they could tie his bootstraps.
GEN Pace will be sorely missed.
Garbage like Reid is not even fit to walk in his shadow.