tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post8766792985877139923..comments2024-03-02T02:31:34.667-08:00Comments on 2 OR 3 THINGS I KNOW: elliott's warCerréhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00680803301796438809noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-50453500633908123832010-06-07T16:05:01.129-07:002010-06-07T16:05:01.129-07:00My father has had PTSD my entire life. I never kn...My father has had PTSD my entire life. I never knew the man who was voted "funniest" in high school, instead the sombre, melancholic man whose PTSD has now paralyzed his right hand 43 years after leaving Vietnam. Thank you Lee for posting this beautiful peace.DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-62536689021440470042010-06-03T20:00:49.794-07:002010-06-03T20:00:49.794-07:00While the rest the country continues to head to th...While the rest the country continues to head to the mall,I'm glad you're sharing your knowledge on how life will never be the same for those "whose hearts will have forever been touched by fire" .<br /><br />Semper Fi & Peace,<br />DadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-18184035000954843642010-06-02T13:54:05.356-07:002010-06-02T13:54:05.356-07:00now the conversation is getting interesting...now the conversation is getting interesting...Cerréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680803301796438809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-63907155785614134032010-06-02T13:41:17.118-07:002010-06-02T13:41:17.118-07:00Lee, just what 'humanitarian risk' would t...Lee, just what 'humanitarian risk' would there be for the US if US troops pulled out of Irag and/or Afghanistan? Is there some concern for how the Iraqis or Afghans would butcher each other? Let them --because if that is the kind of society they have created, so much so that an occupying force is necessary to keep the vying sects/clans/tribes separated (though that is not the true why US troops are there in the first place), then why should we care? The US doesn't stop the cruelty in Africa, in Palestine, in Chechnya, so why there--where empires have foundered (British, Russian)?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-73812343350325510822010-06-02T13:25:23.550-07:002010-06-02T13:25:23.550-07:00it makes me sick by how little we sacrifice back h...it makes me sick by how little we sacrifice back home during war.<br /><br />if we were more effected/affected, there would be a national cry to pull the troops out.<br /><br />but as we know, our hands our too dirty at this point. pulling out is a greater humanitarian risk.<br /><br />gosh i hate war.<br /><br />i wish we could turn back time to 2003 and impeach our former President Bush before he let his ignorant mind spoil all opportunity for future peace.<br /><br />leeCerréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680803301796438809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-60908214612487190012010-06-02T12:46:17.026-07:002010-06-02T12:46:17.026-07:00While human interest stories are touching, the rea...While human interest stories are touching, the reality is that most of the folk that go into the armed forces are doing it for a job, not because they have any idealistic notions about the sanctity of national interests.<br /><br />Without politics, there is no war.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-59172487005320552492010-06-02T08:09:49.543-07:002010-06-02T08:09:49.543-07:00I don´t agree with war, I don´t agree with sending...I don´t agree with war, I don´t agree with sending our familly to war. I have always felt very distance from the people who did; but now I might understand a little bit more, I feel nearer, maybe, to Mr Elliot. Thankslolajohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780248647827401081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-80605102282390510752010-06-02T01:10:07.423-07:002010-06-02T01:10:07.423-07:00I can not express in english my feelings about war...I can not express in english my feelings about war, so:<br />que mierda la guerra esta!Bonitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11446937664482521372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-17885300868938303092010-06-01T20:21:44.245-07:002010-06-01T20:21:44.245-07:00Thanks for sharing. It is tough to watch and very ...Thanks for sharing. It is tough to watch and very moving. I still remember once I saw in the airport a mother dropped her handbag on the floor, cried and ran to her son who was in uniform and just returned from the war. I have a son myself, he is only 19 months old but I could never imaging sending him to any war. I hope never.Yanyanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10632689266937533012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-40769745807269966482010-06-01T20:03:22.698-07:002010-06-01T20:03:22.698-07:00Yes but we should never forget the innocent civili...Yes but we should never forget the innocent civilians and victims of war.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJnXLYnu2GcAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04049943168027678461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-46802321291289136652010-06-01T13:33:18.494-07:002010-06-01T13:33:18.494-07:00thanks for sharing this. Aside from it's power...thanks for sharing this. Aside from it's powerful content i am inspired by you and your family- the values both to work and do good and to enjoy life and beauty, and each other.Sarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12801858119721442559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-76831798842911723222010-06-01T10:49:29.005-07:002010-06-01T10:49:29.005-07:00mine as well.
semper fi.
leemine as well.<br />semper fi.<br /><br /><br />leeCerréhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00680803301796438809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-48135510805146283262010-06-01T10:13:22.790-07:002010-06-01T10:13:22.790-07:00Jane, You and your son are in my thoughts.Jane, You and your son are in my thoughts.LaurenChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00432418340762682643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-75872231952972334662010-06-01T09:53:47.824-07:002010-06-01T09:53:47.824-07:00thank you for posting. Always a good reminder tha...thank you for posting. Always a good reminder that the long weekend is more than just a holiday.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5400900639439915036.post-71749629869395954272010-06-01T09:41:40.459-07:002010-06-01T09:41:40.459-07:00I love your blog and have for a long time. Today t...I love your blog and have for a long time. Today though I somehow feel compelled to write, after last night saying goodbye to my son who is going to Afghanistan. I appreciate your compassion. May all people everywhere be held in loving kindness.Jane Cornwellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04522579407221491459noreply@blogger.com