These are their responses.

It’s true, Ymarksar. I know wounded people who’ve experienced it, and staff who have stood there and clapped.

Posted by: FbL | February 20, 2008 at 10:45 AM

But, but queen piglosi and dirty harry reid have said over and over and over again how the “SURGE” isn’t working and what a complete failure it’s been. (sarcasm off).

Ymarsakar, thanks for linking that. I’ve sent it out to my entire mailing list. Too many people are unaware of the sacrifice SOME in this country are making. I had an appointment at BAMC two weeks ago. Upon entering the facility, my spouse and I were passed in the hall by a young man in a wheel chair, both legs gone. We then spent about 2 hours in the pharmacy waiting for meds and got to see more of those who have bled for ALL AMERICANS. Several of them wearing burn wraps. The most heart wrenching sight was watching a young Soldier holding his newborn, both hands and one arm in wraps. His neck and the side of his face were also disfigured. All I can think of when I see them is how much pain they must have suffered. It also fills me with rage when I read or hear one of the congressional whores spouting on about how much of a failure the efforts of our Warriors has been. The only FAILURE in the last 5 years has been that of CONGRESS, not the US MILITARY.

Posted by: Theresa, MSgt (ret), USAF | February 20, 2008 at 11:29 AM

No, thank you Sgt. Major. & welcome home.

Posted by: Lands’nGrooves | February 20, 2008 at 11:40 AM

That’s been happening for awhile…the parade from E to A rings…linked to it last year at this blog - http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=568

Posted by: Blackfive | February 20, 2008 at 11:41 AM

I forgot that I had posted two links. So the link to Blackfive’s comment section is in the moderated version of my comment.

These are their responses.

It’s true, Ymarksar. I know wounded people who’ve experienced it, and staff who have stood there and clapped.

Posted by: FbL | February 20, 2008 at 10:45 AM

But, but queen piglosi and dirty harry reid have said over and over and over again how the “SURGE” isn’t working and what a complete failure it’s been. (sarcasm off).

Ymarsakar, thanks for linking that. I’ve sent it out to my entire mailing list. Too many people are unaware of the sacrifice SOME in this country are making. I had an appointment at BAMC two weeks ago. Upon entering the facility, my spouse and I were passed in the hall by a young man in a wheel chair, both legs gone. We then spent about 2 hours in the pharmacy waiting for meds and got to see more of those who have bled for ALL AMERICANS. Several of them wearing burn wraps. The most heart wrenching sight was watching a young Soldier holding his newborn, both hands and one arm in wraps. His neck and the side of his face were also disfigured. All I can think of when I see them is how much pain they must have suffered. It also fills me with rage when I read or hear one of the congressional whores spouting on about how much of a failure the efforts of our Warriors has been. The only FAILURE in the last 5 years has been that of CONGRESS, not the US MILITARY.

Posted by: Theresa, MSgt (ret), USAF | February 20, 2008 at 11:29 AM

No, thank you Sgt. Major. & welcome home.

Posted by: Lands’nGrooves | February 20, 2008 at 11:40 AM

That’s been happening for awhile…the parade from E to A rings…linked to it last year at this blog - http://warhistorian.org/wordpress/?p=568

Posted by: Blackfive | February 20, 2008 at 11:41 AM

http://www.blackfive.net/main/2008/02/on-coming-home.html

http://www.concernedjournalists.org/print/1082

http://www.dogpile.com/clickserver/_iceUrlFlag=1?rawURL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mcclatchydc.com%2Fgalloway%2Fstory%2F16478.html&0=&1=0&4=72.53.194.53&5=68.183.39.98&9=569718fdb66d43d98af941979673c801&10=1&11=info.dogpl&13=search&14=239138&15=main-title&17=3&18=7&19=0&20=1&21=2&22=76iAG5hmx%2FY%3D&23=0&40=RowvOICTk5V9gtZViq%2FSwQ%3D%3D&_IceUrl=true

If you follow the link, you’ll see that the publication date is May 23, 2007. If you read the entire article, you find at the end:

“These are our men, broken in body they may be, but they are our brothers, and we welcome them home. This parade has gone on, every single Friday, all year long, for more than four years.”—(Copyright 2007 by Robert Bateman; reprinted here by permission.)”

For more than four years. So you’re right. They probably never will.

Like Y, I’d seen this before as well, and as I recall, it included a part about Donald Rumsfeld. Maybe on Mudville Gazette… but Mudville used to include links to so many sources, that it could have been almost anywhere. If I wanted to find the original, I’d probably start searching Robert Bateman, I suppose.

I have read the same article from a mil blog.