I have found that "family" around you is a product of twists of fate, world events and personal decisions made long ago. Anguish, happiness, despair and harmony. The effect of war on families and the resulting peace from the untold sacrifices made by the Greatest Generation.
While I am not a writer, I hope to be able to bring to light the spontaneity of life. As I wish to be historically accurate, some quotes will be as I heard them...but there was no malice coming from those that spoke those words. They were reliving the past horrors of war - a war that you nor I fought in. They did.
The acronym “SOP” in business circles stands for “Standard Operating Procedures”
Here, I feel it stands for something different… Way different.
It is more synonymous with “SNAFU” – “Situation Normal – All #ucked Up”.
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Think about it.
Obama made a grave error. He drew a line in the sand.
Then when Syrian forces first crossed it, he hemmed and hawed… Said he needed definitive proof. (Apparently, many dead animals were insufficient, at least visually.) He erased that line in the sand.
Then Syrian forces struck again.
He made another grave error in this fiasco. He, as Commander in Chief, could have just ordered the raid… Like Ronnie did against Libya and Qaddafi. (I loved it when Ronnie called Qaddafi a “flake”.)
But no… He stepped up to the microphone at the Presidential podium again and now wanted “conclusive proof” (not that pictures of more dead animals in addition to the bodies were sufficient) BEFORE ordering a strike. PLUS Congressional approval.
What was he thinking? It was like a quarterback shouting audibles in plain English.
But somebody saved his azz.
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Yes, there were several more missteps by Obama…
But the worst one? It was bad enough Obama was making foreign policy decisions.
Now, Obama handed our country’s foreign policy-making powers to Vladimir Putin.
A photo of Old Glory I took, shimmering off a beautiful P-51 Mustang from WWII.
I wonder what Old Man Jack or Mr. Johnson are feeling as they look upon us and America from above on this 9/11 anniversary?
Our war to tame the radical terrorists has lasted three times as long as our direct involvement in World War II. Think about that for a minute, readers.
Now, by Obama making a pubic promise about “crossing the line,” where is he going to lead us?
My wife, Sugar, and I entered the old-fashioned 24-hour truck stop greasy spoon diner eager for a good old-fashioned dinner.
As is the case in many of the elite restaurants, the overhead television was on a channel showing a program about life in prison. One of the patrons inquired about changing the station, but our server objected. She explained that this week’s prison show features the Canon City prison in Colorado, which is where her fiance is residing. She was hoping to catch a glimpse of him. And, let us all agree, the television debut of a loved one is exciting indeed.
Before I could empathize with this young waitress by telling her that my own former fiance/now wife appeared on the TV show Dallas in her younger years (and likely get kicked under the table by sweet Sugar), our waitress provided more unsolicited information about her personal life. She…
To know this young, handsome hero went missing when Mr. Johnson was also fighting for life as a Marine aboard the Big E at the same time and locale brings added poignancy to this story… I can but hope that someday he will be found…
Army Officer Matt Zeller stands alongside Janis Shinwari, an Afghan interpreter. Janis, code named Hafez, has been hiding from the Taliban since the deadly 2008 firefight. (Photo credit: Matt Zeller/Change.org)
Finally!!!
The Administration of the United States of America is FINALLY allowing the TRACKABLE, AUTHORIZED AND OTHERWISE TO BE “UN”-MEDIA-IZED immigration of ONE Afghan: a brave interpreter code named Hafez! Please see my earlier story on this topic: “Afghans Cannot Scale a Fence,”
Unbelievable. The Administration continues to allow illegals to scale the fence at our border yet dragged their feet in approving this one Afghan to legally enter the US. He fought bravely alongside Army Officer Matt Zeller and saved his life. MOH recipient Sgt. Dakota Meyer joined the drive to petition for his immigration. Do you see any illegal fighting alongside our military or willing to give their life to save one?
Here is the official news release on FOX. I hope CNN will publicize this great humanitarian event as much as they did the Trayvon Martin incident.