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Two weeks ago, as I was starting my sixth month of duty in Iraq, I was forced to return to the USA for surgery for an injury I sustained prior to my deployment. With luck, I'll return to Iraq to finish my tour.

I left Baghdad and a war that has every indication that we are winning, to return to a demoralized country much like the one I returned to in 1971 after my tour in Vietnam Maybe it's because I'll turn 60 years old in just four months, but I'm tired:

I'm tired of spineless politicians, both Democrat and Republican who lack the courage, fortitude, and character to see these difficult tasks through.

I'm tired of the hypocrisy of politicians who want to rewrite history when the going gets tough.

I'm tired of the disingenuous clamor from those that claim they 'Support the Troops' by wanting them to 'Cut and Run' before victory is achieved.

I'm tired of a mainstream media that can only focus on car bombs and casualty reports because they are too afraid to leave the safety of their hotels to report on the courage and success our brave men and women are having on the battlefield.

I'm tired that so many Americans think you can rebuild a dictatorship into a democracy over night.

I'm tired that so many ignore the bravery of the Iraqi people to go to the voting booth and freely elect a Constitution and soon a permanent Parliament.

I'm tired of the so called 'Elite Left' that prolongs this war by giving aid and comfort to our enemy, just as they did during the Vietnam War.

I'm tired of antiwar protesters showing up at the funerals of our fallen soldiers. A family who's loved ones gave their life in a just and noble cause, only to be cruelly tormented on the funeral day by cowardly protesters is beyond shameful.

I'm tired that my generation, the Baby Boom - Vietnam generation, who have such a weak backbone that they can't stomach seeing the difficult tasks through to victory.

I'm tired that some are more concerned about the treatment of captives than they are the slaughter and beheading of our citizens and allies.

I'm tired that when we find mass graves it is seldom reported by the press, but mistreat a prisoner and it is front page news.

Mostly, I'm tired that the people of this great nation didn't learn from history that there is no substitute for Victory.

Sincerely, Joe Repya, Lieutenant Colonel, U. S. Army, 101st Airborne
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[Doll]

Thank you for your service and loyalty to our nation despite these spineless, whimmy, woosy, sissy politicians.

God bless you and keep you safe and bring you back from the remainder of your tour whole.

I will be praying for you!
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The HILL Chronicles

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[sixdogteam]

OUTDAMSTANDING!
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HHC 212th CAB MMAF RVN '70-'71

[fortdixlover]

[dusty]

Sending out to everyone in my address book. Good read and well said by the Lt. Col.

And thank him so much for his lifetime of service.
I am humbled.

Dusty
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Left and Wrong are the opposite of Right!

[GenrXr]

Are there no Col's who are warriors?

No full birds ever write with such passion. Do they lose their soul after getting their bird?

Or is it before?

We are the greatest country the world has ever known and people need to remember what it is to be a gentleman and a warrior. We must always seek to be the best by virtue as opposed to capability over the weak.

It is our duty as a civil society to stand guard over the weak and turn on the wicked.
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"An activist is the person who cleans up the water, not the one claiming its dirty."
"All that is necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to stand by and do nothing." Edmund Burke (1729-1797), Founder of Conservative Philosophy

[Fort Campbell]

I will be sending this out to all that I know as well. God Bless