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Chuck Z Ombie AC2000
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 Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 8:41 am Post subject: Front Page NY Post- Dear John |
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| Quote: | I WANT MY GI SON TO SERVE UNDER BUSH
By STEVE DUNLEAVY
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October 26, 2004 -- THE clichι goes: "Just business, nothing personal."
The hell it is.
John Kerry makes me weak in the ankles and now it's personal, not business.
In the next few days, there will be a person reporting for duty in Iraq. His name is Army Capt. Peter J. Dunleavy.
Capt. Peter J. Dunleavy is not one ounce more special than the guys and gals he will go to Iraq with no more special than the thousands of the brave boys and girls who have gone before him, and those who will certainly go after him.
He is, of course, special to his wife, Debbie, his mother, Gloria, his brother, Sean, Sean's girlfriend, Laura and his friends in the sports bars who cheer for the Giants.
He is special to me, as are all the thousands of boys and girls who serve this country, because he looks at fear as a headache and duty as the ultimate.
And yet, John Kerry makes it look like those guys and gals are just victims wrong war, wrong time, wrong place.
How dare he say that to our brave boys and girls? How dare he whisper it let alone shout it to the whole world?
Now I am somewhere in Oklahoma to see off Capt. Pete, 37, my eldest boy. I ask him what he makes of Kerry's talk.
"Dad, we don't listen to politicians. We listen to our commanding officers," he says, growing bored already with the conversation.
I ask him where he is going in Iraq, what he will be doing, as all the worried parents of so many thousands of brave boys and girls surely do.
"Don't know. I'll just go where I am needed," he says matter-of-factly.
Sunday he left for another base, where he will be re-equipped, before taking off to Iraq in a few days.
On Saturday night, Pete and wife Debbie, a reservist in the Navy, had their last night out for a long time at the Navy Ball.
It was there that Pete was given the official honor of re-enlisting his wife for another two years.
Capt. Pete is not worried about Kerry's outrageous statement wrong war, wrong time, wrong place because he's stronger and braver than that.
But I sure am worried.
In my book, Kerry is giving comfort and succor to the enemy. And don't forget that Tokyo Rose got jail time for it after World War II, and Jane Fonda, Kerry's soul mate, should have during Vietnam.
"Look, don't worry. I have been in the Reserves for more than 10 years we are all well-trained, well-equipped," said Capt. Pete.
"To be honest, apart from having to leave Debbie back here, I'm psyched," he told me. "It's a privilege to serve and be given a new chapter of experience.
"I'll just knock this tour over and get on with it. No biggie."
I was in Baghdad last year, and it was very easy for me. Death was everywhere, but no one was shooting at me.
But that won't be the case for Pete and the men and women with him.
"Dude, don't worry about it," Capt. Pete says again.
And that's the attitude of the thousands below him and above him, the brave men and women doing the fighting.
But this father does worry and worries even more about John Kerry.
When John Kerry says wrong war, wrong time, wrong place he undermines not my boy, but our boys. He embarrasses the United States abroad and he saps morale.
And that demands the severest reprimand. It is duplicity and cowardice and political opportunism of the worst kind. It's enough to make you cry.
I don't care what's on your watch, Sen. Kerry, this one's on my watch.
And then we come to the final "see ya later" at the airport. We hugged and I couldn't talk.
Then I felt something strange for the first time, after a lifetime of feeling like an adolescent, I felt old. Sending a kid off to war does that, I guess.
So Capt. Peter J. Dunleavy and all the guys and gals that are going with you, and all that are there, and all that will come after you go for the sake of our freedom. For the sake of your wife Debbie's freedom, your mother Gloria's freedom, your brother Sean's freedom, his girlfriend Laura's freedom and the freedom of the boys in the sports bars cheering for the Giants.
Heck, for the sake of your dog's freedom. His name is Salty Dog. He loves you so much.
To you and all your comrades: Go with God.
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Barbie2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 10:03 am Post subject: |
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Incredible letter!
And they made the Cover, too!
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shawa
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Joined: 03 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 12:46 pm Post subject: |
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This letter touched my heart.
God bless our stellar troops who are getting the job done,
and bless their families who await their safe return.
Kerry has no conscience!! Rallying his base is utmost,
nevermind that he undermines our troops!! |
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shooter
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Location: New Mexico
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 3:23 pm Post subject: |
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Someone once asked: "Where do we get these people?" referring to our men and women in uniform.
The answer is from parents like this man. God bless them all !!!
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neverforget
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 6:49 pm Post subject: |
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Anybody have an e-mail address for him?
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Kimmymac
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 7:13 pm Post subject: |
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Amen, Dad. Man, I know what he means about sending them off to war making you feel old.
But, ya know...only temporarily. Gotta keep the spring in our step, because long faces are for losers. Like Kerry, with the permanent long face that's gonna be even longer come 2 November 2004
A POX upon the house of Kerry.
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wwIIvetsdaughter
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Location: McAllen, Texas
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| Posted: Tue Oct 26, 2004 9:25 pm Post subject: |
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| Is this the same Steve Dunleavy who was a reporter/host for a entertainment type show a decade or so ago? Just wondering. Ladies and Gentlemen this man and his son are the the heart/soul of our great country, its essence. Men & women like the Dunleavys are the reason there is a United States of America, because their spiritual predescesors were the Founding Fathers and soldiers of Revoultionary America as well as the soldiers of every war since then that has paid for our freedom! GOD BLESS CAPTAIN PETE DUNLEAVY AND ALL WHO SERVE WITH HIM! |
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