The Gadfly
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- Feb 7, 2011
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Intense, I did not really want to wander into this thread for the precise reason of what one of your posts is...of the destruction that day..it is firmly engrained in my head..I really didn't need the pictures to remind me...my son went to Afghanistan and did his tour of duty disarming IED's on the roadside..he was just 11 when the attacks happened on 9-11 and turned 21 in August. posting positive stuff is what we should do not posting the destruction from that day.
Please tell your son that this old infantryman from a war long past sends him a salute, thanks him for his service, congratulates him on a job well done, and is grateful for his safe return.
As for the need for this thread, while I regret that so much of it has turned political, I suppose it's like Memorial Day for a vet. I don't need it, to remind me that freedom isn't free; I don't need it, to remind me of what I saw in battle, of the men I lost, of the buddies who didn't make it home; all those, and so much more, are branded into my soul; some of it lives on in my nightmares. That day, like this one, hurts, deeply, but I think we need them, as individuals and as a nation; to grieve, to mourn the loss, to remember the fallen, to honor their sacrifice; to remember how precious a gift freedom is, and how lucky we the living are to enjoy it; and why this nation, for all her flaws, has been and still is worth it all.