To all who have served, bless you, for you have done your duty in sacrifice, even when those who hold the reins of power have abused your loyalty and faithfulness. As an instrument of policy, the military must be under civilian control. Sadly, when the civilian control is corrupt, greedy, and without military experience of their own, grievous harm is done by and to our fighting men and women under arms. It is paramount that we always use force as a last resort, that we employ it wisely and only necessarily in our defense and never as an imperial power, for the private gain of corporations, or the religious idealism of theocratic extremists.
Have a good day. My wife always makes meatloaf for me on Veterans Day, with real mashed potatoes, good greens (Brussels sprouts!), and maybe even devils food cake with chocolate icing. Enjoy yourselves.
Chimpie, Karl, Dickless, Wolfowitz, DeLay, the Hillbilly Heroin Homeboy Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and the rest of the Chickhawks--hang your heads in shame, then get down on your bony knees and thank your god that those other brave souls died in your place so you could espouse your hate-filled war whooping like little boys playing soldier. And no, Chimpie, you MAY NOT put on your flight suit. Go to your room.
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Dear Madam:
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.
Yours very sincerely and respectfully,
Abraham Lincoln.
Whatever happened to eloquence in public life?
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