Support rally in Sacramento
Friday, May 12th marked Operation Completion’s very first rally in Sacramento, CA. Though I was not there to be a part of it, I was very excited hear about this organization’s first and successful step in holding support rallies across the U.S.
The rally in Sacramento last Friday is the first of 18 to be held all across the U.S., resulting in one large rally in Washington D.C. on August 5th. Operation Completion’s executive director Micah Derry seemed pleased with the turnout of 200 people attending the rally on Friday, remarking that “This is our first rally and we had no paid media, everything was earned media, and to have this kind of turnout for a kick-off event is phenomenal.”
God has really answered my prayer with Operation Completion; since 9/11 I have always badly wanted to really actively support our troops, and through this support group I have been able to take part in sending our soldiers a clear message of support.
Whether by financial contribution, personally getting involved or attending a rally, you can also actively support the troops in the war on terror. Visit operationcompletion.org for more information.
Thank God for this freedom that we can defend! May we work hard to uplift the men and women who fight for it.
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18 comments:
since 9/11 I have always badly wanted to really actively support our troops, and through this support group I have been able to take part in sending our soldiers a clear message of support.
you are so in love with the soldiers and the war. You REALLY should go enlist. you'd love it.
and, if you're not going to enlist, why not?
This again... Awg.
Good to hear about this, btw.
Anon, have you ever heard the saying 'Theres a time for everything'? As of now, I don't think Jenifers time has come. It may come later, it may not.
Not having any experiance as a soldier, but I think I would find people like Jenifer much more encouraging then folks like you, or at least what your comments are representing.
While you do disagree with Jenifer on most everything, how can you not agree on something like this?
Ok...
First of all.
Why do you use the term "enlist"?
One does not have to serve in the military.
There are several other ways to get in.
Now...
I will show the complete absence of logic in the statment that just because one supports the troops and there cause means that they should enlist,
Or sign up at all.
1.
In case you haven't noticed,
Many of the links on this site
(And the conersations),
You would notice that the author and many of the visitors are teenagers.
Making it illegal and and inappropriate from them to join the military.
I don't know about you,
But i don't want peopl that are just learning to drive running around with guns,
No matter what there training.
(Sorry guys ;-) )
The military is very picky about who they let in.
(Everything you've heard about not making recruitment quotas was a one time overhyped deal)
There is a set list of requirments that have to be met.
Physical, Mental, and Emotional.
Just because one beleives in a cause, Doesn't mean that person Goes and does something about it.
The phsycos that watch for ufos don't build a space ship to go look for extraterristrial life.
They don't even go work for SETI.
Most of them just go download SETI at home to support the program.
When the cold war was at it's hight,
and everyone wanted to defeat communism.
Everyone didn't just go and join the military.
They found a way they could support their country and military by providing the physical and moral support that were needed.
If everyone who did support the military joined.
The only people back home would be the ones that didn't support them.
Which means there would be horrendous budget cuts.
And Force Shaping.
And all those that support the military would be forced back into the civillian world.
And honestly,
In my opinion,
I'd rather a smaller, more effective force
than a larger force filled with the majority of Americans taht support the troops.
It gets the job done better.
In short...
One doesn't need to join the military to support it.
It is those that stay home and send their moral support taht do the most.
Just because one beleives in a cause, Doesn't mean that person Goes and does something about it.
Hahahahahahahahaha....hilarious.
NO, but if one supposedly "supports" the cause so greatly and so deeply, and one pays attention to the LACK of the military's ability to meet recruiting goals, any person with integrity and conviction would enlist to support her cause. and, as a matter of fact, the Army allows enlistees at age 17....so all of you teenagers should take very seriously your opportunity to fight for your country.
Otherwise, you're all just hypocrites.
its real easy to support something when you're not getting shot at in a combat zone. go do that, then i'll take you more seriously.
FYI not everyone in the military gets shot at as you say.
I know many people that are serving that haven't seen combat yet.
I think your whole idea here is to kill off everyone that disagrees with you.
I'd like to see some recent info that says we're not meeting our reqrutment goals.
All the reports I've been getting say we've been doing good.
No, that's true...but I guarantee the ones who HAVE BEEN shot have a very different opinion.
Here are few websites you shoudl check out if you don't believe me:
www.iava.org
http://blog.justanothersoldier.com
and read Paul reickhoff's book while you're at it: Chasing Ghosts. It will do you good.
Ok...
I will agree tha there may be a few that see your point of veiw,
But I've never met any of them.
All the troopers I've ever met that have seen combat are gung ho about the whole thing.
Many of them can't wait to go back for a second or thiord tour.
You wanna know why?
Because they beleive in the cause that they're there to fulfill.
The reason why that is,
Is because they care about the people back home they are protecting.
The reason they care about the folks back home,
Is becasue the folks back home care about them.
If not for the people that stayed behind and sent their moral support,
They troopers would have no reson to stay in.
Therefore,
If everyone who supports our troops becomes our troops,
Than all our troops would lose their reson to protect America.
In the best of situations there,
They would all quit and come back home.
Worst case,
They would continue to fight for what they care for.
The people that support them.
aka themselves.
This sounds like a very corrupt system to me.
I will not tolerate anyone taking the Lord's name in vain on my blog.
You want to argue here, then keep it clean.
Anon got schooled. :D
sorry
Um, actually young "so-called patriot" i was explaining the VALUE of spending time at places like Veterans Hospitals to experience and discuss with the Iraqi/Afghanistan war vets the TRUTH as you call it.
And I assure you, spend a day at Walter Reed hospital - which I have done - and you will see that the soldiers are NOT rushing back to go fight this war.
They just aren't.
I don't believe in the Lord, so i use any words that come to mind. words are just words - you shouldn't let them bother you so much. you'll here much worse in your life.
Those may be your beleifs,
But the owner of the blog does have the right to set guidlines to debates on her blog.
As for hearing much worse during our lives,
Yes it's true,
I'll be the first to attest to that.
That cannot be controled.
Discussions on here can be as we've already seen.
Of course not everyone wants to rush back and serve another tour right away.
My freinds that I speak of take a year in between usually.
And not all families feel that way because their loved ones are in harms way.
I know a family whos father is an Army Ranger and has served three three tours in the sand box.
They all support him.
His eldest son is a junior at west point,
And their second son is working on his application to do the same.
I have another freind who is in the army on his third term in Iraq.
In the heat of it.
His son told me that he gets ticked off when the firing happens far away from him.
He whats a peice of the action,
too make a difference.
His son is joining the marines this summer.
Now that i think about it,
Every military member I know who has children that are old enough,
The children join of their own free will.
Would this be the case if their families really didn't agree with their cause?
Oh...
And FYI,
I'm surrounded by veterens and those who curently serve.
From all the services.
They all share my opinions.
In fact,
That's were I get most of mine.
Yeah, btw. He's in the air force.
that's great. congratulations on the air force.
i'm glad you've got some gung-ho patriots around you. i assure you, if as i suggested, you went and volunteered with some veterans of this war, injured and recovering, they will tell you a very very different story.
war is not fun. so don't pretend that it is. its childish and naive for you to behave that way. i get my opinions from the many many veterans i know, friends and family. NY National guardsmen who served at the WTC and in Iraq years later, westpoint grads who were recalled fromthe IRR, career military men who are company commanders in the 4th infantry in iraq right now. I assure you -- none of the "wish for the bullets to fly their way" -- that's simply an element of their job.
Whoever said war was fun? War is hell. I know that. The other people who have commented here know that. And the men and women who volunteer to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan also know that.
So if war is so terrible, why do we fight? Why have America's best men and women fought in past wars? If freedom and justice mean nothing to you, then you will never understand the answer to this question.
Your hatred for anyone who dares to suggest they support this war and those who fight in it is not convincing me. Anyone who resorts to anger and name-calling obviously has little facts to back up their theory.
Have a little respect for our troops. Be careful what you say about what they fight for.
Your hatred for anyone who dares to suggest they support this war and those who fight in it is not convincing me.
Not hatred - you can support whatever you want. But I think that you choose to look at this situation with considering all perspectives, and having blind-faith in this Administration who has repeatedly lied to you.
Have a little respect for our troops. Be careful what you say about what they fight for.
I have the UTMOST respect for men and women in uniform. I volunteer my time on a regular basis to various veterans organizations. Do not tell me who to "respect." It is my right and my duty as an American citizen to speak out against an unnecessary war that is sending men and women in uniform to die needless deaths. THEY deserve BETTER than that. There is nothing noble about more children/wives/husbands/fathers dying in the name of Halliburton and oil. They call it Democracy, but Iraq is nothing but chaos.
Grow up. You really need to see more of the world because you write about this war and these soldiers as though it is a good story, and there is a noble fight. Men with missing legs and missing arms, and PTSD trying to find jobs and trying to pay bills is a HORRIFIC thing to watch. Knowing they went to war based on lies from this administration is a serious tragedy.
Define "winning." In your mind, what will it take to "defeat" the terrorists?
You have yet to prove that the current administration lied to this country.
Until you do,
I'm going to have to ask you to stop reffering to an unproven idea.
You are very right.
You do have the right to respect who you want.
You also have the right to speak freely.
You have many right.
But the question is...
Who gives you those rights?
Were you born with them?
If so,
Why were you born with them and not the citizens of China or North Korea.
If they so much as even hinted the things about their government as you so desperatly belrif about ours,
They would be locked away and probably killed.
You have that ability to excercise those right because the military is ready to go and fight the enemies of the free world on you behave.
You don't have to go,
You don't have to sign up,
And you obviously don't even have to agree with the petty details of what they're doing at the current moment.
But the fact remains,
Youy have the right to disagree and speak out against their cause because they gave it to you.
"It is the solider,
Not the reporter,
Who has given us the freedom of the press.
It is the solider,
not the poet,
Who has given us the freedom of speech,
It is the solider, not the campus organizer,
Who gives us the freedom to demonstrate.
It is the solider who salutes the flag,
Who serves beneath the flag,
Whose coffin is draped by the flag,
Who allows the protester to burn the flag."
Father Dennis Edward O'Brian
That is why the armed forces serve.
Not because of Halliburton.
And obviously not for oil.
(Last time I checked, gas prices were going up, not down)
They fight for the freedoms of the common citizen such as yourself.
In response to the troops that you hang around that aren't anxious to get back to the fight,
Consider a football player.
When the player gets severly injuried on the feild,
Does he jump back up and say,
"Yeah! Bring it on. I'm gonna go score a touchdown!" and have to be convinced by his teammates and coach to take a break?
No
He usually just lays there until they take him off the feild.
But as time prgresses,
As his wounds heal,
Any good player wants to get back into the actions,
Despite the reisk of getting severly injured again.
Thos who can never play again because the injury was so extensive,
Are usually heart broken.
Think about the soliders you spend time with.
They're probably more like the football player that has just been taken off the feild.
At least,
That seems to be how you've prtrayed it.
As for the "War is all fun and games" idea it seems you beleive,
I don't recall ever making a statment that came anywere close to that.
So in response,
I'd like to close with a quote by John Stuart Mills.
"War is an ugly thing,
But not the ugliest of things.
The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse.
The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight,
Nothing which is more important than his own peronal saftey,
Is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men that himself."
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