For those of you who follow my blogs know about the organization I recently became involved with known as Operation Injured Soldier. I recently received a forward from Mr. Tony Covell, the man who founded OIS.
This was a comment left on our website, www. injuredsoldiers. org.
He did not however post it anywhere on the site but did forward it to all of our members email addresses and I just felt compelled to share this wonderful bit of insight with all of you.
Bare in mind that Operation Injured Soldier is a non-profit organzation dedicated to our injured soldiers and veterans. The men and women who gave so much for our country and suffered tremendous trauma as a result of their sacrifices and dedication to duty and country.
This was the comment:
You guys went to Iraq to injure and kill innocent people.
I am so happy that you lost your limbs and lives. Nobody in the world symphasizes with you trashes. You paid prices for what you have done to the innocent people in Iraq.
I am a firm believer in the statement that you can support our troops without fully supporting the war. Many military families and members have highly mixed emotions about the war and the US's involvement therein. I however fully support everything about our war, afterall yes we may have been the ones to invade and defend but let's not forget why we did so. Just look at any split second of news footage from September 11th, 2001. After an attack as heinous as that what did they expect? America is not the type of country nor its troops to simply roll over play dead or turn the other cheek. Being a proud Army Wife myself I realize much more clearly now then ever before the amount of courage and sacrifice that our men and women serving in any branch of the armed forces go through.
For someone who claims to be an american citizen to make such a boldly ignorant comment is just disgusting. It is because of those injured soldiers and veterans that idiots like that are able to make those types of comments. Thus my ultimate favorite quote ever.
" Go ahead and protest the war, My husband gives you that right! "
UGH, THE IGNORANCE AND SELFISHNESS OF SOME PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!
okay I feel better now...LOL
