May 19, 2004

War Stories

I must hand it to the Good Doctor at Iraq at a glance for this postWhen you listen to the news all the time and you hear the trash about the situation in Iraq and all the stuff that goes on and how they hate us and want us out of their country pronto, this is so much closer to the truth... There are also tidbits like this. 95% of all Iraqi children are in school. Many places have clean water and power for the first time in years. While there is fear of our over staying our welcome most people seem to know that we are not their for self intrests but for the best interests of the world, lets all not lose sight of this fact.

Last week was the National Day of Prayer. This is an annual event and the organization that promotes it had Oliver North as this years speaker. I heard the speech tonight for the first time and it was very moving. A few excerpts are below

Several speeches at the Hill gathering focused on American troops overseas. Retired Lt. Col. Oliver North, the keynote speaker and honorary chairman of the event, described the soldiers he met during a visit to Iraq last week.
"They are committed totally to the ideals of our nation," he said. "They are courageous ... they are compassionate toward the Iraqis in ways that are hard to imagine considering the reception they got, they have compassion and a remarkable number of them are Christians."
These soldiers "may be able to take profanity to a new art form," he said, "but they take this book," he held up a Bible, "out of their rucksacks and aren't ashamed to be seen reading it regularly."

You can hear the entire message here click on the 5-18 day's recording

You may not agree with him, and you may not look upon his past with favor, but everyone agrees that this man Oliver North was a REAL war hero in Vietnam, and he knows his own kind... When he looks upon the young people serving in our military today and says " yes they have the right stuff... they are devoted and selfless to their duty," He know of what he speaks. No namby pamby waffling out of him... and no tainting of our troops with the sins of a very few.

I took heart in hearing about our troops and the war in a positive sense. I cant wait for the day when it will be over but until then I am glad for the people that are willing to go and do what needs to be done and for those who are willing to tell the truth for righteousness sake.