Re: THANK YOU to all veterans.

Janice -

All honor, respect & thanks to men and women serving in the military. But the ASA list is for discussions of relationships between science and Christian faith. Your post, like some others of yours of a political, economic or generally social nature, simply didn't fit that description. In that sense they are spam for the purposes of this list. This has nothing to do with whether I agree with you or not. You could post something which agreed 100% with my political views (or of others here) & it could still be inappropriate for this forum.

Shalom
George
http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Janice Matchett
  To: Pim van Meurs
  Cc: asa@calvin.edu
  Sent: Sunday, May 28, 2006 3:33 PM
  Subject: Re: THANK YOU to all veterans.

  At 02:50 PM 5/28/2006, Pim van Meurs wrote:

    Is this spam really necessary Janice?

  @ I can 100% assure you that the American veterans and their families, friends, and supporters on this list don't view this "THANK YOU" as "spam".

    If so "bring 'em home" so to speak

  @ Those fearful individuals who choose to insulate themselves from reality aren't emotionally equipped to admit that freedom is not free. Arrogant elites condescendingly speak of these ADULT MEN in the armed forces ----- who have VOLUNTEERED to serve their country ----- as if they are little children.

  Those adult men are on a mission and they don't want to come home until the mission is complete. Got it??

  I support them and their mission. http://www.gcsdistributing.com/?pv=tr&tf=TDP&DT=SH

  So does this man:

  Larry Schweikart, a professor of history at the University of Dayton.
  New book, America's Victories: Why the U.S. Wins Wars and Will Win the War on Terror.

  Out May 18. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1595230211/ref=pd_ecc_rvi_2/103-1558103-2102203?%5Fencoding=UTF8

  I argue that the U.S. has seven major distinctive traits that makes the American military the best in the world. Suffice it to say, the Left is NOT going to like some of these traits, and, hence, will not like this book. "

  From Amazon.com

  Book Description
  From the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror, the American military has consistently beaten the odds. It's not luck.

  America's armed services are under attack. From college campuses to the floor of the Senate, the Iraq war is portrayed as a quagmire, the Army is described as "broken," and our men and women in uniform are maligned as torturers. Hollywood keeps producing anti-war films, and the media celebrates liberal anti-military activists such as Cindy Sheehan. These critics fail to understand the real nature of the American military. By seeing everything through the distorted lens of Vietnam ­ a war shrouded in harmful myths ââ?"they have lost sight of our country's real military record, and the factors that have enabled us to win with remarkable consistency, in situations even more dire than Iraq. In America's Victories, Professor Larry Schweikart restores the truth about our amazing military heritage. Just as he did in his acclaimed previous book, A Patriot's History of the United States, Professor Schweikart cuts through the distortions passed along by academia and the media.

  Why do Americans win wars, and why is it all but certain we will win the War on Terror? The biggest answer is that, far from being a cruel, bloodthirsty nation, eager to acquire other people's resources, we value the sanctity of life more than any military culture in history.

  This fundamental trait has led, over the last two centuries, to more humane treatment of prisoners, more daring POW rescues, and more effective operations than any comparable power. The American military has also benefited from a combination of other virtues: the ability to learn from losses and mistakes; the unique autonomy entrusted to our troops; and, ironically, the constant improvements forced by anti-war protestors.

  When coupled with an unmatched free-market economy, America's fighting forces are fearsome. America's Victories explains how this culture of victory has endured through the darkest moments of World War II, Korean, and Vietnam, and how it has helped our troops prove their critics wrong over and over, from the Battle of New Orleans under Andrew Jackson to the war in Afghanistan under Tommy Franks. Among the book's many revelations, you'll learn:

  * How the military since the time of the Revolution has constituted an incredible "melting pot" of ethnicities and social classes, creating a culture blind to origins, but open to talent and desire.

  * How the Higgins Boat (key to the success of D-Day) and the Jeep (the backbone vehicle of World War II) were created by American entrepreneurs, not central planners, and how our economic capacity buried the Axis powers.

  * Why Abu Ghraib does NOT contradict our respect for individual human life, including our exceedingly humane treatment of prisoners of war, and how a better example of Americans' view of prisoners is the POW rescue at Canabantuan.

  * How anti-war protestors, by emphasizing "body bags," have led our military inexorably toward more efficient operations that minimize casualties.

  * How Americans (not the French) put into practice Napoleon's maxim that "every soldier carries a Marshal's baton in his knapsack," and made our front line troops the most autonomous fighters in history.

  Professor Schweikart acknowledges America's blemishes and weak moments, but also exposes the deep-seated anti-American bias of the Left. Based on the lessons of history, he concludes that we will win the War on Terror, through a weapon more powerful than any bomb or rocket: our unique military culture.

  About the Author
  Larry Schweikart is the co-author of A Patriot's History of the United States: From Columbus's Great Discovery to the War on Terror, and is a professor of history at the University of Dayton. He has written more than 20 books on national defense, business, and financial history.

  ~ Janice

    Janice Matchett <janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:

      THANK YOU to all veterans.

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Received on Sun May 28 17:34:09 2006