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From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: SLS: L&J: Patriot Paradox and the Irony of Idealism (fwd)
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>May the Lord God bless Commander Olson for his words of inspiration. I
>couldn't have said it any better!
>
>Thanks, Todd, for sharing them with us!
>
>AT1 David M. Gonzalez
>U.S. Navy (Ret.)
>
>Wheeling, Illinois
>
>
>On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Todd Gillespie wrote:
>
>>
>> Forwarded message:
>>
>> Veterans, some career soldiers, pledged their life to preserve
>> Liberty and Freedom and Justice. Yet they face a government
>> supporting the disposal of more than 30 million countrymen and
>> women while in infancy. --- The soldier cannot reconcile his
>> life of devotion to an ideal that is denounced by the very
>> government he vowed to obey, and the life he was willing to die
>> to save is now wasted with the protection of law.
>>
>> And you ask why he's angry and disallusioned!
>>
>> The veteran soldier served in Vietnam so that he could be
>> poisoned by agent orange or slaughtered in a hopeless war because
>> it was conducted by a government did not want decisive victory.
>> The victor did not return home, only the man to be spat upon by his
>> countrymen, or forgotten in rotting veterans hospitals, or made to
>> be criminals by Hollywood. Johnny came marching home to
>> rejection, vilification, and scorn.
>>
>> And you ask why he is angry and disillusioned!
>>
>> The veteran soldier tried again and went to fight in the desert oil
>> fields where he was poisoned again, only to find that his purpose
>> was the financial ambition of international oil corporations that have
>> not lifted as much as finger to help him as his poisoned body
>> wastes away and his deformed children struggle to find some
>> happiness in their tormented and twisted little bodies.
>>
>> And you ask why he is angry and disillusioned!
>>
>> The veteran soldier understands the economics of war and the
>> cost involved. He knows that the enemy's control center must
>> be destroyed FIRST. He knows that without a command head the
>> serpent will be helpless. He understands the irony that
>> killing a few may provide life to many. --- The soldier sees
>> things clearly from his experience and perspective. Then he
>> hears from those who say they champion life but who are unwilling
>> to fight the fight to preserve the life. Moreover they will
>> condemn the soldier who even suggests that tactical removal
>> of certain key individuals will end the slaughter.
>>
>> And you ask why he's angry and disillusioned!
>>
>> And so the soldier takes his stand to protect the innocent,
>> the helpless, the widows, from the abuses of power-hungry
>> government. His cause is joined by others who also defend life
>> and the defenseless. --- Until he hears from those who pretend
>> to hold the noble cause declare that the soldier is in fact the
>> criminal, the bomber, the butcher, and the bloodthirsty tyrant.
>>
>> And you ask why he's angry and disillusioned!
>>
>> The soldier stands proudly and courageously in the presence
>> of tryants and oppressers, thinking he is solidly in the shadow
>> of His Lord and Savior, believing his life of selfless devotion
>> to protect the poor and the innocent is his God-given life's
>> work. --- Until he is accused by those who pretend to be Christians
>> accuse him of evil and godless motives.
>>
>> And you ask why he's angry and disillusioned!
>>
>> That soldier ekes out an spartan but happy existence, trying
>> valiantly to make a life his family, hoping to leave his children with
>> something better. --- Until he is crushed down by taxcollectors,
>> land robbers, and bureaucracy... Until his little business is
>> driven out of existence by fees, licenses, rules, ordinances,
>> and regulations. Until he's reduced to nothing.. The purpose
>> and cause for which he gave his entire life and career is taken
>> from him! And the very reason he is a soldier: so that others
>> could live free and prosper, is denied to him.
>>
>> And you ask why he's angry and disillusioned!
>>
>> This injustice and the paradox of the patriot continue to build
>> as all of his values and principles are mocked and assaulted by
>> the very people he thought would understand what he did and why
>> he did it.
>>
>> One day the scales of justice will be balanced, for the soldier
>> is not alone. The voices of the multitudes are blending in
>> concert and the hearts of millions are beating in a rhythm
>> that will one day explode into action. And one day soon the
>> egregious wrongs will be righted and the principals and ideals
>> of the noble crusader will be lifted as a banner bright.
>>
>> And the scorners will huddle together in their own darkened ignorance,
>> never understanding that the soldier whose life is shaped by powers
>> and transcendent values lives and acts from within. And in a better
>> world there remains hope.
>>
>> And the fight of the soldier continues for it is who he is.
>>
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Norm Olson, Commander
>> Northern Michigan Regional Militia
>> and Pastor, Freedom Church
>> and career military retiree.
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