Posted by M. Wright | Filed in: Sojourners
Here’s a graphic from the lateset Sojourners mailing:
Look at that bad military man and his evil ways, trying to encourage that prepubescent child to serve his country. Look at that peace-loving mom, with violence clearly on her mind.
Look at the website they want you to visit, and see who the spokeswoman is.
Look at the blog for this effort.
A selection:
Mitt backs war, but his boys are safe at home
Because, as we all know, if you support something, your kids must be directly involved in that effort. You like the police? Your daughter better be a cop. You like getting your trash hauled away every week? You better hope you have at least a nephew working as a sanitation engineer.
The message boils down to this: folks, don’t let your 12-year-old child be the next Casey Sheehan!
Because, as we all know, Casey Sheehan was just a child victim, not a hero who died at the hands of terrorists, while defending his country and the good people of Iraq.
August 31st, 2005 at 3:18 pm
I try not to take this sort of stuff seriously or let it get to me, but I did grow up in the Vietnam era and saw first-hand what the Jane Fonda and John Kerry types did to our country. My father joined the Navy during WWII, but got kicked out when they found out he was too young. He did make it to Korea and injured a leg there. I tried to join the Army twice, and Navy once during Vietnam but was 4F. All three of my sisters did military service (one is career Air National Guard). My brother-in-law just retired from Army Special Ops (got his last tour in Afghanistan). My nephew is still in the Navy. And my son (who grew up in Venezuela) after 9/11 had to join the Army (just completed a tour in Iraq).
You do not have to agree with the confict. I certainly have my reservations about how Iraq has been handled. Perhaps it is being from Davy Crockett country that makes me feel this way, but to me and mine, there is no greater honor than to stand and do your part to defend the liberty we all take for granted.
You can disagree with the policy. Join in the process, take your debate to the political arena. But when I see stuff like this, to de-value the honor and sacrifice of military service. Well, let’s just say it gets to me some times.
May the Lord bless all of our sons and daughters, fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, as they hold the line for freedom.