"He likes war.He should go fight in a war for two days..."

[SoFlaJets]

and see how he likes it."says Pvt.Kenneth Henry,21 a third division radar operator with a field artillery unit From Todays'Palm beach Post


http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/content/auto/epaper/editions/saturday/opinion_f3b65728054100dd00da.html.

[mddemo]

1. war

war is hell, but sometimes neccesary, i would hate to think of the way the world would look if it hadnt of been for our grandfathers fighting WW2. Personally i was against this war, but i think we should of rolled into bagdad in 91. Bosnia also i think was legit, but these are my opinions.

[Catch22Dem]

2. Not bad opinions either

ON EDIT: and welcome to DU

[roughsatori]

3. Did you even read the article to get the idea of what it was about?

because the link did not work for me. It opened but no article.

[ShaneGR]

4. Bad link

It no load anything on their site, perhaps they moved or removed it?

[roughsatori]

5. The link opens but there is no story there NT

[SoFlaJets]

6. Here it is........

Saturday, September 20
Bush goes AWOL when soldiers need care


By George McEvoy, Palm Beach Post Columnist
Saturday, September 20, 2003



"I went into a public-'ouse to get a pint of beer,

The publican 'e up and sez,

'We serve no red-coats here.'

The girls behind the bar they laughed and giggled fit to die,

I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:

'O it's Tommy this an' Tommy that, an' Tommy go away'';

But it's, 'Thank you, Mister Atkins,' when the band begins to play... "

Tommy Atkins is what the British have called their typical soldier in the ranks since the Duke of Wellington coined the term in 1843. Rudyard Kipling, in his poem Tommy, wanted to show how civilians treat the military as heroes in time of war, and as drains on the taxpayers once peace is won.

The words of that old poem flashed through my mind a week ago Friday as I watched President Bush greet members of the Army's combat-weary Third Division and welcome them back from Iraq. As the soldiers, wearing berets and camouflage fatigues, sat in bleachers at Fort Stewart, Ga., Mr. Bush strode onstage with that John Wayne walk he assumes when he's playing soldier.

EDITED BY ADMIN: COPYRIGHT

[Jonte_1979]

12. SoFlaJets

Please do not post copyrighted material without the author's expressed permission.

Thanks!

Jonathan Andrén -
DU moderator

[Catch22Dem]

7. Jets

That was an AWESOME article. Thanks for finding/posting it. The link is screwed up though. There's a period at the end that doesn't belong there. It was easy to figure out, but I thought I'd let you know anyway.

Thanks again!

[SoFlaJets]

9. you are welcome

I'm not that computer-savvy I leave most of that stuff to my wife- hey I try.....

[DoYouEverWonder]

8. Here's a link to the thread in GD about this story

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=104&topic_id=374029&mesg_id=374029

The link in that thread still works.

[SoFlaJets]

10. Funny

well thanks for not making me feel too stupid about it DoYouEverWonder- you have a gentle way and I appreciate your delicacy I really do LOL
Signed,
Stoopid

[DoYouEverWonder]

11. No problem

It's a great story. Seems that W's visit to Fort Stewart wasn't such a good idea after all. It's getting harder and harder to find a safe audience for W to appear in front of, even when they are under orders to behave.

:hi: from NoFla