Comments on: Scrooge strikes a Soldier’s Angel http://parentszone.org/2008/12/06/scrooge-strikes-a-soldiers-angel/ Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:02:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: LAW http://parentszone.org/2008/12/06/scrooge-strikes-a-soldiers-angel/comment-page-1/#comment-938 LAW Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:04:48 +0000 http://parentszone.org/?p=320#comment-938 great answer! I'd have said something a lot less polite~... LAW great answer! I’d have said something a lot less polite~…

LAW

]]> By: Mamaw http://parentszone.org/2008/12/06/scrooge-strikes-a-soldiers-angel/comment-page-1/#comment-937 Mamaw Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:15:55 +0000 http://parentszone.org/?p=320#comment-937 I received this email from someone on my list: "The solders these days have it lucky. What did the solders in WW1 and WW2 have? They can go without blankets." My reply? "In response to your e-mail: One of the first places that the wounded soldiers are taken is to the base in Germany. We have better technology but being wounded now is like being wounded back then and this is what the article was about-items going to the hospital for our wounded. "In Germany, Phillips supports wounded and sick troops undergoing treatment at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Many of them are transferred there directly from the front lines and have nothing more than the clothes on their backs." The items stolen by some low life in Compton was intended for those injured soldiers. WWI and WWII were fought in areas of the world that are different than Iraq and Afghanistan. And our soldiers out in the field are eatting MRE's, suffering biting cold at night as well as extreme heat during the day, just like they did 50/more years ago. Today we are fighting, just like we did then, for someone who could not stand on their own against what amounts to a bully agressor. And granted, Claymore mines of yesteryear are very similiar to IED's of today and weaponry has changed a little but families, friends, American Red Cross, USO were sending the same things we are sending now for those who are fighting, getting wounded and dying. They sent blankets, cigarettes, candy, cookies, cards, letters, small-fake xmas trees, coffee and more. Those of us with children, husbands, wives, etc., in the military know that much of what you see in the movies has "romanticized" what actually happens and if you don't feel anything, well, you don't have to send anything. Enjoy the freedom that past Americans and our founding fathers and their families fought for, and that our current, patriotic Americans are still fighting for in many, many ways. You don't have to agree with the war, it's not about politics, it's about American men and women (and many from other countries as well) who have volunteered to do what they are doing what they feel is the right thing to do and sending a little something from home to let them know that they are being thought of. Thank you for your question and statement, it made me realize that many people are unaware of what actually happens to our wounded, maybe volunteering in the community with some of our wounded or at the USO to see lonely soldiers away from home would open the eyes of more people as to what is necessary and what is appreciated by those who have spent years away from home in our defense. I received this email from someone on my list:
“The solders these days have it lucky. What did the solders in WW1 and WW2 have? They can go without blankets.” My reply? “In response to your e-mail: One of the first places that the wounded soldiers are taken is to the base in Germany. We have better technology but being wounded now is like being wounded back then and this is what the article was about-items going to the hospital for our wounded.

“In Germany, Phillips supports wounded and sick troops undergoing treatment at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center.
Many of them are transferred there directly from the front lines and have nothing more than the clothes on their backs.”

The items stolen by some low life in Compton was intended for those injured soldiers. WWI and WWII were fought in areas of the world that are different than Iraq and Afghanistan. And our soldiers out in the field are eatting MRE’s, suffering biting cold at night as well as extreme heat during the day, just like they did 50/more years ago. Today we are fighting, just like we did then, for someone who could not stand on their own against what amounts to a bully agressor. And granted, Claymore mines of yesteryear are very similiar to IED’s of today and weaponry has changed a little but families, friends, American Red Cross, USO were sending the same things we are sending now for those who are fighting, getting wounded and dying. They sent blankets, cigarettes, candy, cookies, cards, letters, small-fake xmas trees, coffee and more. Those of us with children, husbands, wives, etc., in the military know that much of what you see in the movies has “romanticized” what actually happens and if you don’t feel anything, well, you don’t have to send anything. Enjoy the freedom that past Americans and our founding fathers and their families fought for, and that our current, patriotic Americans are still fighting for in many, many ways.

You don’t have to agree with the war, it’s not about politics, it’s about American men and women (and many from other countries as well) who have volunteered to do what they are doing what they feel is the right thing to do and sending a little something from home to let them know that they are being thought of.

Thank you for your question and statement, it made me realize that many people are unaware of what actually happens to our wounded, maybe volunteering in the community with some of our wounded or at the USO to see lonely soldiers away from home would open the eyes of more people as to what is necessary and what is appreciated by those who have spent years away from home in our defense.

]]> By: LAW http://parentszone.org/2008/12/06/scrooge-strikes-a-soldiers-angel/comment-page-1/#comment-935 LAW Sat, 06 Dec 2008 12:51:40 +0000 http://parentszone.org/?p=320#comment-935 catching the creep would be great - but replacing what was taken - even better. LAW catching the creep would be great – but replacing what was taken – even better.

LAW

]]> By: Shane http://parentszone.org/2008/12/06/scrooge-strikes-a-soldiers-angel/comment-page-1/#comment-932 Shane Sat, 06 Dec 2008 06:44:07 +0000 http://parentszone.org/?p=320#comment-932 Man...that is really awful! I am going to post this on our website, just to make sure it gets all of the exposure it needs to hopefully catch the culprit. Man…that is really awful! I am going to post this on our website, just to make sure it gets all of the exposure it needs to hopefully catch the culprit.

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