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Rich KleinSomewhat germane to this discussion:
A few years ago; my beloved Alma Mater (Columbia) hosted a forum and one of the speakers basically said (I'm not quoting here and going from memory -- so forgive me if not everything is cited properly) that all American troops in Iraq should be treated the same way the soldiers were in the situation that was immortalized in Black Hawk down. At the time I was chatting on line with another of the players in my trivia game, who is a UCAL leftist (putting that midly) and he was appalled beyond belief at those words spouted.
That appalled me and what was worse, was the GUTLESS president of Columbia (Lee Bollinger) stood behind this nitwit and spouted some words about academic freedom; etc. No disciplinary actions were ever taken against this professor or the professors who believe in anti-semitism (there were several articles about this subject in the NY Times as well)
My point is, regardless of what your political beliefs are -- that the one group of people who need to be supported no matter what are our troops. Are they all perfect, um no. But it was not their decision to fight the war but it is their job to protect us and serve us and in that way they need our support.
I don't have the $$ to help out right now; I do other charitible things for groups I actively participate in; but anything you can do to help the troops who are far away is appreciated. One thing that I can do, if I have not thrown out the damned item -- is to give away my old cell phone-- held together by tape but still works -- so a soldier can make a 20 mintue call home for the holidays. You don't need a lot of $$ to do something nice for someone overseas. So if you can't afford the $100 -- donate an old cell phone -- trust me; the soldier would appreciate being to call home.
Regards
Rich