Comments on: Rep. Jeff Miller From Afghanistan: 40 Flag Draped Caskets, Honoring Those In Copter Crash

By: Thanks

Thanks — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 15:15:26 +0000

be to you Rep. Miller, and thanks be to all our fighting men and women
in past or future who risk their lives because we ask them.

ashamed, ASHAMED, I think not.
As one suggested we could have gone in and bombed them from
one end to the other till no one or nothing stood and it would have been
over, we do have NUKES. We could have killed them all to save our
young men and women from ever having to set foot on that soil where
so many have now died. We are not heathens and we are NOT ASHAMED.
We did what we thought was best and we tried not to indiscriminately kill
the innocent.

We should now tell our leaders enough, let them fight their own fights,
we are done.

By: Army Wife

Army Wife — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 13:15:58 +0000

My heart breaks for the families. I am the PROUD wife an Army Soldier. I may not agree with our political leaders decisions but when it comes to the Military as a whole I support and stand behind them 100%. Rep. Miller your words mean so much and knowing your representing Americans gives me hope for OUR Future at times when there is only doubt. I am PROUD of my Country, our Military, and my Husband

“SAD”- We may not be fighting an AMERICAN war but know that anytime one of our men and women are lost it is the most HONORABLE and not at all SHAMEFUL. They are told where to go, and they go no questions asked. They are doing and fighting for all of AMERICA.

To all the POW/MIA, you are not forgotten and always missed. To all of the Veterans, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. Your sacrifices and bravery paved the way to where we are today. To all of the men and women serving today, I salute, support, and stand behind you a strong and proud AMERICAN. To those serving overseas, COME HOME SOON!

“We cannot defend freedom abroad by deserting it at home.” Edward Murrow
GOD BLESS THE USA

By: JimD

JimD — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 12:30:23 +0000

To “Small Town Soldier”, I am right there with you brother. I joined the Air Force in 1983, and retired in 2005. Although I never saw the actual battlefields, I provide that reach-back service for the communication elements that were deploying. So I was talking to them as they set-up on the initial surges.

When a fellow member of the military is taken from us, it effects us all, in different ways. We do not ask for praise or even thanks…for most of us, it is just part of our job, a job we do willingly and without reservation.

To “SAD”, the members of the military do not get to pick where we go or who we have to fight. Is this war un-necessary, only time and history will tell. Personally, we should have finished with Afghanistan before we went to Iraq, carpet bombing the country from one-end to another until there wasn’t two bricks stuck together. I feel that the United States, like the Soviet Union will eventually pull out of this region. We are not seen as liberators by the local’s but as invaders. When we leave, they will still have to deal with the Taliban and Al-Qaida so no one in the local government is making too many waives.

By: Sad

Sad — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 02:53:24 +0000

How many more of our sons have to die before we wake up?

It is not honorable for a U.S. soldier to die fighting some unnecessary foreign war. It is in fact a shameful thing. All Americans ought to be ashamed of their government, its foreign policy, and the way it uses its military.

By: ProudArmyParent

ProudArmyParent — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 13:31:39 +0000

As a parent of a soldier I pay my respect and homage to those families that gave their loved one in the service of our country. May God be with you and comfort you all in your time of loss, as I know he was with your Sailor in their time of need. Our Country is truly blessed to have had your loved one serve in it’s armed forces. Once again…. THANK YOU!

All gave Some and Some gave All!

GOD BLESS

By: REF

REF — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 12:51:19 +0000

Praying for all the military an their families involved in such a horrific tragedy. I’m very thankful for the men an women who sacrifice an serve for our country..

By: Jane

Jane — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 11:09:23 +0000

Lord, comfort these families, let them know we share their pain and send them our deepest sympathy. Let those left to carry on know we at home support them with our prayers for their safety.

By: Small Town Soldier

Small Town Soldier — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 07:52:42 +0000

Rep. Miller, thank you. I am that kid who grew up in the small town. I joined the military to serve my country in a time of war. I went to those places that most people will never see. I have lost my friends in these places. I have seen, and lived, the terrible aftermath of what we have done to ourselves, fighting this war.

It is as refreshing as it is humbling to see an elected official (one that my family has had faith in for quite some time) go the extra mile to pay homage to the troops and to speak publicly of what our sacrifices means to them, and disregarding whatever the “naysayers” may think of it. Your place in our nation’s capitol is well-earned, Rep. Miller.

Your words could not have struck any deeper. We, America’s fighting force, wonder if we’ve been forgotten, sometimes. We fight on, regardless. But, our sacrifices often go unheard and unrecognized by the general public. The American people NEED to know who these brave men and women are. They NEED to know that we’re still there. We’re still fighting. And, seeing it penned from YOUR hand solidifies to US that there are still political figures that care.

Thank you for your words. Being from Northwest Escambia and knowing several others that are, as well, it’s good to know that when we have YOUR back, you have OURS.