Oh, yeah, they IGNORED the WARS/OCCUPATIONS AGAIN!!!
"In Iraq, holiday festivities are muted; For most troops, July 4th was a typical workday" by Maya Alleruzzo, Associated Press | July 5, 2008
BAQUBAH, Iraq - It was the second July Fourth in Iraq for Staff Sergeant Edgar Covarrubias. No family barbecue and no fireworks, but Covarrubias said he would call his mother, wife, and children to share the day anyway.
Across Iraq, Independence Day was a typical workday for most US troops. But the military threw in a taste of home at larger bases with ribs, corn on the cob, and red-white-and-blue cakes.
For some service members, the day was a reminder of their duty to their country. At Camp Victory outside Baghdad, 1,215 troops from the Army, Marines, and other services reenlisted in a mass swearing-in ceremony led by General David Petraeus, the top war commander.
If they want to reenlist for this war criminal atrocity, then I'll shut up.
Stay there forever then, guys.
At least two husband-and-wife couples were among those signing up for another military stint. In front of an immense American flag hung in the rotunda of the palace headquarters of the US military in Iraq, the troops saluted Petraeus, then sang "God Bless America."
You getting your fill of it all, America?
Next year it will be your kids in the article promoting the occupation and domination of far-away lands!
The holiday celebrations for US troops were leaner at smaller outposts closer to the violence. There it meant a can of meat and some cookies.
Your FRONT LINE celebration!
"We are not going to stop our operations to celebrate the Fourth of July," said Sergeant Mark Johnson, 26, at a small joint US-Iraqi outpost in the city of Iskandariyah, some 30 miles south of Baghdad.
And the MSM sure as hell ain't gonna report those "operations."
It was quiet yesterday at the Iskandariyah outpost, giving the men who weren't on duty time to watch movies on their laptops and exchange instant messages with friends back home.
"The holidays are not important," said First Lieutenant William Kuebler, 24, of Moville, Iowa, a member of the 101st Airborne Division.
Things were a bit more festive at Forward Operating Base Warhorse in Baqubah, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. There was a special menu in the chow hall and a three-on-three basketball tournament.
Sergeant Jacob Fultz, 22, of Gardner, Kan., also assigned to Warhorse, focused on the day's meaning.
"It's kind of like the fight's never over," Fultz said. "It started on July 4, 1776, and now it's 2008."
This guy has been listening to George Bush W. for too long!!
They couldn't find any antiwar voices, huh, readers?
Close my case, folks.
"Navy sailors get a star-spangled salute; USO fetes Bataan crew in North End" by Tania deLuzuriaga, Globe Staff | July 5, 2008
Didn't she write the shit scoop story? Pffffftttt!
The men and women stationed on the USS Bataan couldn't celebrate Independence Day with their own families yesterday, but the volunteers of the United Service Organizations New England wanted them to feel at home nonetheless.
The USO hosted the crew, along with local active and reserve military personnel from every branch, at its annual Fourth of July celebration at the US Coast Guard base in the North End.
In a flag ceremony during the event, Jean Eastman, the USO's executive director for New England, thanked the service members present for their service.
"We owe you more than thanks," she said. "You exemplify what it means to be Americans."
As "America the Beautiful" and "The Star Spangled Banner" were sung, an honor guard silently unfolded and refolded a soot-covered American flag that flew at the World Trade Center when it was attacked on Sept. 11, 2001.
Sigh! Why am I feeling hopeless, readers?!
There is that 9/11 lie again, and the shit-headed Amurkns are just lapping it up!
For Commander Brenda BradleyDavila, the chaplain on the USS Bataan, the opportunity to see the birthplace of the American Revolution "put the meat on the bones" of history.
She and the rest of the 1,100-person crew are in town for a few days for Harborfest and Boston Navy Week. But BradleyDavila said she has already called her husband and told him to return with their grandson.
"This is an absolutely wonderful place to be," said BradleyDavila, who is from Richmond. "I can see the remnants of our country's first beginnings."
Families started arriving at the base early yesterday morning to watch the USS Constitution perform its annual turnaround in Boston Harbor. Before long, grills were fired up, the Red Sox game was on, and children were running around waving American flags and eating cotton candy.
Yeah, never mind the ACTUAL WARS going on!
"What better way to spend the holiday than with the military?" said Stacey Carse, whose husband, Joel, is a Coast Guard lieutenant stationed at the base.
Yeah, yeah, Sig Heil!
A Navy veteran, Carse drove down to Boston from Epping, N.H., with her three children to spend the day.
"The kids love to tell people that their dad is in the Coast Guard," she said. "I think they're really proud."
With a mission to improve morale, welfare, and provide recreation-type services to the men and women in uniform, putting on a top-notch celebration for families and military alike is paramount, Eastman said.
"This could be a lonely day for them," she said. "What we do is convey the thanks of a grateful nation. . . . It's because of them that we enjoy the freedoms we do every day."
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Yeah, and that means AT LEAST 4,113 FAMILIES are feeling that way during the "celebrations" yesterday, damn you!
So BLOGGING PATRIOTS DON'T MATTER, huh?
But STARTING and FIGHTING WARS based upon UNHOLY LIES is O.K.!
Oh, yeah, Sig Heil (almost forgot).
