[Peace-discuss] Obama is a pig

[E. Wayne Johnson]

Carl!

Take that back, sir!

You must not so abuse the pigs with your careless words!

Wayne.

ps:

They seem to use real bullets, just as one fellow noted on Omaha 
beach... Real bullets.




On 10/18/2009 9:18 PM, C. G. Estabrook wrote:
>   Mother's final duty to soldier son -- escort his body home
>
>   Spc. Stephan Mace was one of eight who died in October 3 battle in 
> Afghanistan
>   Vanessa Adelson: "It was my responsibility as a mother to bring him 
> home"
>   Residents of Purcellville, Virginia, join Adelson in mourning loss 
> of Mace
>   Mace gave his St. Christopher medal to fellow soldiers before he died
>
>   By Rachel Streitfeld CNN
>
> PURCELLVILLE, Virginia (CNN) -- When the Army flew home the body of 
> Spc. Stephan Mace from Afghanistan, his mother climbed aboard a small 
> jet with the flag-draped coffin for the last leg of his trip.
>
> Vanessa Adelson would not let her 21-year-old son make his final 
> journey home alone.
>
> "I brought him into this world, and he was my baby," she said. "I 
> thought it was my responsibility as a mother to bring him home."
>
> Mace and seven other soldiers were killed this month in a Taliban 
> attack on their remote outpost in eastern Afghanistan, making it the 
> deadliest battle for U.S. troops in Afghanistan since July 2008.
>
> All eight were assigned to the 3rd Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, 
> 4th Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, based at Fort Carson, 
> Colorado.
>
> The October 3 battle saw Taliban insurgents at one point surging past 
> the outer perimeter of Forward Operating Base Keating in Afghanistan's 
> Kamdesh District. The battle lasted about 12 hours, with the most 
> ferocious fighting raging for about seven hours.
>
> The base, in a valley, is surrounded by ridge lines where the 
> insurgents were able to fire down at U.S. and Afghan troops. The 
> facility had been scheduled to be closed within days, CNN later learned.
>
> Three days after the deadly fight, Mace's mother attended the 
> Dignified Transfer of her son, then returned home with him from Dover 
> Air Force Base in Delaware.
>
> Since May, Mace had been on his first deployment in Afghanistan, 
> following a childhood dream of joining the Army. He planned to 
> continue his career in service after his Army stint by joining the 
> Department of Homeland Security or the CIA, his mother said.
>
> Instead, he will be buried Monday in Arlington National Cemetery.
>
> Back in Mace's small, tight-knit community in Purcellville, Virginia, 
> many found it hard to believe the solemn military procession through 
> the center of town earlier this month was the last they would ever see 
> of their friend.
>
> "If I could describe Stephan, I would picture him flying through the 
> air on a dirt bike living his life on the edge," said Sam Chapman, 
> childhood friend and football buddy. "If more people in this country 
> had the passion and the determination and the courage that Stephan 
> had, it would without a doubt be a better place. He was just a great 
> guy."
>
> Mace, described as a Moto Cross champion, football player, hunter and 
> all around fun-loving, loyal friend, was the kind of child that 
> coaches and teachers remember. And when his body was brought back to 
> Purcellville, the community turned out in support. Hundreds of people 
> lined the streets, saluting and waving flags as Mace's family brought 
> him home.
>
> "It was great to the see the kids and the families stand there and 
> when the motorcade crossed the crest of the hill [into town] it was 
> just silence.... It was holy," said Purcellville Mayor Robert Lazaro. 
> "I think we wanted to say to the Mace family, 'Thank you. We respect 
> what your son has done for us.' "
>
> Mace was awarded six medals for his service, including a Bronze Star 
> and a Purple Heart. But for his mother, the most precious is the medal 
> of St. Christopher, the patron saint of travelers, that her son wore 
> into battle.
>
> She gave him the medal when he was 15 and preparing for a trip to 
> South Africa. Now, after speaking to one of Mace's friends who 
> survived the outpost attack, Adelson knows her son reached for that 
> medal in his last moments. She was told that in his last moments 
> alive, Mace took off his medal and gave it to his fellow soldiers.
>
> "That's how Stephan was," Adelson said. "Here this kid is dying, and 
> he was more worried about the other soldiers that he took his St. 
> Christopher off and gave it to them."
>
> She has also learned her son lived for about half an hour after 
> sustaining wounds to the chest and leg. Adelson finds this detail 
> comforting.
>
> "I'm glad Stephan didn't die right away because he was allowed to give 
> that one gift to his unit and give them the St. Christopher and that 
> he also was able to feel God come to him and take him away," she said. 
> "That he was able to ponder and have a last chance, a last moment, to 
> think about his family and have God take him."
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/10/18/mother.soldier.return/index.html
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