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Mr President, I’ll fly my flag at half staff on July 4

by Open-Publishing - Thursday 30 June 2005
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Wars and conflicts International Governments USA

I was struck by the demeanor of the 700 soldiers in dress uniform attending the President’s speech last night at Ft Bragg. They were polite. The singular time there was applause came at the prompting of a White House Advance team person.

The soldiers were the dignity and nobility in that room last night. Their Commander in Chief, our President seems to have a way with exploiting the dignity of our military and our loved ones deployed who are doing the grist of the ’hard work’ . The litany of disrespect shown to our troops by this President and this administration is a wearisome and growing list.

There will be much said about the President’s speech and I took my own notes. I will do as the President asked and fly my flag on July 4th. I will fly it at half staff in respect for the fallen soldiers, for the fallen ideals of what the United States of America has come to represent, and as an effort to represent with dignity the soldiers who fight under the auspices of our flag and do so in honor, integrity and good faith. They are doing their job and their Commander, the President, needs to do them justice by doing his job.

I will fly my flag for them, Mr President, in respect for them. I will fly it at half staff. Would that you would so order, in the deepest respect, that Americans fly their flags on the Fourth of July at half staff to honor the troops who are doing the job with their very lives.

I have checked the protocols regarding the flag and checked with my Governor’s office and there is no penalty or wrongdoing if I choose to fly my flag at half staff and when I indicated my reasons for wanting to do so I was given a welcome to do so....

Lietta Ruger, military family, 2 Iraq veterans facing second deployments to Iraq

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  • Quote..."the United States of America has come to represent, and as an effort to represent with dignity the soldiers who fight under the auspices of our flag and do so in honor, integrity and good faith. They are doing their job...."

    The job, it would seem, of holding the planet hostage while the haliburtons and militarists of this world pillage the oil of Iraq.

    What kind of collective intelligence does the u.s. military have? Can the soldiers not see and understand that they are serving those who ultimately are leading america into defeat and isolation of unknown magnitude.

    Differing slightly from what bush and the neo-con neocon media, here is a statement from the Iraqui "insurgents"....-

    The War Criminal Rumsfield has spoken of lies when he claimed negotiations, for he today curls in Pain.

    We Rafidan, represent part of the resistance factions, confirm only to reinforce a driven nail in this war criminal\’s head, that there is no such word \"negotiation\" in our political agenda. We have a phrase though, that calls to fight the invaders till their defeat, & war criminals are to be brought to justice, Iraq is to be compensated for the losses, & revenge must be taken from all those who supported the sanctions & the annihilation of the Iraqi people & their army.

    Let us all ask ourselves, why Rumsfield, Rice, & Blair, reiterated this lie in a synchronized manner!
    <<<<<<<<<<<<<..................................................................>>>>>>
    All enemy troops are to withdraw to the occupied city of Kuwait.

    – Then we sit under the exact same tent, that Schwarzkopf erected at Safwan, only this time it is to be erected in Matlaa the generally known and accepted borders of Iraq, and with the authorization of our new government, which will be declared soon at the correct timing from our Baghdad, we will negotiate your surrender !

    Full statement... from [
    http://www.iraq-war.ru/article/55305]