Toad
10-25-2008, 04:14 PM
The following is a blog entry written on Aug. 30, 2008, by
> Army Specialist Stephen Fortunato, who was killed Tuesday in
> Afghanistan when the vehicle he was riding in was blown by
> up an improvised explosive device. This entry was forwarded
> to the Globe by his mother, Elizabeth "Betty"
> Crawford.
>
> If I may …
>
>
> I'd like to say something....Just to get it out there
> so it is clear.To all the pampered and protected Americans
> who feel it is their duty to inform me that I am not
> fighting for their freedom, and that i am a pawn in
> Bush's agenda of greed and oil acquisition: Noted, and
> [expletive deleted] You.
>
>
> I am not a robot. i am not blind or ignorant to the state
> of the world or the implications of the "war on
> terrorism." i know that our leaders have made mistakes
> in the handling of a very sensitive situation, but do not
> for one second think that you can make me lose faith in what
> we, meaning America's sons, daughters, fathers, and
> mothers in uniform are doing.
>
> I am doing my part in fighting a very real enemy of the
> United States, i.e. Taliban, Al Qaida, and various other
> radical sects of Islam that have declared war on our way of
> life. Unless you believe the events of 9/11 were the result
> of a government conspiracy, which by the way would make you
> a MORON, there is no reasonable argument you can make
> against there being a true and dangerous threat that needs
> to be dealt with. i don't care if there are corporations
> leaching off the war effort to make money, and i don't
> care if you don't think our freedom within America's
> borders is actually at stake. i just want to kill those who
> would harm my family and friends. it is that simple. Even if
> this is just a war for profit or to assert America's
> power, so what? Someone has to be on top and I want it to be
> us. There's nothing wrong with wishing prosperity for
> your side.
>
> I am a proud American. i believe that my country allows me
> to live my life more or less however i want to, and believe
> me, i have seen what the alternative of that looks like. i
> also believe that our big scary government does way more
> than it has to to help complete [expletive deleted]-ups get
> back on their feet, a stark comparison to places where
> leaders just line their own pockets with gold while allowing
> the people who gave them their power and privilage to
> starve. I have chosen my corner. I back my country, and am
> proud to defend it against aggressors. Also, if you dare
> accuse us of being inhumane, or overly aggressive because we
> have rolled into someone else's country and blown some
> [expletive deleted] up and shot some people, let me remind
> you of just how inhumane we COULD be in defending ourselves.
> Let me remind you that we have a warhead that drops multiple
> bomblets from the stratosphere which upon impact, would turn
> all the sand in Iraq to glass, an d reduce every living
> thing there to dust. Do we use it? No. Instead we use the
> most humane weapon ever devised: the American soldier. We
> send our bravest (and perhaps admitably craziest) men and
> women into enemy territory, into harms way, to root out
> those whom we are after and do our best to leave innocent
> lives unscathed.
>
> ...One last thing...a proposal. i know it has been stated
> time and time again but i just think it is worthy of
> reiteration. If you find yourself completely disgusted with
> the way America is being ran, and how we handle things on
> the global stage, you can leave. Isn't that amazing? No
> one will stop you! If you are an anarchist, there are places
> you can go where there is no government to tell you
> anything. That's right...you are left solely to your own
> devices and you can handle the men who show up at your door
> with AKs in any way that you see fit. Just don't try
> good old American debate tactics on them because you will
> most likely end up bound and blind-folded, to have your head
> chopped off on the internet so your parents can see it.
> However if you insist on staying here and taking advantage
> of privilages such as free speach and WIC, keep the
> counter-productive [expletive deleted] to a minimum while
> the grown ups figure out how t o handle this god-awful mess
> in the middle east.
> Army Specialist Stephen Fortunato, who was killed Tuesday in
> Afghanistan when the vehicle he was riding in was blown by
> up an improvised explosive device. This entry was forwarded
> to the Globe by his mother, Elizabeth "Betty"
> Crawford.
>
> If I may …
>
>
> I'd like to say something....Just to get it out there
> so it is clear.To all the pampered and protected Americans
> who feel it is their duty to inform me that I am not
> fighting for their freedom, and that i am a pawn in
> Bush's agenda of greed and oil acquisition: Noted, and
> [expletive deleted] You.
>
>
> I am not a robot. i am not blind or ignorant to the state
> of the world or the implications of the "war on
> terrorism." i know that our leaders have made mistakes
> in the handling of a very sensitive situation, but do not
> for one second think that you can make me lose faith in what
> we, meaning America's sons, daughters, fathers, and
> mothers in uniform are doing.
>
> I am doing my part in fighting a very real enemy of the
> United States, i.e. Taliban, Al Qaida, and various other
> radical sects of Islam that have declared war on our way of
> life. Unless you believe the events of 9/11 were the result
> of a government conspiracy, which by the way would make you
> a MORON, there is no reasonable argument you can make
> against there being a true and dangerous threat that needs
> to be dealt with. i don't care if there are corporations
> leaching off the war effort to make money, and i don't
> care if you don't think our freedom within America's
> borders is actually at stake. i just want to kill those who
> would harm my family and friends. it is that simple. Even if
> this is just a war for profit or to assert America's
> power, so what? Someone has to be on top and I want it to be
> us. There's nothing wrong with wishing prosperity for
> your side.
>
> I am a proud American. i believe that my country allows me
> to live my life more or less however i want to, and believe
> me, i have seen what the alternative of that looks like. i
> also believe that our big scary government does way more
> than it has to to help complete [expletive deleted]-ups get
> back on their feet, a stark comparison to places where
> leaders just line their own pockets with gold while allowing
> the people who gave them their power and privilage to
> starve. I have chosen my corner. I back my country, and am
> proud to defend it against aggressors. Also, if you dare
> accuse us of being inhumane, or overly aggressive because we
> have rolled into someone else's country and blown some
> [expletive deleted] up and shot some people, let me remind
> you of just how inhumane we COULD be in defending ourselves.
> Let me remind you that we have a warhead that drops multiple
> bomblets from the stratosphere which upon impact, would turn
> all the sand in Iraq to glass, an d reduce every living
> thing there to dust. Do we use it? No. Instead we use the
> most humane weapon ever devised: the American soldier. We
> send our bravest (and perhaps admitably craziest) men and
> women into enemy territory, into harms way, to root out
> those whom we are after and do our best to leave innocent
> lives unscathed.
>
> ...One last thing...a proposal. i know it has been stated
> time and time again but i just think it is worthy of
> reiteration. If you find yourself completely disgusted with
> the way America is being ran, and how we handle things on
> the global stage, you can leave. Isn't that amazing? No
> one will stop you! If you are an anarchist, there are places
> you can go where there is no government to tell you
> anything. That's right...you are left solely to your own
> devices and you can handle the men who show up at your door
> with AKs in any way that you see fit. Just don't try
> good old American debate tactics on them because you will
> most likely end up bound and blind-folded, to have your head
> chopped off on the internet so your parents can see it.
> However if you insist on staying here and taking advantage
> of privilages such as free speach and WIC, keep the
> counter-productive [expletive deleted] to a minimum while
> the grown ups figure out how t o handle this god-awful mess
> in the middle east.