Time: Thu Mar 27 03:09:59 1997 by primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA17573; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:24:56 -0700 (MST) by usr08.primenet.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id LAA29220; Thu, 27 Mar 1997 11:24:38 -0700 (MST) Date: Thu, 27 Mar 1997 03:05:24 -0800 To: (Recipient list suppressed) From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: SLS: L&J: Patriot Paradox and the Irony of Idealism (fwd) <snip> > >May the Lord God bless Commander Olson for his words of inspiration. I >couldn't have said it any better! > >Thanks, Todd, for sharing them with us! > >AT1 David M. Gonzalez >U.S. Navy (Ret.) > >Wheeling, Illinois > > >On Thu, 20 Mar 1997, Todd Gillespie wrote: > >> >> Forwarded message: >> >> Veterans, some career soldiers, pledged their life to preserve >> Liberty and Freedom and Justice. Yet they face a government >> supporting the disposal of more than 30 million countrymen and >> women while in infancy. --- The soldier cannot reconcile his >> life of devotion to an ideal that is denounced by the very >> government he vowed to obey, and the life he was willing to die >> to save is now wasted with the protection of law. >> >> And you ask why he's angry and disallusioned! >> >> The veteran soldier served in Vietnam so that he could be >> poisoned by agent orange or slaughtered in a hopeless war because >> it was conducted by a government did not want decisive victory. >> The victor did not return home, only the man to be spat upon by his >> countrymen, or forgotten in rotting veterans hospitals, or made to >> be criminals by Hollywood. Johnny came marching home to >> rejection, vilification, and scorn. >> >> And you ask why he is angry and disillusioned! >> >> The veteran soldier tried again and went to fight in the desert oil >> fields where he was poisoned again, only to find that his purpose >> was the financial ambition of international oil corporations that have >> not lifted as much as finger to help him as his poisoned body >> wastes away and his deformed children struggle to find some >> happiness in their tormented and twisted little bodies. >> >> And you ask why he is angry and disillusioned! >> >> The veteran soldier understands the economics of war and the >> cost involved. He knows that the enemy's control center must >> be destroyed FIRST. He knows that without a command head the >> serpent will be helpless. He understands the irony that >> killing a few may provide life to many. --- The soldier sees >> things clearly from his experience and perspective. Then he >> hears from those who say they champion life but who are unwilling >> to fight the fight to preserve the life. Moreover they will >> condemn the soldier who even suggests that tactical removal >> of certain key individuals will end the slaughter. >> >> And you ask why he's angry and disillusioned! >> >> And so the soldier takes his stand to protect the innocent, >> the helpless, the widows, from the abuses of power-hungry >> government. His cause is joined by others who also defend life >> and the defenseless. --- Until he hears from those who pretend >> to hold the noble cause declare that the soldier is in fact the >> criminal, the bomber, the butcher, and the bloodthirsty tyrant. >> >> And you ask why he's angry and disillusioned! >> >> The soldier stands proudly and courageously in the presence >> of tryants and oppressers, thinking he is solidly in the shadow >> of His Lord and Savior, believing his life of selfless devotion >> to protect the poor and the innocent is his God-given life's >> work. --- Until he is accused by those who pretend to be Christians >> accuse him of evil and godless motives. >> >> And you ask why he's angry and disillusioned! >> >> That soldier ekes out an spartan but happy existence, trying >> valiantly to make a life his family, hoping to leave his children with >> something better. --- Until he is crushed down by taxcollectors, >> land robbers, and bureaucracy... Until his little business is >> driven out of existence by fees, licenses, rules, ordinances, >> and regulations. Until he's reduced to nothing.. The purpose >> and cause for which he gave his entire life and career is taken >> from him! And the very reason he is a soldier: so that others >> could live free and prosper, is denied to him. >> >> And you ask why he's angry and disillusioned! >> >> This injustice and the paradox of the patriot continue to build >> as all of his values and principles are mocked and assaulted by >> the very people he thought would understand what he did and why >> he did it. >> >> One day the scales of justice will be balanced, for the soldier >> is not alone. The voices of the multitudes are blending in >> concert and the hearts of millions are beating in a rhythm >> that will one day explode into action. And one day soon the >> egregious wrongs will be righted and the principals and ideals >> of the noble crusader will be lifted as a banner bright. >> >> And the scorners will huddle together in their own darkened ignorance, >> never understanding that the soldier whose life is shaped by powers >> and transcendent values lives and acts from within. And in a better >> world there remains hope. >> >> And the fight of the soldier continues for it is who he is. >> >> >> Kind Regards, >> >> Norm Olson, Commander >> Northern Michigan Regional Militia >> and Pastor, Freedom Church >> and career military retiree. ======================================================================== Paul Andrew, Mitchell, B.A., M.S. : Counselor at Law, federal witness email: [address in tool bar] : Eudora Pro 3.0.1 on Intel 586 CPU web site: http://www.supremelaw.com : library & law school registration ship to: c/o 2509 N. 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