On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:24:48 +0000
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writes:
>
>
> Back to your old tactics of adding words
and meaning to my post.
> If you cannot accept my explanation of
what I wrote AND, at the
> same time, feel the need to add wording
to the post, I see no
> point in continuing the
discussion. jd
> From: Judy Taylor <
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>
> Well JD the tone of your email was negative so I read it as
>
something
> > other than a compliment along with the fact
>
> that most of the time cute little rich girls are spoiled
pagans.
> Do you
> > know of one cute little rich
girl celebrity who
> > is a "steadfast" believer in the Lord
Jesus Christ? If not then
> this is
> > not a
description of Linda. jt.
> >
> >
> >
On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 05:06:40 +0 000
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writes:
> > Nothing wrong with being a cute little rich girl,
Judy. You have
> > fashioned an argument for no good
reason. I do not need lessons
> on
> > wealth
and happiness. The contrast between her young life in
>
Oregon and
> > the life she now has as a successful doctor's wife
has to be
> remarkable.
> > And it my understanding that
she rather enjoys her present
> circumstance.
> >
You made too much of my second paragraph below.
> >
> > jd
> >
> > From: Judy Taylor <
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>
>
> > JD, what's this "cute little rich girl" stuff?
Haven't you read
> what
> > Linda has been writing all
these years.
> > She has hardly had a "cute little rich girl"
life. Anyway money
> does not
> > make anyone happy.
Our daughter is
> > married to someone who makes big bucks but is
proving to be
> spiritually,
> > emotionally, and morally
desolate.
> > Ask her if "rich is where it is at?" She is
cute and so are our
> three
> > grandaughters but it is
not enough. Hurting
> > ppl hurt other people and seldom hold
themselves responsible.
> judyt
> >
> > On
Mon, 26 Dec 2005 23:47:25 +0000
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writes:
> > I don't consider you as one who is qualified to
discuss anything
> > concerning the condition of the
heart. You will disagree, of
> course,
> >
but you have shown a distinct harshness towards those who disagree
> with
> > you, who are not of the same poltitical
party, who do not share
> the same
> > social
standing (i.e. the poor blacks in N.O.) . Still, at other
&g
t; times,
> > you almost seem human.
> >
> > Your account of the home in Oregon perhaps
explains why you
> enjoy, so
> > much, being a cute little
rich girl.
> >
> > jd
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> >
From: "ShieldsFamily" <
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> >
> > You and your ilk cant tell the difference
between war heroes and
> > murderers. Your loss. What
a pitiful state of mind. What an
> empty
> >
heart. iz
> >
> >
> >
>
>
> > From:
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> [
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of
>
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Monday, December 26, 2005 12:03 PM
> > To:
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> Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Real men kill people
> >
> > real women marry murderers??
> >
>
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:51:41 +0000
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writes:
> > Has he ever killed anyone from a mile and half
away?
> >
> > -------------- Original message
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> > From: "ShieldsFamily" <
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> > Its great to know there are some real men in Canada, in
spite of
> the
> > wimps that run the P.C.
government. (In fact, my husband was born
> on a
> >
US AF base in Newfoundland. J ) iz
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sniping with the .50 BMG in
Afghanistan
> > New long-di stance record set!
> >
> > (The following is from the Canadian newspaper National Post.
The
> shooters
> > were using .50 BMG rifles that had
Lilja barrels on them outfitted
> with
> > Nightforce
5.5-22x NXS scopes.)
> > OTTAWA BLOCKS U.S. EFFORT TO HONOUR OUR
SNIPERS: Canadian snipers
> pose
> > with their 50-calibre
rifle at base camp in Kandahar. Five of the
> men,
> >
whose names the military withheld for security reasons, were
>
nominated
> > for Bronze Stars by the U.S. for their prowess in
fighting near
> Gardez.
> > The sixth joined the unit
later in the war.
> > Wait due to 'Canadian protocol'
>
> A kill from 2,430 metres
> > By Michael Smith and Chris
Wattie
> > National Post
> >
> > The United
States wants to give two teams of Canadian snipers the
>
Bronze
> > Star, a decoration for bravery, for their work in
rooting out
> Taliban and
> > al-Qaeda holdouts in eastern
Afghanistan, but Canadian defence
> officials
> > put the
medals on hold, the National Post has learned.
> > The five
snipers spent 19 days fighting alongside the scout
> platoon
of
> > the United States Army's 187th "Rakkasan" brigade last
month,
> clearing
> > out diehard fighters from the
mountains near Gardez in eastern
> > Afghanistan.
> >
The Americans were so impressed by the Canadian snipers that they
>
> recommended them for medals after the battle.
> > Sources
told the Post that U.S. General Warren Edwards had already
>
signed
> > the recommendation for five Bronze Stars for the
sniper teams,
> drawn from
> > 3rd Battalion, Princess
Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, last
> month.
> > Gen.
Edwards, deputy commanding general of coalition land forces
>
in
> > Afghanistan, had recommended three Canadians for a Bronz e
Star and
> two
> > for a Bronze Star with
distinction.
> > The night before the troops were to be awarded
the medals, about
> three
> > weeks ago, Canadian military
officials in Ottawa put the
> decorations on
> > hold,
according to a U.S. Army source in Afghanistan.
> > The Canadian
military told their U.S. counterparts to wait before
> > awarding
the medals for reasons of "Canadian protocol."
> > Spokesmen for
the Department of National Defence would not comment
> on
the
> > award last night, but a source within the department said
the
> medals are
> > on hold while the military decides
whether or not to award the men
> a
> > similar Canadian
decoration.
> > However, Dr. David Bercuson, director of the
Centre of Military
> and
> > Strategic Studies at the
University of Calgary, said the real
> reason for
> > the
delay was likely official squeamishness.
&g t; > "Canadians
don't kill -- they don't even use the word kill; that's
>
the
> > problem," he said. "I think the military is not sure that
the
> government
> > is prepared to accept the fact, let
alone celebrate the fact ...
> that
> > Canadian soldiers
do sometimes end up killing people."
> > Many of the U.S. scouts
who worked directly with the Canadian
> snipers
> > were
incensed that the Canadians did not get the Bronze Star, the
>
medal
> > for bravery the U.S. military usually gives foreign
soldiers
> serving
> > alongside its troops.
> >
The snipers themselves, all of whom spoke on condition their names
> not be
> > printed, have said they would prefer to
receive a medal from their
> peers
> > in the field rather
than from National Defence Headquarters in
> Ottawa.
> >
Dr. Bercuson said there should be no objection to Canadians
>
receiving a
> > U .S. decoration: As recently as the Gulf War,
two Canadian CF-18
> pilots
> > were given the Bronze
Star.
> > He said the medals would be a badly needed boost to the
morale of
> the
> > almost 900 Canadian soldiers on the
ground in Afghanistan,
> especially
> > after four of
their comrades were killed and eight others wounded
> in
last
> > week's friendly fire incident.
> > "Absolutely
they should get it," Dr. Bercuson said. "It would be
> good
for
> > the morale of the guys and good for the morale of the
whole unit,
> and
> > they need a morale boost right
now."
> > Canadian snipers were reportedly outstanding in the
fighting
> around the
> > mountainous al-Qaeda bastion
east of Gardez, code-named Operation
> > Anaconda.
> >
The battle pitted the two Canadian sniper teams against an enemy
>
that
> > showered the assaulting coalition troops with mortars
and
& gt; machine-gun
> > fire as soon as they jumped
from their helicopters.
> > One member of the team, a corporal
from Newfoundland, said on his
> first
> > night in combat
he and his partner got an al-Qaeda machine gun in
> their
>
> sights as it was hailing bullets down on U.S. troops below.
>
Crawling up
> > into a good position, they set up their
.50-calibre rifle -- the
> McMillan
> > Tac-50, a weapon
the corporal compares to having superhuman power
> in your
>
> hands. "Firing it feels like someone slashing you on the back of
> your
> > hockey helmet with a hockey stick." (These are
the rifles fitted
> with
> > Lilja .50 caliber barrels and
Nightforce NXS scopes.)
> > When he hit his first target, an
enemy gunman at a distance of
> 1,700
> > metres, he said
all that ran through his mind was locating his
> next
> >
target.
> > "All I thought of was Sept . 11th and all those
people who didn't
> have a
> > chance and the American
reporter who was taken hostage, murdered
> and his
> >
wife getting the videotape of the execution; that is my
>
justification."
> > A master corporal from Ontario, the lead
sniper of his three-man
> team,
> > said when they first
landed in the combat zone "our spider senses
> were
> >
tingling.... It was night and we didn't know what to expect."
> >
By daylight, after coming under enemy machine-gun fire, he managed
> to
> > ease his rifle barrel between two rocks and
quickly located an
> enemy
> > sniper hiding behind a
small piece of corrugated steel between two
> trees.
> >
He guessed the distance at 1,700 metres and fired one shot through
> the
> > metal, killing the man instantly.
> >
He said afterward he remembered thinking: "That's one less bullet
>
that's
> > gonna be coming at us, one less person we have to
think about."
> > During the next four days of fighting, the
Newfoundland corporal
> set what
> > is believed to be a
record for a long-distance shot under combat
> > conditions,
hitting an enemy gunman at a distance of 2,430 metres.
> > The
days of crawling, shooting and long hours waiting in cover
> left
the
> > Canadian snipers exhausted. "You don't realize what
you've done to
> your
> > body and how tired you are till
it's all done. I think we slept 14
> or 15
> > hours when
we got back," the master corporal said.
> > Three of them, along
with U.S. special forces soldiers, also
> rescued a
> >
company of the U.S. 101st Airborne Division that was pinned down
>
by enemy
> > fire on the first day of Operation Anaconda.
>
> They also participated in Operation Harpoon, with Canadian troops
> on "the
> > whale," a mountain overlooking the Shah-e
-Kot valley where
> al-Qaeda
> > fighters were putting up
stiff resistance.
> > Operation Harpoon, carried out in
conjunction with Operation
> Anaconda,
> > consisted of
500 Canadian and 100 U.S. troops under the command of
> >
Lieutenant-Colonel Pat Stogran, who leads Canadian Forces in
>
Afghanistan
> > in the biggest ground offensive since the Korean
War.
> > Lieutenant Justin Overbaugh, of the American scout
platoon to
> which the
> > Canadian snipers were attached,
said it was a pleasure to work
> with the
> > Canadian
troops. "Their professionalism was amazing," Lieut.
>
Overbaugh
> > said. "The Canadians were a very large asset to the
mission. I
> would have
> > loved to have 12 Canadian
sniper teams out there. I'd have no
> problems
> >
fighting alongside of them again."
> > He said the Canadian
snipers had equipment far superior to theirs.
> Their
> >
rifles had longer range than the U.S. weapons and better high-tech
>
> sights. Lieut. Overbaugh said if another mission comes up, he
will
> > request the Canadian sniper teams be sent with his
unit.
> > Senior military officials in Ottawa made a point of
praising their
> work
> > at the time. "The sniper teams
suppressed enemy mortars and heavy
> > machine-gun positions with
deadly accuracy," Vice-Admiral Greg
> Maddison
> > said
after Operation Harpoon ended. "Their skills are credited
>
with
> > likely having saved many allied lives."
>
>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
judyt &nbs
p;
>
>
>
> > He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
>
>
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
> >
> >
> >
>
>
judyt
>
>
>
> > He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
>
is a liar (1 John 2:4)
>
>
>
judyt
He that says "I know Him" and doesn't keep His
Commandments
is a liar (1 John
2:4)