On Tue, 27 Dec 2005 15:24:48 +0000
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>
>
> 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 <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> 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 <
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> > 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
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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
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> > 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
>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent:
Monday, December 26, 2005 12:03 PM
> > To:
[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [TruthTalk] Real men kill people
> >
> > real women marry murderers??
> >
> >
On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 13:51:41 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Has he ever killed anyone from a mile and half away?
> >
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> >
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)
