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
> >
> >
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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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> [
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On Behalf Of
>
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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
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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)
