Jakeneck

Wednesday, May 19, 2004

Fascist Propaganda

This was sent to me by a co-worker who handles all of our government
contract sales accounts (although, not me):

I thought it appropriate to share this- a poignant story which I
received from a friend of mine whose father was the Navy flyer who
spotted the Japanese fleet at the historic Battle of Midway, the
turning point in WWII, in the Pacific.

Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Recently the
Sergeant Major of the Army, Jack Tilley, was with a group of people
visiting the wounded soldiers. He saw a Special Forces soldier who
had lost his right hand and suffered severe wounds of his face and
side of his body. The SMA wanted to honor him and show him respect
without offending, but what can you say or do in such a situation
that will encourage and uplift? How do you shake the right hand of a
soldier who has none? He decided to act as though the hand was not
missing and gripped the soldiers wrist while speaking words of
comfort and encouragement to him.

But there was another man in that group of visitors who had even
brought his wife with him to visit the wounded who knew exactly what
to do. This man reverently took the soldiers stump of a hand in both
of his hands, bowed at the bedside and prayed for him.

When he finished the prayer he stood up, bent over the soldier and
kissed him on the head and told him that he loved him.

What a powerful expression of love for one of our wounded heroes!

And what a beautiful Christ-like example!

What kind of a man would do such a thing ?

It was the wounded man's Commander-in-Chief, George W. Bush;
President of the United States.

This story was told by the SMA at a Soldiers Breakfast held at Red
Stone Arsenal, AL, and recorded by Chaplain James Henderson,
stationed there.


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