Posted by
AmeriDan on Thursday, December 20, 2007 7:18:42 AM
In a heart warming Christmas story- that the media will sweep under the preverbal rug quicker than a Democratic sex or fundraising scandal- our poor and defenseless "youths" of the United States Military saved a life.
Or are our Military members blood thirsty killbots this week? The media (and Democratic Party) version of the Military changes so often that I get them mixed up.
Thankfully, not all of the smart and brave people who are Americans, are sitting on their a$$ in some lecture hall listening to jOn caRErY tell them how smart they are not to be "stuck in Iraq".
It also seems that not every single person and piece of military hardware we have is tied up in Iraq.
Believe or not... our Military can chew gum and walk at the same time... without killing a single Iraqi infant in a baby milk factory that is hosting a wedding. Don't believe me, read this, but long story short...
"AP: An Illinois teenager whose appendix ruptured at sea, hundreds of miles from help, got safely to shore Tuesday after an unusual rescue in which the Navy airlifted her from a cruise ship for emergency surgery."
A fourteen year old girl on a cruise ship is about to die. Six thousand people aboard the USS Reagan "hit the gas to get there fast". Not too shabby considering that the ship the young lady was aboard was over five hundred miles away. Did they take her to a first class medical facility? Of course they did, the one located aboard the USS Reagan.
Only the United States of America can produce a warship like this, or the person that it's named after.
Aircraft carriers are often described as "floating cities". True enough, but they are also war zones, ready to pounce at a moments notice. In this case war was not involved- but a 14 year old girl was- and her life hung in the balance.
Why would we commit such awesome power and resources to this teenager? Because we can. It's what we do as a nation.
We are not the lost nation that you hear about everyday in the news.
We are the United States of America.
So stand tall and hold your head high even though you (nor I) did anything to save this young lady, we are a part of the country that did.
We are the United States of America.
-AmeriDan
Update: A picture of the USS Reagan steaming out of San Diego.
