This photo was taken by a soldier in Afghanistan of a helo rescue mission. The pilot is a PA Guard guy who flies EMS choppers in civilian life. Now how many people on the planet you reckon could set the ass end of a chopper down on the roof top of a shack on a steep mountain cliff and hold it there while soldiers load wounded men in the rear??? If this does not impress you ... nothing ever will. Gives me the chills and a serious case of the vertigo ... I can't even imagine having the nerve ... much less the talent and ability ... God Bless our military!!!!!
As a younger brother of a man who did two tours of Vietnam, I have an abounding and deep respect for our military. Those young men and women who serve our country deserve every ounce of respect and love we can muster. I hate this war, though. I don't think we should be there, I never have. We armed the soldiers in Afghanistan a nd Iraq that we are now fighting against. The last 35 years have seen the biggest bonehaeds in office in the country's history. Will there ever be a Truman, a Lincoln, a Teddy Roosevelt again? I am beginning to have my doubts.
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