January 20, 2003

Via born Bushie John Ellis comes this story from the NYSlimes which contains the following telling passage:
Tears Are the Rule of the Day as an American Armada Leaves

No one said they wanted war, and nothing said that better than the contorted faces of the 10,000 troops and their families as an armada of warships departed for the Persian Gulf. "There's a little pit in everybody's stomach," Sgt. Scott Hall of the Marine Expeditionary Force said on the pier of the Naval Station here.

But unlike the scene in any previous conflict, while the families said they feared for the safety of the troops, the troops said they feared for the safety of their families, as the threat of domestic terrorism seems as real as the threat of war.

"It used to be that people at home worried about you coming home," Sergeant Hall said, "but nowadays you worry about what's going on at home. Tell New York they're in my mind."

Wow. What a world.
We do live in strange and terrible times.
God be with these men and women and with us here at home, too.
The days may be upon us where America becomes exactly like Israel, where everyone is a soldier!