(Hat Tip: California Conservative)

Your Freedom to…

Your freedom to hate the US Military,
Your freedom to vilify those prosecuting the
Global War on Terror,
Your freedom to burn Old Glory, our standard,
the banner of freedom,
Your freedom to key my truck because you
hate my showing pride in my service,
Your freedom to be born and later carelessly
take the life of the unborn,
Your freedom to feel guilt for your own success
because others are not,
Your freedom to stand in awe of this great country…
This is your freedom, paid for by 480,000 servicemembers being honored at the WWII Memorial in Washington D.C. Each star represents 100 souls and the memorial has 4,800 stars.

Will you continue to disrespect this man, someone’s Dad, someone’s GrandPa, someone who truly knows what freedom means? Can you take for granted, with all you have today, the freedom this man’s brothers in arms sacrificed? Are you so bent on being right that you have forgotten the fact that previous governments and regimes would snuff an inconsequential person such as yourself without a care? Has the value of freedom paid by so many been lost on you, ’cause you forgot? Do you not see that freedom is costly, requires commitment and sacrifice, and cannot be taken lightly?

Freedom is earned. It is blood, sweat, tears, and long periods of time alone in foreign lands and at home. It is a path not all take. It is the families left behind that continue to pay the day to day sacrifices for freedom.

Your freedom must be cherished, because you have been given the greatest gift.

God Speed to all before me. God Bless those left behind.

If you listen to all the BS coming from the MSM in the last couple of days, it sounds like the liberal left in America and the main stream media are grieving the loss of the great Al-Qaeda leader, Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. They can't seem to come to grips with their loss.

Some are already throwing around and spreading military misconduct rumors like this AP story that cites an unidentified source claiming to see American soldiers ripping Zarqawi from an ambulance and beating him to death after finding him alive after the bombings.

The Iraqi, identified only as Mohammed, said residents put a bearded man in an ambulance before U.S. forces arrived. He said the man was found lying next to an irrigation canal.

"He was still alive. We put him in the ambulance, but when the Americans arrived they took him out of the ambulance, they beat him on his stomach and wrapped his head with his dishdasha, then they stomped on his stomach and his chest until he died and blood came out of his nose," Mohammed said, without saying how he knew the man was dead.

Yeah this sounds like a reliable source with a believable story to me.

Let me say this, If true... Who cares?

I hope the last thing that went through his mind was a US military issue, size 11, boot. OK?

This is absolutely crazy. We drop two (2), 500 lbs. bombs on the bastard. What does the left expect us to do... run in and save his life? Maybe some mouth to mouth resuscitation to save the sorry murdering creeps life?

Maybe mama Sheehan and papa Berg will help nurse him back to good health for us all. You know... just to show... no hard feelings.

GET A LIFE PEOPLE!

But No Worries... Democrats Vow to Fight On After Zarqawi Loss
From the Scrappleface Network Newsroom
by Scott Ott

(2006-06-09) — As Blackberry devices and cell phones on Capitol Hill hummed with news of the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi yesterday, Congressional Democrats vowed that despite the loss they would fight on in “the war on the war on terror.”

“Zarqawi will be missed because he put a human face on the futility of the illegal U.S. occupation of Iraq,” said one unnamed lawmaker, who assured a reporter that “Democrats are still optimistic. We’re still looking for the silver lining.”

Rep. John Murtha, D-PA, a former Marine and vocal critic of the military occupation of Iraq, immediately denounced “the Zarqawi massacre” and suggested that the F-16 pilot who dropped the bombs had snapped under pressure and murdered the al Qaeda leader “in cold blood.”

Sen. Arlen Specter, R-PA, demanded an explanation of the secret intelligence gathering techniques and surveillance used to find Mr. Zarqawi.
“I want to give the president an opportunity to explain the program to the Congress and to assure the American people that nobody’s civil rights were violated,” said Sen. Specter.

Meanwhile, Democrat National Committee Chairman Howard Dean and former presidential candidate Al Gore observed a moment of silence as they heard of the passing of Mr. Zarqawi, a fellow Internet pioneer.

Listen to the Podcast from ScrappleFace.com

UPDATE: (Sun. June 11, 2006) U.S. Military Rejects Reports Al-Zarqawi May Have Been Beaten