[antimedia] antimedia: I did not want you to miss....

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Posted by antimedia:
I did not want you to miss....
http://www.antimedia.us/posts/1154994352.shtml


   ....[1]this speech by LTC Randolph C. White Jr., who spoke at the
   graduation ceremony for a class of infantrymen at Fort Benning,
   Georgia. (I saw it the other day but am just now getting to it.) It's
   incredibly inspiring, so read the whole thing.
   Here's a sample.

     THESE MEN ARE SPECIAL FOR MANY REASONS BUT THE FACT THAT THEY STOOD
     UP AND SAID âSEND MEâ AT TIME OF WAR SPEAKS VOLUMES AS TO THEIR
     CHARACTER. BECOMING A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY IS ALWAYS A BIG
     DECISION, BUT TO DO SO AT TIME OF WAR SPEAKS WELL OF A YOUNG MAN
     WHO COULD HAVE EASILY OPTED FOR A SAFER EXISTENCE. THEIR REASONS
     FOR COMING ARE VARIED AND OFTEN DEEPLY PERSONAL, BUT IT'S WHAT
     MAKES THEM TRULY THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST THAT WE HAVE IN THIS
     COUNTRY. I DON'T SAY THAT TO BE NICE...I SAY THAT BECAUSE I MEAN
     IT.
     THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST ARE NOT NECESSARILY ON CAMPUS OR IN THE
     CORPORATE BOARDROOM RIGHT NOW. THE BEST AND THE BRIGHTEST ARE YOU
     MEN! â¦YOU OUT THERE ON THE PARADE FIELD. DON'T EVER THINK THAT THE
     KIDS RUNNING AROUND ON SOME COLLEGE CAMPUSES PROTESTING AND WHINING
     HAVE ANYTHING ON YOU. YOU ARE PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE ONE ADVANTAGE
     THAT ALL COVET... YOU WILL KNOW MANY OF LIFES TRUTHS â YOU'LL KNOW
     ABOUT THE GOINGS ON IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN, DJIBOUTI, THE
     PHILIPPINES, THE BALKANS AND MANY OTHER PLACES. YOU WON'T HAVE TO
     GUESS OR BASE AN OPINION ON SOME BESPECTACLED SO CALLED EXPERT, OR
     HOLLYWOOD âPROFESSIONAL PRETENDERâ WHO DEFINES DANGER AS CROSSING
     THE STREET, LEAVING CAMPUS, OR HAVING A DECAF LATTE INSTEAD OF A
     REGULAR. YOUR HEAD WILL NOT BE FILLED WITH THE EMPTY THEORY OF THE
     OLD PATHETIC SLACKERS WHO TEACH ON MANY CAMPUSES... THE ONES WHO
     RAN TO CANADA, OR HID OUT IN EUROPE, WHILE MANY OF THE VETS WITH US
     HERE TODAY PUT IT ALL ON THE LINE IN A PLACE CALLED VIETNAM. THE
     SNIDE ARROGANT CROWD WHO SPEND THE DAY BLAMING AMERICA FOR EVERY
     WRONG IN THE WORLD BEFORE GOING HOME TO SLEEP AT NIGHT UNDER THE
     BLANKET OF FREEDOM PROVIDED BY BETTER MEN! ...BETTER MEN SUCH AS
     YOU STANDING ON THE GRADUATION FIELD.

   Trust me. He was just getting warmed up. Read it all.

References

   1. http://www.blackfive.net/main/2006/08/us_army_infantr.html