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Operation:School House
We have seen the War on Terror waged worldwide by Young Americans defending us at home while toppling dictators abroad. We have seen the darkened horror lifted from the eyes of the dominated to be replaced with the light of hope. We too have felt the loss at home when another soldier dies, another marine who fell in a firefight. The Tree of Liberty, it once was said, must be watered by the blood of both the patriot and of the tyrant. Thus it was in Afghanistan and now it is in Iraq. For wherever American Soldiers tread, there in dusty footprint, oppression’s shed.
But this many have forgotten.
The efforts of freedom have not gone unchallenged since the fall of the Taliban and the toppling of Saddam. The American soldier, however, remains to ensure that the only thing that goes unchallenged is Freedom’s victory; freedom for the people of Afghanistan and Iraq. It is unfortunate that so little reporting is done on the day to day operations of goodness that the American spirit provides to these amazing peoples. New schools, new hospitals, new hope is established yet goes unmentioned. Yet while these soldiers, these young Americans, who provide and defend such hope and freedom to those they have never met, the next generation of Afghans and Iraqis have among their number many who suffer still. Although schools are reopening, many cannot afford the basic necessities our own children enjoy; backpacks, pencils, erasers…all these things we take for granted they simply do not have.
For the small amount of $25.00, we will supply the backpack kit and ship it to an American soldier stationed in Afghanistan for disbursement to an Afghan child.
Each backpack contains one pack of 10 pencils, one pencil sharpener, one ruler, three erasers, one box of crayons, a 250 sheet notebook and a toy.
You can help our soldiers make a difference in the lives of the Afghan children by sponsoring a backpack kit today! You can make a secured payment through PayPal on this site or mail a check or money order made payable to 'Operation America Rising' and mail it to:
c/o: Operation: School House
Operation America Rising
PO BOX 2345
Franklin, NC 28744
Each person that sponsors a backpack kit will receive a free "patriots bracelet" and a follow-up thank you letter and a certificate of appreciation.
OAR will also, on behalf of you or your company, send a letter of support for the American Soldiers disbursing the kits.
For more information regarding this project and how you can help, email us at: info@OperationAmericaRising.org. with Operation School House in the subject line.
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7:23 PM
SupportOurTroops.Org has just shipped 36,000 tubes of sunblock to the troops in Iraq!
SupportOurTroops.Org, CFC#31529, has just shipped 36,000 tubes of free sunblock to the men and women in the U. S. Military serving in Iraq. $139,625 worth!
Let's do for those who do for us!
"It's time to show them how much we care" said Support Our Troops Chairman Martin C. Boire. Every case is labeled with "thank-you" signage from the folks here at home.
"They spend their day in the desert sun. We're glad to send something to help them with it," said Boire.
Support Our Troops® is a patriotic family organization aimed at protecting the well-being of the troops and their families. They Support Us – Let's Support Them!™ Civilian-led, SOT enthusiastically welcomes civilians, active-duty families, veterans, and folks from all political parties. Join SupportOurTroops.Org and show support today. We offer simple, easy, everyday methods through which folks can stick up for those who stick up for all of us: official license plates, ribbons, magnets, apparel, and accessories, knowing that it works to benefit the deployed troops (our neighbors) and their families. Support Our Troops is a nation-wide 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with chapters in 37 states to date. Donations at SupportOurTroops.Org help us do wonderful things like this for the troops and their families.
What Else Are We Doing?
Chairman Martin C. Boire, said, "we're the license plate people. We have completed state approval of Support Our Troops! plates in 24 states to date, and have more underway. Those plates help us do good things like this for our deployed neighbors.
Sign up for your plate today.
You can find out the status of the effort in your state at www.SupportOurTroops.org."
CFC (Combined Federal Campaign) Member #31529.
Support Our Troops® is an authorized private civilian national and international nonprofit in the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC). Federal employees can help Support Our Troops® by designating to code 31529.
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6:30 PM
U.S. Military Recruiting Center Bombed in New York City !
From: MoveAmericaForward.org
I'm writing you with an urgent alert. You may have heard already that a recruiting office in New York 's Times Square was bombed this morning with what appears to have been a homemade pipe bomb—what you might call an improvised explosive device.
Nobody knows yet who is responsible, but this office has come under assault before from the radical antiwar left before—but not like this.
As you know, Move America Forward has been monitoring such "counter-recruitment" campaigns for some time, and we are growing increasingly concerned by the tactics of those who are deliberately trying to undermine the missions of our troops.
They say they support our troops, they just oppose the war. However, does bombing the offices of U.S. troops here at home seem like support to you?
If we are to stem this ugly, offensive, criminal, anti-American, despicable tide, we must have a strong response. Americans everywhere will object to this behavior, but we must bring it to the attention of the masses, and be sure people are aware that this in no accident nor isolated incident.
Our ad confronting the Berkeley city council has been making waves already, and it's still airing, but our effort needs to be much bigger than that. "Counter-recruitment" campaigns are coming to cities across America - if your city hasn't had its recruiting offices attacked yet, it will probably only be a matter of time before it happens. We canot let any of these attacks go unanswered.
Next week, the Move America Forward staff will be in our nation's capitol where we will unveil the next ad in our campaign—an ad not just about Berkeley, but about New York City, Pittsburgh, PA, Murfreesboro, TN, and every city where antiwar radicals have been impeding the work of America's military personnel inside the US.
This phenomenon is like a cancer, which is already taking hold in too many places to be treated like a local issue. We must fight back with major national ad buys to put this travesty in the spotlight and energize patriots to draw the line.
This effort will be exciting, honorable, and vitally important, but it will also be exhausting, unpredictable, and endlessly expensive. Please consider giving your maximum contribution today, so we can have an immediate pool of funds to draw from as we mount our response.
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The Macon Middle School student council collected thousands of valentine cards for the troops. 7 schools with over 50 classes participated in the valentine campaign. OAR is proud to assist the students deliver the cards to our troops stationed here and abroad.
If you would like to help out with shipping or award cost, please contact us or you can send a check or money order made payable to:
Operation America Rising
PO Box 2345
Franklin, NC 28744
You may also make donations on the front web-page of OAR through PayPal.
Labels: America Rising, Franklin Press, North Carolina, OAR, Operation America Rising
posted by Operation America Rising, Inc. #
7:35 PM
By Pete Hegseth - In May and June, overall attacks in Iraq were at their highest levels since the war began, monthly coalition deaths were near an all-time high, and violence against civilians was still at staggering levels. To most observers, the war in Iraq was not going well.
At the same time, members of Congress were already declaring the "surge" a failure and stepping up their "timeline for withdrawal" rhetoric. Anti-war Democrats, and a few Republicans, cited "realities on the ground" as compelling evidence to call for an immediate, or more nuanced "phased," end to the war.
These same "realities," also emboldening anti-war groups to declare an "Iraq Summer," during which they would finally crush domestic support for the war and force Congress to de-fund the mission there. MoveOn.org and others dispatched operatives around the country and harassed members of Congress.
Truthfully, as we now know, these "realities" on the ground were the unfortunate birth pangs of the new counter-insurgency strategy being implemented by Gen. David Petraeus. Some on Capitol Hill understood this fact in June, and their courage in those dark days kept Congress from prematurely declaring defeat in Iraq .
In June, the full compliment of surge forces had just arrived, hence the violence levels hadn't yet ebbed; by June, American forces had moved off of large bases and defensive positions, and into an offensive posture among the population, hence the initially high casualty rate; and in June, al Qaeda had yet to felt the full shock of the surge, hence their continue brutality.
But that was then, and this is now; and Iraq in December 2007 is a drastically different place than Iraq in June 2007. Overall attack levels are now at the lowest levels since 2005, monthly coalition deaths are nearing an all-time low, and violence against Iraqi civilians has been reduced by more than 60 percent, according to the anti-war site icasualties.org
However, the more things change in Iraq, the more they stay the same on Capitol Hill. For the past month, with a few off-handed exceptions, Democratic leadership on Capitol Hill has largely refused to acknowledge success. They are stuck in the talking points of June, and stuck on a narrative of failure.
Despite the incredible progress made by our military which has opened the door for real and sustainable political progress in Iraq the Democratic leadership continues to insist that we de-fund the war and bring the troops home no matter what. Beholden to entrenched and noisy anti-war interest groups, the Democrat leadership in Washington seems willing to cut-off much needed funding, placing our brave troops in harms way.
In response to these overtly political threats, the Pentagon recently made plans to lay off more than 100,000 DOD employees across America in order to re-allocate money to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan . What the Democratic leadership seems to forget is that these employees are responsible for training, equipping and supporting the troops in the field.
In short, for the sake of placating MoveOn.org and other radical anti-war groups, the Democratic leadership is willing to lay off thousands of employees in America and under cut the incredible success of our troops in Iraq . Such logic is perverse and infuriating, especially to courageous Democrats like Reps. Brian Baird and Jim Marshall, who have moved beyond partisanship to support the success being achieved in Iraq .
The troops in Iraq today many of whom I served with in 2006 are the finest fighting force the world has ever seen. And today, with a coherent strategy that finally compliments their tactical proficiency, they are defeating al Qaeda and Iranian-proxy groups. How members of Congress, sitting in their air-conditioned offices, can consider cutting off their funding is beyond comprehension.
The Iraq war has been difficult, and it has cost America dearly in lives and treasure. But now is not the time to play politics with the troops and their funding. If the "realities" of June had persisted until December, then talk of a phased withdrawal and funding restrictions would be reasonable.
But reality has changed, and the Democratic leadership needs to have the courage to acknowledge great success in Iraq , and swallow their pride long enough to do what is best for the troops and their important mission. Congress needs to fund the troops immediately, before heading home to enjoy a holiday season that our troops and my fellow soldiers in the 101st Airborne will spend in harm's way.
Lt. Pete Hegseth, who served in Iraq with the 101st Airborne Division from 2005 to 2006, is executive director of Vets for Freedom.
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