Christmas In Iraq

Well it’s Christmas Eve in Iraq and all through the FOB every creature is stirring even the dog.
The chow hall is decked up with care knowing that the Christmas meal will soon be there.
The Soldiers worked and toiled with nothing to say. As they hoped we wouldn’t get bombed that day.
The locals watched with a fiery eye and hoped soon all of us would die.
As they aimed their mortars and set their IEDs the Infantry set upon them with ease.
And the Engineers with demo in hand destroyed their best laid plans.
As the Snipers set upon their prey they hope to have off Christmas day.
But for now they work throughout the night to stop the insurgents try as they might.
And EOD with escort in tow go out to see what IEDs they can blow.
And the Field Artillery point their cannons to a mortar site not yet abandon While the MPs guard their prison and continue mission All the TOCs listen with care to what’s going on out there.
They send their reports and updated the troops.
On where they need to go and what they need to do.
Commanders keep a watchful eye on everything going on And the XO briefs him on where we went wrong.
The 1SG does what he can to ensure his Soldiers are the best in the land.
While the PSG check and double check to make sure nothings been left.
Another mission another patrol Soldiers mount up its time to go.
As the strykers roll out of site I hear them say merry Christmas to all and to all a safe night.

Writer Unknown

I don't care!

Could not have said this any better myself! The lady who wrote this letter is Pam Foster of Pamela Foster and Associates in Atlanta. She's been in business since 1980 doing interior design and home planning. She recently wrote a letter to a family member serving in Iraq....... Read it!

 WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS?

 "Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on
 September 11, 2001? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan,
 across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania?   Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible,
 burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?

 And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I don't.
 I don't care at all.

 I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.

 I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia.

 I'll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling, slashed throat.

 I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.

 I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.

 I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.

 In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this:   I don't care.

 When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest assured that I don't care.

 When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank that I don't care.

 When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don't care.

 And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and
----  you guessed it, I could not have said this any better myself!

 If you agree with this view point, pass this on to all your e-mail friends. Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible for this ridiculous behavior! If you don't agree, then by all means hit the delete button.   Should you choose the latter, then please don't complain when more atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here in our great country.

 

 

Wesley N. Shoemaker

wesley@wesleyshoemaker.com

 

Today in Iraq

Today in Iraq

Vacation

Hello
I just got back from Vaction.
I went to See my Daughters Here is thier picture.









I also got to go tothe Cabelas store.All in All I had a very busy vacation.
I now need a vaction from my vaction.

Car Show In Fairbanks

These are just a couple trucks and Cars that was at the Car Show at the Fairbanks, Alaksa Staate Fairground on the 26 of June 2005.

My New Web Site

Well I have a New Web site up And Running. It has alot of photo galleries on it of some of my vacations and many other things.
Go ahead and Check it out. and plaese sign my guest book.
www.wesleyshoemaker.com