Recently, the leader of my campus Republicans organization submitted a resolution to the student government of my school.
The resolution would have done two things:
1) Shown support for our troops, wherever they may be stationed
2) Helped sponsor a pro-troop rally on campus
Disgustingly enough, it was defeated by a WIDE majority, 8-3, IIRC.
Here is my letter to the student government organization, my city's newspaper, my school newspaper, the campus Republicans, and a few other people:
April 24, 2004
To each member of the Board of Associated Students, Inc. at CSUS, the Editor of the State Hornet, the Editor of the Sacramento Bee, and to the CSUS Republicans;
This letter is in regards to ASI at CSUS voting down by a large majority a resolution that would have showed support for the Soldiers of the United States of America and sponsored a rally in support of our Soldiers.
My name is Drjones and I am a student at CSUS and proud to be an American citizen.
I want to take a moment to remind you of something that far too many people have very clearly forgotten.
America was founded by soldiers fighting for what they believed in. America has been kept safe and free, enabling her to grow strong, powerful, rich and wonderful, because soldiers constantly stand ready to fight and die for her.
America is not kept free by the peace protestor who burns the flag that the soldier fights and dies for, nor is she kept free, made wonderful and rich by the journalist who uses the freedom of speech protected for him by the soldier to slander the leader of the soldiers, and even to slander the soldiers themselves.
George Orwell said it best when he said, "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
American soldiers deserve all of the honor, praise and thanks that we can give them. They choose to leave their families, friends, and the safety and comfort of home to go and fight and possibly die in order to maintain a society so free that some of its citizens can defame and defile the very men who have risked and given their lives fighting for it.
Each and every one of you on the Board of Associated Students, Incorporated for CSUS who voted against the resolution to Support Our Troops should be very completely embarrassed and utterly ashamed of yourself. You should cringe when you look in the mirror.
I hope that when you go to sleep, tonight and every night for the rest of your life, that you are reminded, even if for a second, that you are able to sleep peacefully and safely because an American Soldier once fought and died for you, because someday an American Soldier will fight and die for you, and because right now, as you are reading this letter, and as you fold back your soft, clean sheets, an American Soldier is sleeping in the mud, tired, hungry, cold, and dreaming of home, ready to give their life so that you can sleep like a baby in your warm, soft bed.
Regards,
Drjones
The resolution would have done two things:
1) Shown support for our troops, wherever they may be stationed
2) Helped sponsor a pro-troop rally on campus
Disgustingly enough, it was defeated by a WIDE majority, 8-3, IIRC.
Here is my letter to the student government organization, my city's newspaper, my school newspaper, the campus Republicans, and a few other people:
April 24, 2004
To each member of the Board of Associated Students, Inc. at CSUS, the Editor of the State Hornet, the Editor of the Sacramento Bee, and to the CSUS Republicans;
This letter is in regards to ASI at CSUS voting down by a large majority a resolution that would have showed support for the Soldiers of the United States of America and sponsored a rally in support of our Soldiers.
My name is Drjones and I am a student at CSUS and proud to be an American citizen.
I want to take a moment to remind you of something that far too many people have very clearly forgotten.
America was founded by soldiers fighting for what they believed in. America has been kept safe and free, enabling her to grow strong, powerful, rich and wonderful, because soldiers constantly stand ready to fight and die for her.
America is not kept free by the peace protestor who burns the flag that the soldier fights and dies for, nor is she kept free, made wonderful and rich by the journalist who uses the freedom of speech protected for him by the soldier to slander the leader of the soldiers, and even to slander the soldiers themselves.
George Orwell said it best when he said, "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf."
American soldiers deserve all of the honor, praise and thanks that we can give them. They choose to leave their families, friends, and the safety and comfort of home to go and fight and possibly die in order to maintain a society so free that some of its citizens can defame and defile the very men who have risked and given their lives fighting for it.
Each and every one of you on the Board of Associated Students, Incorporated for CSUS who voted against the resolution to Support Our Troops should be very completely embarrassed and utterly ashamed of yourself. You should cringe when you look in the mirror.
I hope that when you go to sleep, tonight and every night for the rest of your life, that you are reminded, even if for a second, that you are able to sleep peacefully and safely because an American Soldier once fought and died for you, because someday an American Soldier will fight and die for you, and because right now, as you are reading this letter, and as you fold back your soft, clean sheets, an American Soldier is sleeping in the mud, tired, hungry, cold, and dreaming of home, ready to give their life so that you can sleep like a baby in your warm, soft bed.
Regards,
Drjones
