The Art of War
I ran across a blog today. I have copied it below:
Recently Marines in Iraq wrote to Starbucks because they wanted to let them know how much they liked their coffees and to request that they send some of it to the troops there.
Starbucks replied, telling the Marines thank you for their support of their business, but that Starbucks does not support the war, nor anyone in it, and that they would not send the troops their brand of coffee.
So as not to offend Starbucks, maybe we should not support them by buying any of their products!
As a war vet writing to fellow patriots, I feel we should get this out in the open. I know this war might not be very popular with some folks, but that doesn't mean we don't support the boys on the ground fighting street-to-street and house-to-house for what they and I believe is right.
If you feel the same as I do then pass this along, or you can discard it and no one will never know.
Thanks very much for your support. I know you'll all be there again when I deploy once more.
"Semper Fidelis."
Sgt Howard C. Wright
1st Force Recon Co
1st Plt PLT
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THIS, ALLOW IT TO BE PASSED TO ALL IN MEMORY OF ALL THE TROOPS WHO HAVE DIED SO THAT WE MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO SUPPORT THEM OR NOT!!!
Okay, now my meaningless opinion:
I understand the troops are doing a job that most folks just couldn't handle. In fact, I don't think the families of these troops handle these same marines to well when they come back home.
What gets me is the last paragraph (in all caps) . "...so that we may have the right to choose to support...." Isn't this Sargent bitchin' and whinin' about someone/some company not supporting them. Can I puke now?
I work in the medical industry. The company I work for makes an instrument that could and does save lives. Should I get free coffee for that? Nah, probably not.
I hate war and everything surrounding it. When these troops we are supposed to be supporting signed up for the military, did they not know they could be deployed or were they just looking for an easy paycheck, hoping war would never knock on our doors? Whatever. I would personally send cases of coffee or chocolate, or hell, I'd even send some good old fashioned porn to any troops or military personnel who decided to take thier happy asses down to New Orleans and work on the damage and chaos created by Katrina.
A military for peace is what we need. And those troops, I'm sure, would rather go to work, get the job done and return, rather than beg the Americans who don't agree with thier line of work, for free stuff.
Troops, make your requests to the people that love and support you. Don't send out global messages to corporations and cry and moan when we use our right as Americans to decide whether we want to support you or not.
Just for the record. I do support a troop. Not a militia, just a single soldier. I have been raising his daughter for the past 16 years without any help. Yeah, I get child support, directly from the military, not from him. So I will continue to support this soldier, but that's all my little plate can handle.
No, I will not boycott Starbucks, hell, I don't even know if this blog was true. But it sure did get my coffee brewing this morning. We are Americans and we are free to make our own choices. I choose peace.
Recently Marines in Iraq wrote to Starbucks because they wanted to let them know how much they liked their coffees and to request that they send some of it to the troops there.
Starbucks replied, telling the Marines thank you for their support of their business, but that Starbucks does not support the war, nor anyone in it, and that they would not send the troops their brand of coffee.
So as not to offend Starbucks, maybe we should not support them by buying any of their products!
As a war vet writing to fellow patriots, I feel we should get this out in the open. I know this war might not be very popular with some folks, but that doesn't mean we don't support the boys on the ground fighting street-to-street and house-to-house for what they and I believe is right.
If you feel the same as I do then pass this along, or you can discard it and no one will never know.
Thanks very much for your support. I know you'll all be there again when I deploy once more.
"Semper Fidelis."
Sgt Howard C. Wright
1st Force Recon Co
1st Plt PLT
PLEASE DON'T DELETE THIS, ALLOW IT TO BE PASSED TO ALL IN MEMORY OF ALL THE TROOPS WHO HAVE DIED SO THAT WE MAY HAVE THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE TO SUPPORT THEM OR NOT!!!
Okay, now my meaningless opinion:
I understand the troops are doing a job that most folks just couldn't handle. In fact, I don't think the families of these troops handle these same marines to well when they come back home.
What gets me is the last paragraph (in all caps) . "...so that we may have the right to choose to support...." Isn't this Sargent bitchin' and whinin' about someone/some company not supporting them. Can I puke now?
I work in the medical industry. The company I work for makes an instrument that could and does save lives. Should I get free coffee for that? Nah, probably not.
I hate war and everything surrounding it. When these troops we are supposed to be supporting signed up for the military, did they not know they could be deployed or were they just looking for an easy paycheck, hoping war would never knock on our doors? Whatever. I would personally send cases of coffee or chocolate, or hell, I'd even send some good old fashioned porn to any troops or military personnel who decided to take thier happy asses down to New Orleans and work on the damage and chaos created by Katrina.
A military for peace is what we need. And those troops, I'm sure, would rather go to work, get the job done and return, rather than beg the Americans who don't agree with thier line of work, for free stuff.
Troops, make your requests to the people that love and support you. Don't send out global messages to corporations and cry and moan when we use our right as Americans to decide whether we want to support you or not.
Just for the record. I do support a troop. Not a militia, just a single soldier. I have been raising his daughter for the past 16 years without any help. Yeah, I get child support, directly from the military, not from him. So I will continue to support this soldier, but that's all my little plate can handle.
No, I will not boycott Starbucks, hell, I don't even know if this blog was true. But it sure did get my coffee brewing this morning. We are Americans and we are free to make our own choices. I choose peace.
posted by Jill at
8:49 AM
1 Comments:
Wow... the second nice thing I've heard about starbux of late. Someone just told me that they actively support and hire mentally handicapped high school students, working with local school systems around the country.
They get alot of shit - some very justified - but they still have some good left in them.
Go triple soy latte!
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