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Open Letter to Andy Rooney Et. Al.
Don't tell me they're not heroes,
these young soldiers who
at the call of their country went
forth to fight for such as you.
Yes, they may have volunteered
but that's beside the point.
The fact remains they have gone
and that fact does anoint
Them with the oil of courage,
of duty and discipline.
Don't seek to demean them now
with your petty, puerile whine!
Oh, this is just a "little war"
for politics, you say?
Show me one that never was
and I will go away.
It's not the same, as hard, as tough
as conflicts in the past?
War is war and dead is dead
be it first or last.
Don't tell me they are not heroes,
these our sons and daughters who
Step in harm's way the price to pay
of freedom for the likes of you.
- Gaye Walton, May 2004
I was so upset at what Andy Rooney said that I had to write a poem
to rebut it.
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