Somewhere Out There They Are Quietly Celebrating

By Semperpapa

Somewhere out there, there are some men who are quietly celebrating a job very well done. And probably laughing their asses off at all the speculations being thrown around by the media pundits.

These are the Joint Special Operation members that scored one of the biggest and most symbolic victory in the decade old War on Terror.
Since the news broke on the evening of May 1st that Osama bin Laden had finally met some real men and paid the price for all the evil and suffering he had brought upon the world, every so called reporter and journalist and opinion spewer has had a field day in advancing every possible speculation on the details of the operation, even before any detail was really available.

The extreme Left is in quite disarray, certainly shocked by the actions of their Messiah and by the obvious similarity of Obama's behavior with that of his predecessor, a man that has been maligned incessantly from the current White House on down.

The Right is trying to torpedo the fact that the decision made in the depths of the administration to launch the operation turned out to be a successful one.
As a Conservative and one that has been critical of the Obama administration since day one, I fail to join the Right mind set, because regardless of the ideology of the person in the Oval Office, what the men from JSOC achieved on Sunday was a clear victory for America.
And that is the way my beliefs have always been.

When Special Ops members freed Jessica Lynch from her Iraqi captors, I did not think of the political victory for George W, but I was elated about a POW being returned to the safety of our shores. With the historic past examples of how politicians handled the issues of POWs from the Vietnam War, all in the name of political expediency, having rescued POWs in Iraq was well beyond the political significance of the action. But I am a simple man.

I hear across the airwaves the possibility of the identities of those who participated in Sunday's operation being revealed, so that the Nation can actually identify, and thank, specifically those who demonstrated such courage and determination in the defense of our Nation.
I sure hope that it does not happen.
Divulging the identity of the JSOC operators involved would only expose them, and their families, to possible retaliation from members of the religion of peace and by the unhinged Left.

If the Nation wants to celebrate this symbolic victory, there is a much simpler way to do it: when you see an Armed Service member, just walk up to them and thank them for their service and sacrifice. If you know of a family whose son or daughter is serving or has served in the Armed Forces, walk up to them and thank them for their service and sacrifice.
All very simple.

Sure, the members of the team that conducted the raid are special warriors, hence the term Special Forces, but they represent an elite portion of a general community that extends from the top general down to the greenest private.
I suggest you express your gratitude to every uniformed Military member and their families every day, because each one of them represents the real strength of our Nation.

Somewhere out there are men who are quietly celebrating, probably laughing at names like SEAL Team 6 being thrown around by media primadonnas who really have absolutely no clue about what these men and women are really about. While these media whores only care about ratings and the next lucrative contract, there are much better Americans out there sacrificing for their freedom to express their stupid opinions, even the critical ones.

I wish I could buy a beer for these warriors. But it is just as gratifying to walk up to a lonely private in the grocery store and shake their hand in appreciation.
Try it, you will find it exhilarating.

Just my thoughts!