There have been times during this past year I've thought of giving up my blog devoted to the wars in IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN because it seems as though nobody really cares about the nearly 200,000 young AMERICANS who are deployed to both countries and fighting what seems at times like endless wars.
The mainstream media in the UNITED STATES has drawn the curtain down on both wars, and you can watch cable news for hours and hours and never see a mention of what is taking place in either IRAQ or AFGHANISTAN.
But then you wake up one day and receive an email from LYNDA GRAHAM giving me a link to a video she produced about BRENDAN JAMES with beautiful music and slides that will tear your heart out.
Suddenly it all seems worthwhile again. Suddenly I realize I can NEVER turn my back on the young hero's from the IRAQ and AFGHANISTAN wars.
It is with this devotion and a deep sense of gratitude to LYNDA GRAHAM, I submit this video for your viewing pleasure.
I sincerely hope you will find it as moving as I did.
WATCH VIDEO HERE:
http://www.youtube.com/v/mr5B9pvbDCI&hl=en&fs=1
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Thursday, November 20, 2008
YOU MUST VIEW THIS VIDEO: A HERO'S SONG BY BRENDAN JAMES
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2 comments:
WOW, a truly wonderful video. It conveys the feelings of this young person so well and makes me so grateful to know you, Bill. It's so sad to listen to but as a fellow American, more than necessary. Our media has left us out in the cold. antgne
Antgne:
Thanks so much for your comment which I passed on to Lynda Graham who produced the video. Yes, it is truly sad how little the press covers the wars anymore and how they sanitize everything when they do mention what is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bill
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