John McCain's Sons : Something to think about . . .

The following came to me from one of my email subscribers and I thought it well worthwhile passing on. I have added my own comment at the end.

Somethings you haven't seen from the media.....

Talk about putting your most valuable where your mouth is! Apparently this was not 'newsworthy' enough for the media to comment about. Can either of the other presidential candidates truthfully come close to this? ... Just a question for each of us to seek an answer, and not a statement.

You see...character is what's shown when the public is not looking. There were no cameras or press invited to what you are about to read about, and the story comes from one person in New Hampshire ..

One evening last July, Senator John McCain of Arizona arrived at the New Hampshire home of Erin Flanagan for sandwiches, chocolate-chip cookies and a heartfelt talk about Iraq . They had met at a presidential debate, when she asked the candidates what they would do to bring home American soldiers - - soldiers like her brother, who had been killed in action a few months earlier.

Mr. McCain did not bring cameras or press. Instead, he brought his youngest son, James McCain, 19, then a private first class in the Marine Corps about to leave for Iraq . Father and son sat down to hear more about Ms. Flanagan's brother Michael Cleary, a 24-year-old Army First Lieutenant killed by an ambush ... a roadside bomb.

No one mentioned the obvious: In just days, Jimmy McCain could face similar perils. 'I can't imagine what it must have been like for them as they were coming to meet with a family that .....' Ms. Flanagan recalled, choking up. 'We lost a dear one,' she finished.

Mr. McCain, now the presumptive Republican nominee, has staked his candidacy on the promise that American troops can bring stability to Iraq . What he almost never says is that one of them is his own son, who spent seven months patrolling Anbar Province and learned of his father's New Hampshire victory in January while he was digging a stuck military vehicle out of the mud.

Two of Jimmy's three older brothers went into the military. Doug McCain, 48, was a Navy pilot. Jack McCain, 21, is to graduate from the Naval Academy next year, raising the chances that his father, if elected, could become the first president since Dwight D. Eisenhower with a son at war.

I chose to share this with those who I believe will pass it on, to others who will pass it on. We hear so much inflated trash out there. How about a simple act of kindness ... and dedication to others placed above oneself?

Has anybody heard if Barack Hussein Obama has served in The American Armed Services?

This is for all you Barack voters.

The following quote comes from Barack's book, Audacity of Hope:

'I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.'

Comment

As a Christian, I have to say that, should I ever be placed in the position of political rule, I would always stand with Christ, irrespective of the political winds, for I serve Christ first and last, and everywhere in between. I believe that to hold to a belief and not to practise it in all that I do is wrong, and only serves to demonstrate where my belief truly lies and how strong it is. When Jesus died upon the cross to pay the price for mankind's sin, He did so for everybody, and that means you and me. He gave His all for me, so how could I dare to give Him anything less than my all as I seek to serve Him in this world?

The Islamic aim is global Islamification. I cannot argue with Barack's statement quoted above, only applaud him that he will stand firm to his beliefs. However, it is not he who will vote himself into power, it's the people of America, and if they decide that they wish to elect a Muslim as their president, despite all that has happened as a result of the terrorist atrocities of recent years, then that is their prerogative. They must then, of course, be prepared to accept all that goes with doing so. It will be no good to claim that they never knew that he was a Muslim because he has been open about his faith.

One important fact to remember in these increasingly dark days is that whilst not every terrorist in the world is a Muslim, nevertheless virtually every act of terrorism in the world today is carried out in the name of Islam.