Comments on: Remembering 9/11 http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/2009/09/remembering-911/ Perspectives on What Matters Most - by Jeff Courter Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:41:39 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jeff Courter http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/2009/09/remembering-911/comment-page-1/#comment-41 Jeff Courter Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:30:16 +0000 http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/?p=240#comment-41 Thanks for the encouragement AirmanMom. Congrats on the new arrival in your family! If you enjoy following my line of thinking, I invite you to click the "RSS" button at the top right of my blog pages, so you can receive live feeds of new posts when they go live... Yours in service, Jeff Thanks for the encouragement AirmanMom. Congrats on the new arrival in your family!

If you enjoy following my line of thinking, I invite you to click the “RSS” button at the top right of my blog pages, so you can receive live feeds of new posts when they go live…
Yours in service,
Jeff

]]> By: AirmanMom http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/2009/09/remembering-911/comment-page-1/#comment-40 AirmanMom Thu, 24 Sep 2009 02:11:55 +0000 http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/?p=240#comment-40 This is my first visit to your blog and I wil be back to read your words again. ~AM This is my first visit to your blog and I wil be back to read your words again.
~AM

]]> By: Jeff Courter http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/2009/09/remembering-911/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Jeff Courter Thu, 24 Sep 2009 00:48:35 +0000 http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/?p=240#comment-39 Thanks Katie - I'm just one of many who've committed themselves to protect our nation here and abroad. But I know I speak for all of them in expressing gratitude for your heartfelt support. The fact that you took the time to share your thoughts - especially at such a young age, when it's easy to be too busy and self-absorbed for these things - gives me great hope that the future we're fighting for will be left in very capable, compassionate hands. Hope you'll keep following my blog! Yours in service Jeff Thanks Katie -
I’m just one of many who’ve committed themselves to protect our nation here and abroad. But I know I speak for all of them in expressing gratitude for your heartfelt support.

The fact that you took the time to share your thoughts – especially at such a young age, when it’s easy to be too busy and self-absorbed for these things – gives me great hope that the future we’re fighting for will be left in very capable, compassionate hands.

Hope you’ll keep following my blog!
Yours in service
Jeff

]]> By: Katie http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/2009/09/remembering-911/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Katie Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:13:56 +0000 http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/?p=240#comment-38 Jeff, This post is amazing...Thank you for writing it and not allowing people to forget. I think that many people need to be reminded on a daily basis of why we are in Iraq and Afghanistan...Also, thank you for your service to our country. I hope someday in history, people will look back on this time and realize the sacrifices the men, women and the military families made...while the rest of America kept right on moving, with barely a pause to honor those who let us carry on. Jeff,

This post is amazing…Thank you for writing it and not allowing people to forget. I think that many people need to be reminded on a daily basis of why we are in Iraq and Afghanistan…Also, thank you for your service to our country. I hope someday in history, people will look back on this time and realize the sacrifices the men, women and the military families made…while the rest of America kept right on moving, with barely a pause to honor those who let us carry on.

]]> By: Jeff Courter http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/2009/09/remembering-911/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Jeff Courter Tue, 22 Sep 2009 08:56:27 +0000 http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/?p=240#comment-37 Thx Gin - I hope those who lost loved ones or colleagues on 9/11 realize how many people remain deeply committed to ensuring that such an event never again occurs on this planet... Jeff Thx Gin – I hope those who lost loved ones or colleagues on 9/11 realize how many people remain deeply committed to ensuring that such an event never again occurs on this planet…
Jeff

]]> By: Jeff Courter http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/2009/09/remembering-911/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Jeff Courter Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:21:26 +0000 http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/?p=240#comment-36 Dacker - we need more thoughtful vets like you speaking up. These choices aren't easy. And I'm certainly no fan of war for war's sake. But if we don't do something, I fear others will determine our fate for us. I can tell you this - my experience with the Afghan people and with my fellow soldiers was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. What we're doing there is being appreciated by folks who have no voice and are victimized at every turn. Jeff Dacker – we need more thoughtful vets like you speaking up. These choices aren’t easy. And I’m certainly no fan of war for war’s sake. But if we don’t do something, I fear others will determine our fate for us.

I can tell you this – my experience with the Afghan people and with my fellow soldiers was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. What we’re doing there is being appreciated by folks who have no voice and are victimized at every turn.
Jeff

]]> By: Jeff Courter http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/2009/09/remembering-911/comment-page-1/#comment-35 Jeff Courter Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:16:01 +0000 http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/?p=240#comment-35 Thanks for the heads up, Karen. Great article about a military family facing real life. It's not easy for anyone in the equation. Glad there's still some space in the press for good news about soldiers. Jeff Thanks for the heads up, Karen. Great article about a military family facing real life. It’s not easy for anyone in the equation. Glad there’s still some space in the press for good news about soldiers.
Jeff

]]> By: Karen McAllister http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/2009/09/remembering-911/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Karen McAllister Thu, 17 Sep 2009 20:41:48 +0000 http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/?p=240#comment-34 With 9/11 already a week behind us, the 9/11 headlines have subsided. I wanted to share this sweet piece published on tampabay.com today about a soldier reuniting with this three kids at their schools during a surprise break from Afghanistan. Sweet story and touching photos to go with it. Take a look: http://tinyurl.com/nsofz3 With 9/11 already a week behind us, the 9/11 headlines have subsided. I wanted to share this sweet piece published on tampabay.com today about a soldier reuniting with this three kids at their schools during a surprise break from Afghanistan. Sweet story and touching photos to go with it. Take a look:

http://tinyurl.com/nsofz3

]]> By: SomeIraqVeteran http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/2009/09/remembering-911/comment-page-1/#comment-30 SomeIraqVeteran Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:55:17 +0000 http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/?p=240#comment-30 I posted on another site this statement, or something similar to it: we may never "win" the war against extremism, any more than we can win the war against cockroaches, but we can damn sure control the pestilence. I was in Iraq when the war in Afghanistan was being forgotten. Despite what we faced there I could feel that we (the galactic "we") were being distracted from what I called the "more just" war in Afghanistan. We cannot just turn and run, and not just as a matter of international pride. I worry that any slow withdrawal of troops will place my friends in danger. I worry that if we don't get our hands around this problem now it will grow in our absence and we'll deal with it on a larger scale later. I have some opinions on Iraq that don't always jive with what my fellow veterans believe, but I can say that we need to sustain the fight in Afghanistan. -Dacker I posted on another site this statement, or something similar to it: we may never “win” the war against extremism, any more than we can win the war against cockroaches, but we can damn sure control the pestilence.

I was in Iraq when the war in Afghanistan was being forgotten. Despite what we faced there I could feel that we (the galactic “we”) were being distracted from what I called the “more just” war in Afghanistan.

We cannot just turn and run, and not just as a matter of international pride. I worry that any slow withdrawal of troops will place my friends in danger. I worry that if we don’t get our hands around this problem now it will grow in our absence and we’ll deal with it on a larger scale later.

I have some opinions on Iraq that don’t always jive with what my fellow veterans believe, but I can say that we need to sustain the fight in Afghanistan.

-Dacker

]]> By: Gin http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/2009/09/remembering-911/comment-page-1/#comment-25 Gin Mon, 14 Sep 2009 05:07:51 +0000 http://afghanistan-journal.com/blog/?p=240#comment-25 Hi Jeff, I heard that even Google is offering a platform for stories to be told about that day. I haven't gone there yet and even writing about my own story was difficult and moreso in sharing it but I also asked that we allow the continued fight against terrorism. I do not want our children to bear witness or be affected by such a horrid act either. Good points. :) Hi Jeff, I heard that even Google is offering a platform for stories to be told about that day. I haven’t gone there yet and even writing about my own story was difficult and moreso in sharing it but I also asked that we allow the continued fight against terrorism. I do not want our children to bear witness or be affected by such a horrid act either. Good points. :)

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