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September 11, 2008
Thursday
 
 
Thank you
Dale Amon (Belfast, Northern Ireland/Laramie, Wy)  Military affairs

Johnathan has already posted a remembrance for this day, but I would like to add a hearty "Thank you" on behalf of the Samizdata editorial staff to all the US and UK warriors who have fought and died for us over the ensuing years.

We will not forget you, either.


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And the Australians and all the rest, Dale.


Posted by Nick M at September 11, 2008 04:46 PM
Johnathan has already posted a remembrance for this day, but I would like to add a hearty "Thank you" on behalf of the Samizdata editorial staff to all the US and UK warriors who have fought and died for us over the ensuing years.

And to the soldiers, sailors and airmen of the UK, the US, and all those nations who've joined in the effort, thank you, you magnificent bastards, you won't be forgotten.


Posted by Edward King at September 11, 2008 05:15 PM

Thanks to everyone in the U.K.
It wasn't your problem, but you helped with the solution.
A rarity.


Posted by The Whited Sepulchre at September 12, 2008 02:30 AM

It was our problem. More Brits were killed on 9/11 than any terrorist outrage on these shores before or since. That is very much our problem.


Posted by Nick M at September 12, 2008 07:40 AM

Amen to that, Dale.


Posted by Johnathan Pearce at September 12, 2008 08:17 AM

True enough I suppose Nick, but I will personally be eternally grateful for the way the UK behaved in the aftermath of 9/11. Here's one of the many reaons so many Americans feel that way. Thanks guys, y'all were real pals during that awful time.


Posted by YogSothoth at September 12, 2008 11:10 AM

Bless them all.
The long and the short and the tall...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2qg9HF4xhk


Posted by RAB at September 12, 2008 01:20 PM

Good place to mention this petition(Link) then.


Posted by WalterBoswell at September 12, 2008 02:10 PM

Spot on Walter.
The way we have treated our most loyal (and fearless)
troops is a bloody disgrace!
My friend, the LH of LH, his dad was a Major in the Gurkhas during WW2. Man the stories he used to tell us about those little guys in action!


Posted by RAB at September 12, 2008 03:15 PM

SFC Matthew Hilton: Airborne Ranger, Platoon Sergeant, veteran of Iraq, killed recently in Afghanistan.

God bless you, Matt

Doc


Posted by Swede at September 13, 2008 12:53 AM

And Corporal Sarah Bryant. A mate, and ex-colleague of my neighbour, Kieran, a fine English man and a ex-para-trooper.


Posted by WalterBoswell at September 13, 2008 02:24 AM

Good post Dale.

Agreed.


Posted by Paul Marks at September 13, 2008 01:56 PM
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