Tens of thousands of our men and women are in Iraq and Afghanistan to combat the jihadi threat. Army 1st Lt. Brian N. Bradshaw gave his life on June 25, the same day Jackson died. Bradshaw’s aunt, Martha Gillis, blasted the silence over her nephew’s sacrifice in a letter to her local paper, The Washington Post:
“My nephew, Brian Bradshaw, was killed by an explosive device in Afghanistan on June 25, the same day that Michael Jackson died. … Where was the coverage of my nephew or the other soldiers who died that week?” Gillis wrote that Bradshaw “had old-fashioned values and believed that military service was patriotic and that actions counted more than talk. … He was a search-and-rescue volunteer, an altar boy, a camp counselor. He carried the hopes and dreams of his parents willingly on his shoulders. What more than that did Michael Jackson do or represent that earned him memorial ’shrines,’ while this soldier’s death goes unheralded? It makes me want to scream.”
Please do not despair, Mrs. Gillis. While the Rev. Al Sharpton screamed, “Thank you, Michael! Thank you, Michael!” at the grotesque Staples Center memorial on Tuesday, many of us whispered in prayer: Thank you, Justin. Thank you, Aaron. Thank you, Brian. The real American heroes won’t be forgotten.
via Michelle Malkin
4 responses so far ↓
American Solvent // July 8, 2009 at 18:06
Yeah, that’s true. We need to mourn the real soldiers and the real people who died in sacrifice, not someone who died in opulence.
http://www.americansolvent.com/2009/07/08/american-priorities-where-our-priorities-ought-to-be/
Patricia Tracy // July 9, 2009 at 2:48
Martha and Family Of Brian,
Thank you for your letter, and thank you for your “SERVICE” Brian!. As I write this note through my tears, I thought about the children of the many fallen soldiers who also love their dads and moms. My son is in the Air Force and as a parent whenever he is deployed , I just pray and pray for his safety. We can’t forget those young women and men and their families who are in the service fighting these wars.
My thoughts and prayers go out to you and your family.
Pat
sstorm0730 // July 9, 2009 at 13:04
To the family of Lt. Brian Bradshaw and the over 4,000 other families who lost sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers – I feel that my words are not enough to express the deep appreciation I feel for the honorable and selfless service your lost loved ones gave to our country. They will forever be in my heart, they will never be forgotten.
Dennis // July 9, 2009 at 14:15
The Lord Jessus Christ has a special place for people like Lt. Brian Bradshaw.
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