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<blockquote data-quote="Jones" data-source="post: 81989" data-attributes="member: 4805"><p>It really is a profound and compelling story, and it's a shame that it's been politicized. I've run the Marine Corps marathon a few times and I always find it a bit humbling to finish up in the shadow of the Iwo Jima Memorial.</p><p></p><p> I don't blame Tyrone for bringing politics into it, though, considering that it's the people who are currently circulating this story who added the paragraph at the end about praising god and supporting the war on the terror. I'm not blaming Moreluck for that either, she just reprinted it, and the person/people who made the change were careful to make it look as if it were part of the original text.</p><p></p><p> In it's original form it's a lesson about the horrors of war, aptly summed up in the following passage:</p><p><em>Harlon, at the age of 21, died with his intestines in his hands. I don't say that to gross you out, I say that because there are generals who stand in front of this statue and talk about the glory of war.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p> <em></em>Adding that paragraph at the end is an attempt to turn it into a rallying cry in support of Christianity and the war in Iraq, which is certainly not what James Bradley intended when he gave that speech. Like I said, it's shame that someone felt it necessary to politicize it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jones, post: 81989, member: 4805"] It really is a profound and compelling story, and it's a shame that it's been politicized. I've run the Marine Corps marathon a few times and I always find it a bit humbling to finish up in the shadow of the Iwo Jima Memorial. I don't blame Tyrone for bringing politics into it, though, considering that it's the people who are currently circulating this story who added the paragraph at the end about praising god and supporting the war on the terror. I'm not blaming Moreluck for that either, she just reprinted it, and the person/people who made the change were careful to make it look as if it were part of the original text. In it's original form it's a lesson about the horrors of war, aptly summed up in the following passage: [I]Harlon, at the age of 21, died with his intestines in his hands. I don't say that to gross you out, I say that because there are generals who stand in front of this statue and talk about the glory of war. [/I]Adding that paragraph at the end is an attempt to turn it into a rallying cry in support of Christianity and the war in Iraq, which is certainly not what James Bradley intended when he gave that speech. Like I said, it's shame that someone felt it necessary to politicize it. [/QUOTE]
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