Our Military: Very Special People

RUSH: This is Merit in Dayton, Ohio, nice to have you on the program.

CALLER: Hi, Rush, I actually just wanted to thank you. I am a wife and sister of two Army soldiers. My brother served through tours in Afghanistan and my husband is now in Iraq, set to do a year, and it’s just nice to know that there are other people going over there and telling them that they’re doing a great job and that we’re all ready for them to come home and that we love ’em and we support ’em and they’re doing the right thing.

RUSH: Thank you. They are special people. It was an honor to be able to talk to them and convey what I think to be the majority sentiments of the people in this country. But I want to tell you, when we were at Kandahar? Kandahar is the place where there still are skirmishes going on. There was mortar fire the night we were there — nowhere near us but at the base. The base is huge. One of the things that I noticed when I had that troop event is that these people would all tell me what an “honor it was” to meet me, and I thank them, but I’m honest here, folks: I can’t tell you how small I felt compared to these people, the age range was anywhere from 18 to 30 and even older. I mean, some of the command officers over there, career military, have been around for a long time, and I mean I’ll be honest.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is a merit in Dayton, Ohio. Nice to have
you on the program. Hi, russ I actually just wanted
to thank you. I am a wife and sister of
two Army soldiers. My brothers served three tours in Afghanistan,
and my husband's now when Iraq set to do a year,
and it's just it's nice to know that there are

(00:20):
other people going over there and telling them that they're
doing a great job and we're all ready for him
to come home, and that we love them and we
support them and they're doing the right thing. Well, thank you.
They are special people. It was an honor to be
able to talk to them and convey what I think
to be the majority sentiments of the of the people

(00:42):
in this country. But I want to tell you they
they're When we were kanadahar Um Candahara is the place
where they're still are. Skirmish is going on and there
was mortar fire the night we were there. Uh, nowhere
near us, but at the base. The base is huge. Uh.
One of one of the things that that that I
noticed when I had that troop event is that these

(01:04):
people would all tell me what what an honor it
was to meet me, And I just you know, I
I thank them, but I I'm honest here, folks. I
can't tell you how small I felt compared to these.
And these are the age range anywhere from eighteen to
thirty and even older. I mean, some of the commanding
officers over there have been the career military, had been
around for a long time. And and I mean, I'll

(01:27):
be honest, uh about when I got there second day,
I was looking forward to leaving. I mean, I it
was not a pleasant experience in terms of just living.
It was it was. It was not anything in American
as accustomed to. And I had it better than the
troops did in the accommodations that I had. Uh. And
there were nothing to write home about. I'm and I'm

(01:49):
not complaining about. It's just the way it is. And
I'm glad I saw it, and I knew it was
going to be that way when I went. But like
anybody else, I was looking forward to the end of
the week when it was time to come home. And
I met a couple of guys in Candahar, a couple
of nineteen year olds. Uh. The day I did by
troop event was their first day, and I said, how

(02:11):
long your schedule to be? Here a year, sir. They
both had copies of my books and they didn't know
because they just got there that day. They didn't know
that I had an event scheduled there. They just they
showed up, both of them. They had one of them
had one of the books they haven't had the other
copy the other book, and asked me to sign them.
Um And just just to show you, they were excited

(02:33):
to be there. They signed up for it, they were
glad they were there. It was they They're glad of
training was over and they had finally gotten to go.
And I'll tell you what I told him in Candahar,
in this in this group towards the end of my
one hour wasn't a speed well, I guess you called
it a speech, but I just I said, I want

(02:54):
to tell you, guys, I feel very small standing here
in front of you, uh, compared to what you were doing,
what I'm doing seems insignificant. And I don't mind admitting
this to you, And I says, I get older, I
have more and more respect for all of you who
do what you do. And I think one of the
reasons is that when I was your age, I had

(03:16):
a chance and didn't do what you're doing. It was Vietnam,
and it was the the beginning of the time when
the country was turning against that war and and so forth.
And I had a lot of renumber that was pretty safe,
so I really wasn't worried about it. But I didn't join.
You guys have all joined. And as I get older

(03:39):
and continue to mature, and I have a greater appreciation,
uh for what people like you, throughout our country's history
have done and what you've meant. I'm literally in awe
of you. You're you're you're better people than I am.
Uh you and you know you. And I told him
the story of the true if I took to Miami

(04:00):
to the Versacei Mansion. I may not have mentioned this
to your folks. It was about no. Nine months ago
and I was done in Miami with some friends and
they said, let's go to Rasachi mansion. I said, I
want to go to Versaci mansion. My house is nicer
than that. Oh you gotta see this. So we went
in there and I found what I thought just a
bunch of young people trying to pair up and go
to the clubs. Years old. I'm telling this story to

(04:21):
the troops and said that the little women are wearing
these little mini skirts that barely cover anything, and a
guy in the front roasted, what's wrong with that? And
I said, nothing's wrong with that. I'm not that's a
point I'm not criticizing. I'm saying this country is is
so magnificent that we can have people who couldn't care
less about whatever threats we face. They're just out there
having a good time. And yet here you are, same age.

(04:42):
I'm in awe of what you do. You could be
the same kind and I'm not being critical, but you're here.
And I just wanted to tell him how much I
personally appreciated them, and then wanted to convey how much
I'm sure all of you do too, And that's that
was just that, that was the real reason I went
over there, and I got that done