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Politics : Piffer Thread on Political Rantings and Ravings
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To: Oral Roberts who wrote (13880)6/7/2004 11:40:24 AM
From: MulhollandDrive  Read Replies (1) of 14610
 
Quite a change from the very moment he was sworn

i remember the change of the public attitude that developed toward the military as well...he obviously had a great love for the armed forces...

"We were really helped when President Ronald Reagan came in. I remember noncommissioned officers who were going to retire and they re-enlisted because they believed in President Reagan. I remember when he gave his speech on the 40th anniversary of Normandy. I don't know how many of you all--do we have any World War II veterans in this room? Anybody who is here? I think we ought to give our World War II veterans a hand.
I was a colonel at the Pentagon. I was working for the Army chief of staff and doing lessons learned and things. And I didn't get to go to the celebration of Normandy, but we heard the speech when he gave it. He talked about how the rangers took Pointe de Hoc. He talked about how they did it for love. And we all cried. That's the kind of president Ronald Reagan was. He helped our country win the Cold War. He put it behind us in a way no one ever believed would be possible. He was truly a great American leader. And those of us in the Armed Forces loved him, respected him and tremendously admired him for his great leadership."


~General Wesley Clark, 2001

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