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American Hero: Tim Boggs

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Another example of an American hero serving our nation and humanity in bringing civility and democracy to the Middle East.

Little Things Can Mean A Lot – by Tim Boggs @ Michael Yon’s Frontline


US Army Sargeant Tim Boggs with two Iraqi children

One of the families had helped the military and was living there in fear of reprisals from anti-American forces. Another family, a mother and her three small children, were living there to escape their abusive husband and father. Several of the soldiers including myself became particularly fond of the kids in this family. We started hanging out with the oldest two kids, both boys, who were about six and three years-old.

The youngest was a small girl, probably no older than about a year and a half. They were beautiful children and they melted the hearts of many of the soldiers on base.

In the beginning, none of them spoke English so we were unable to communicate, but as anyone who has been in a foreign land can tell you there are ways around language barriers. We often played games with them or let them watch television with us. We would give them snacks and make sure they had enough food and water.

All in all, we spent a good ten months with the family. We were sad to leave them but grateful for the experience of not only helping them out but also having the opportunity to form a relationship that crossed over cultural boundaries, during a time of war. We could see the good changes that we knew we were bringing to these people that greatly needed and appreciated our help. I will be forever thankful for the experience and I hope that one day the kids will grow up to appreciate American soldiers and all that they did for their country. I honestly feel like the kids in Iraq will be our greatest asset in years to come.

All soldiers I know have a heart for the kids in Iraq and for the suffering they have gone through. Many of our greatest efforts have gone toward helping them live a better life, whether it is rebuilding their schools, giving them toys and candy, getting them proper medical attention, or simply playing games with them. My hope for Iraq lies in the next generation. Through the efforts of some amazing soldiers, I believe a seed has been planted that will one day bloom into a mass of young children raised on knowing the kindness and gentleness of American soldiers. When that time comes I believe we will finally enjoy the fruits of our labor in the Middle East.

God Bless Tim Boggs. He is truly an example of the best we have to offer the world…. and certainly not the murdering and torturing soldier that our news media and Democrats want to highlight all the time.

-Bruce (GayPatriot)

Comments

  2. Good post, Bruce. Thanks! A neat story that gets repeated 1,000 times over in Iraq and Afghanistan every single day… and Americans will never see it on the evening news.

  3. These stories warm my heart, but they don’t surprise me. America holds such high ideals and expectations for their countrymen because this is the America they know. Not the picture the MSM paints of Americans in Iraq of incompetence, brutality, and fear. It is understandable for MSM watchers to be deeply horrified at the difference between the MSM picture and the Americans they know, and conclude that something must be deeply wrong in Iraq, or with the whole venture.

  4. A lot of these guys have small children of their own. Plus, you have to figure, even the younger guys like the idea of being a hero. That’s not dissing them, not at all. There isn’t many places any more where it’s acceptable to be a hero at all and the military is one of them.

  6. And folks, the story linked here tells you who the terrorists are that Tim is fighting.

    It shows exactly what they want to do to Iraq, and to America if they get the chance. As the Iraqi blogger put it, they actively seek to exterminate “anyone who wants to do something good for this country”.

    Where I come from, killing the good people BECAUSE they are the good people, is evil.