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04-DEC-2004 Steve Sprengel

Steve Sprengel

Lincoln, Nebraska

A genuine, spontaneous smile from our Holiday Parade.

Army National Guard
267th Ordinance Company
Family Readiness Unit


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Guest 11-Dec-2004 02:54

"Women make a grave error when they try to prove their "equality" with men by showing that they can enter the armed forces, or go into combat as well as any man (with more amusement). War always makes you less as a species than you could be. Women have shown uncommon good sense in not going to war, and uncommon bad sense by sending their sons and lovers to war. Again: To kill for the sake of peace only makes you better killers, and nothing will change that."
Steve Sprengel10-Dec-2004 01:29
I thought maybe she was around ten so maybe the next place after Iraq, which surely there will be.

I have no idea what brought on the smile from her and the women cropped off to her left, but a moment later, everyone was properly stern faced, again, and continued their drill chants down the parade route.

For as long as I have space to post them, a few more shots are at:
http://www.sprengels.com/Canon300D/Downtown/StarCityParadeDec2004/slides/IMG_9642.html

Sorry, man.
Guest 09-Dec-2004 15:12
Yes, it is a good shot. And like good poetry, it leaves room for the observer. Me, I get a sadness inside deeper than tears. How soon before this pig-tailed gal in cammies is in Iraq? Just a burned-out vet speaking.