Thank You to the British Troops – You’re The Best

By keeptonyblairforpm

Comment at end

17th March 2008

In the run-up to five years in Iraq I will be posting some videos, links and messages here in support of our troops. Please let me know if you see anything I could use here, and feel free to send your own messages to our boys and girls.

The Help For Heroes website, launched on 1st October, 2007, raises money for our wounded servicemen and women.

“What is H4H all about? It’s about the blokes, our men and women. It’s about Derri, a rugby player who has lost both his legs, it about Carl whose jaw is wired up so he has been drinking through a straw. It’s about Richard who was handed a mobile phone as he lay on the stretcher so he could say goodbye to his wife. It is about Ben, its about Steven and Andy and Mark, its about them all. They are just blokes but they are our blokes; they are our heroes. We want to help our heroes.”

A new poll shows that 50% of Iraqis think their lives are good, more than at any time in the last three years.

The poll for the BBC, ABC, ARD and NHK of more than 2,000 people also suggests that a majority believe that security in their area has improved since 2007. And while most Iraqis still believe US troops are making things worse, the number who want the Americans to pull out immediately has fallen.

[Picture: This tells you who Iraqi children know they can trust. While all around are fleeing for cover from an insurgent attack, the soldier stands tall, and the boy knows who is there to protect him. With thanks to 'Humbled Infidel' for this and for the great website where I found it. It says - "Sure didn't see this on CNN, NBC, ABC or CBS". No. Nor on the BBC!]

Support an Armed Forces Day

(From the Telegraph’s campaign)

‘Amarillo’

Some British Army troops

British Army Helicopters

British Army show off Apache Helicopter

‘Bring Him Home’ – from Les Miserables

John Owen Jones (from Cardiff’s Millennium Centre)

Recorded for the Welsh language television channel – S4C

What a voice!

THANK YOU SHAZ FOR THESE LINKS

(I’ll paste some of the excellent videos in their instant view mode for easy watching, asap)

Shaz says:

“As promised here is a long, long list of video clips, journalist blogs embedded in Iraq, soldier blogs and humanitarian sites working in Iraq and Afghanistan.

First of all here are the Video clips on the progress of the country, rebuilding of the country and humanitarian missions done by the troops.”

Al Qudis Boys High School: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAe_HmdB8Y8

Electrical Power Infrastructure: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrjBRkRW97w

New Turbines at Al-Quds Power Plant: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNYgbt7qCXM

Not everyone shoots – Soldiers help children in Iraq: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bza7CVfe3sw

US soldiers helping kids in Iraq, including a girl with a heart condition: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhvtFFy2arQ

Electricity in Northern Babil: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9lYtkfpJfM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcIZ7Ye1WHY&feature=related

Solar streetlights for Fallujah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgG4v4CXrg4&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4tKoPCPC9SI&feature=related

The future of Iraq – Girls School in Baghdad: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYVYukoCVZY&feature=relate

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGmTWw4cr0w&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gx09rJObPc0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OQyAm-FGKE0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ve18I4jlvc&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfzWTAMCAos&feature=related

Playing soccer with Iraqi kids – from a soldier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3sxop1-PkI&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7dy0M4pJ1Q&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TUNEXAXThA&feature=related

Gifts of shoes to Iraqi children: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3FEtGdDAGc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQZlTsqp3-I&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eCa34ZfKI0&feature=related

“Now for the embedded journalist blogs Michael Totten, and Michael Yon. These are American blogs embedded with US army who interact with the Iraqi population, their blogs make very interesting stories telling both good and bad news as it comes. No doubt Arlene probably knows about Michael Yon.”

http://michaeltotten.com/

http://67.192.120.151/index.php

“Now for the soldier blogs. These are also American no doubt there are UK ones but I haven’t come across them as yet.”

http://www.blackfive.net/

http://www.mudvillegazette.com/milblogs/

http://www.soldiersperspective.us/

http://blackanthem.com/

http://www.mudvillegazette.com/

“Lastly humanitarian mission performed by the troops/local charity organisations.”

http://www.operationiraqichildren.org/

“The above site features Gary Sinise American actor in CSI American TV series, also was in the film Apollo 13 . He spends a lot of time and effort of his own time, going out to Iraq supporting the Iraqi people, also supporting the American troops as well as Gary is in a music group that goes out to play to the troops in Iraq and within the USA.”

http://spiritofamerica.net/

“Happy reading !!!

From Shaz”

Thank you, Shaz. Much appreciated

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19 Responses to “Thank You to the British Troops – You’re The Best”

shaz Says:
March 21, 2008 at 8:26 am | Reply
Hi Arlene

On the You Tube site you can find some very funny soldier videos that the soldiers have made while they have been resting and relaxing, just like the one mentioned on this site “Amarillo”. They are very clever and some shows a lot of imagination, brilliant.

I’ll have a look for them on the You Tube site and send them onto KTBFPM once I have the e-mail address to send onto to.

From Shaz
Stan Says:
March 21, 2008 at 11:01 am | Reply
Re. the latest Bin Laden tape, did you notice that it was about punishing Europe for the Danish “blasphemy”? In other words even if Iraq had not been invaded Al Qaeda would have found some other pretext, like saying nasty things about the Prophet. to blow up innocent people in the West. The only difference is that without the war and the occupation more terrorists would have been freed up to do their dirty work in Europe and elsewhere.
keeptonyblairforpm Says:
March 21, 2008 at 12:00 pm | Reply
Absolutely, Stan. And you know what got me? His saying that the insults to Islam via the Danish cartoons were worse than us killing their women and children!!! You can kill our families, but don’t criticise our religion. They’re a laugh a minute!

Hah!

These people have NO moral values compatible with humanity!

Roll out another one, BL! Every time you do, you bring more westerners out of their press-induced stupor.

I’m not sure what to make about the position that some are taking as to whether this is actually bin-Laden, or whether it was made recently or not. Y’know, the “is he dead already” thing?

Blair always said they will look for any reason, any excuse to attack us He was right.
Iraq - And What the Press HAVEN’T told you « Tony Blair Says:
March 21, 2008 at 8:47 pm | Reply
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Karen Mckenzie Says:
March 21, 2008 at 11:11 pm | Reply
I would like to say thanks to all the British troops in Iraq andAfghanistan for putting there lives on the line they are all doing a very difficult job. not made easier by reports of withdraw the troops or soldiers not believing in the cause. everyone should be pulling together for the long haul after all they are only doing their duty.
Arlene Says:
March 21, 2008 at 11:14 pm | Reply
Hello there,
It is Good Friday and I feel the need to wish our troops a Blessed and peaceful Easter.
I feel the need to wish everyone a very peaceful and loving Easter.
God Bless you,
Arlene
keeptonyblairforpm Says:
March 23, 2008 at 12:18 am | Reply
A little ‘Thank You’ to reader Shaz,

I have received plenty of links – including many YouTube videos from Shaz.

Sorry I don’t have time at the moment to look through them all and describe what’s there for my readers, but perhaps you can just take a look yourselves.

Then you can let ME know what’s in them! Spreading the load …

;0)

Anyway, thanks again Shaz for all your work. There is (at least) one other little job I’d be grateful if you can help me out with.

Later.
Humbled Infidel Says:
May 10, 2008 at 3:29 am | Reply
“The kids obviously love the soldiers as do the soldiers and one reason why I believe the soldiers will stay in Iraq as long as it takes to make that country stable, that is if the decision was left up to them and
not Politicians/Media or some of the public.”

Absolutely! This is what I see too. The children are always running after our troops to play, to get their attention, etc. They love them. And they run to our troops for protection. Check out this picture on one of my blogs. It’s in the sidebar. It’s of a child hiding behind a soldier when everyone else is running around in chaos after a bomb exploded. Better yet, here is the link to my post on that whole situation.

Notice this is in Sept. 2007
http://twana.vox.com/library/post/picture1-iraq-boy.html

And I just added this link because it’s one of my favorite videos.
http://twana.vox.com/library/post/when-a-soldier-comes-home-1.html
keeptonyblairforpm Says:
May 10, 2008 at 11:09 am | Reply
Should I be admitting those pictures and your video brought a tear to my eye? Well, I’m typing through a haze at the moment.

With your permission I’d like to use them elsewhere here – perhaps I can add it to the above post?

And no – we NEVER see pictures like these in the British press either. Like the British commenter at your blog they have their OWN story: it is in short – Bush bad – Blair bad – terrorists are freedom fighters.

Tony Blair