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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=544863" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>American Soldier</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">American Soldier</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>When I say... 'I am an American Soldier'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm not shouting I'm better than you.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm whispering, I was a boy, and now</div><div style="margin:10px 0">find myself a man.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>When I say... 'I am an American</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soldier'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I speak not only of this with pride</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm also confessing that I stumble, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">make mistakes, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">And need competent leadership to</div><div style="margin:10px 0">help guide me, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So I in turn, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">can be a competent leader.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>When I say... 'I am an American</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soldier'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm not trying to be strong, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm professing that I am weak and</div><div style="margin:10px 0">need the strength of my peers and</div><div style="margin:10px 0">country, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">To help carry me on.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>When I say... 'I am an American</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soldier'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm not bragging of past successes</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm admitting I have failed in the past</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Admitted the mistakes and tried to</div><div style="margin:10px 0">right the wrongs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>When I say... 'I am an American</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soldier'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm not claiming to be perfect, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">My flaws are far too visible</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But my country needs me, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">and I soldier on.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>When I say... 'I am an American</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soldier'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I can still feel the sting of pain, from</div><div style="margin:10px 0">seeing those that I care about die, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">While we fight for those that we love.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I have my share of heartaches, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">So I call upon the American People to</div><div style="margin:10px 0">help guide our soldiers, when home</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>When I say... 'I am an American</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soldier'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm not better than thou, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'm just a simple man, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Who was called upon by his country</div><div style="margin:10px 0">to fight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>By: Michael Anthony, Author of: Mass Casualties: A Young Medic's True Story of Death, Deception, and Dishonor in Iraq. (Available at your local bookstore or online at: www.MassCasualties.com) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">[Originally inspired by a Carol Wimmer poem.)</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Michael+Anthony">Michael Anthony</a><div class=q>
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When I say... 'I am an American Soldier'

I'm not shouting I'm better than you.

I'm whispering, I was a boy, and now

find myself a man.


When I say... 'I am an American

Soldier'

I speak not only of this with pride

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