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April 13, 2004
The Least You Can Do
Is to read about local soldiers who've paid the ultimate price for their country in Iraq. Regardless of the administration in charge or the motives, our troops go in with the best intentions and try their damndest to make lemonade from lemons.
One thing you can do to actually support the troops is to visit Operation Hero Miles and donate some of your frequent flyer miles. The government treats our soldiers kind of crappy, only paying for them to fly from overseas to a major hub like Atlanta. If they live in smalltown Louisiana (for example) they are on their own getting from Atlanta to New Orleans. At Hero Miles you can donate your miles so that they can get a free flight the rest of the way.
I have something like 500 frequent flier miles in my account. I would need 25K, which isn't going to happen anytime soon, to get a free flight myself. But if 50 of us donate 500 miles a deserving American soldier can get one today.
Posted by Chris at April 13, 2004 10:12 AM
Comments
Chris, that sounds like a great idea. I put the link up on my website. It's important to remember that our soldiers aren't the ones setting policy in Washington. Yet, they are the ones sacrificing most and, unfortunately, suffering most because of the failed leadership of this administration.
Posted by: Jared at April 13, 2004 11:09 PM
hey, did you hear about this on the air america website?
Posted by: stress at April 14, 2004 12:50 AM
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