The most emailed youtube video ...MUST SEE

I was moved beyond measure when I saw this video last week and should have run it then ......... instead it sat on my posts to run.
Forgive me.
It was far and away the most emailed youtube video I have ever received. Hands down.
View video here (hat tip Atlas readers)

UPDATE: This from Van, who was one of the many, who emailed me the vid:

Rush Transcript

Iraq Vet Joe Cook

BEGIN TRANSCRIPT

RUSH: This is such a great thing.  I found it on YouTube yesterday.  There is mild controversy surrounding this ad because it is suggested by Democrats that it was paid for by John McCain and his campaign.  It has not been.  It was not paid for by anybody other than the man who did it.  His name is Joe Cook, and Joe Cook is an injured Iraq war vet, lost his lower leg, foot.  But you don't know that until the end of the piece.  The piece starts with a tight shot of Joe Cook in an outdoor setting, he says what he says, at the end of his remarks, Lee Greenwood's God Bless the USA comes up as Joe Cook turns around and walks away, and that's when you learn that he is an injured Iraq war vet.  I want you to listen to this, particularly on this, the anniversary of 9/11.

Dear Mr. Obama:  Having spent 12 months in the Iraq theater I can promise you, this was not a mistake.  I witnessed firsthand the many sacrifices made by the people of Iraq.  Those sacrifices were not mistakes.  Iraqi people are just like us.  They want a chance to live in a secure world, free from tyranny, free from terrorism, free to prosper, free to raise their children and pass on a future.  Are they better off today than they were in 2002?  You bet.  I've seen many men sacrifice their lives for the Iraqi people.  They died for a purpose, not a mistake.  They died giving hope.  They died promoting freedom.  Do you rescue a fireman just as he's about to save a child?  When you call the Iraqi war a mistake, you disrespect the service and the sacrifice of everyone who has died promoting freedom.  Freedom carries with it a price.  Because you do not understand nor appreciate these principles, sir, I am supporting Senator John McCain for president.  He, too, made a huge sacrifice promoting freedom, because he understands the fundamental truth, freedom is always worth the price.  (playing of Lee Greenwood song)

RUSH:  That was Army Specialist Joe Cook, an Iraq war veteran, wounded by an IED in Iraq May 2007, lost his left foot and leg six inches below the knee.  And you see him walking away after making his remarks here.  He's walking on a dirt road in an outdoor setting.  And everybody is saying McCain paid for it.  McCain did not pay for this.  This is not a paid-for by McCain campaign ad.  END TRANSCRIPT

Comments

[kobi]

wow, atlas , this is so powerful, thanks for showing us. i wrote a letter to the guy who posted it, thanking the young man in the video and saying G-d bless you.

hope millions more people see this.

[janet hojnowski]

Kobi

Beautiful! God be with our soldiers in Iraq and all those who have served our country. Without them we would have no freedom. No safety. All of our services, including firemen and police, risk their lives daily. How immoral to take them for granted. How evil to put down a war many have died in, bravely serving our great country.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG4fe9GlWS8y

WE also need to fight for THEM. Fight for our freedom here. Vote Mccain. Serve as an American. They have and do. To the many Vietnam vets who gave their lives and those who made it home, THANK YOU. THANK YOU SOLDIERS IN IRAQ. THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO'VE MADE IT HOME. We love you. Tipping hat.