Things that make you think a little:
There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in January. In the fair city
of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January. That's just one
American city,about as deadly as the entire war-torn country of Iraq
When some claim that President Bush shouldn't have started this war, state
the following:
a. FDR led us into World War II.
b. Germany never attacked us; Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were
lost ... an average of 112,500 per year.
c. Truman finished that war and started one in Korea. North Korea never
attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost .. an average of 18,334
per year.
d. John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never
attacked us.
e. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were
lost .. an average of 5,800 per year.
f. Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent. Bosnia never
attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three
times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.
g. In the years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated
two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear
inspectors in Libya , Iran , and North Korea without firing a shot, and
captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.
The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking.
But ..
It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch
Davidian compound. That was a 51-day operation.
We've been looking for evidence for chemical weapons in Iraq for less time
than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy
the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police
after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick
It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in
Florida !!!!
Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB! The Military morale is high!
The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts.
But Wait. There's more!
JOHN GLENN (ON THE SENATE FLOOR)
Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13
Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what they do
for a living. This exchange between Senators John Glenn and Senator Howard
Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive
impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of one man's explanation of
why men and women in the armed services do what they do for a living.
This IS a typical, though sad, example of what some who have never served
think of the military.
Senator Metzenbaum (speaking to Senator Glenn):
"How can you run for Senate when you've never held a real job?"
Senator Glenn (D-Ohio):
"I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps. I served through two
wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12
different occasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't my checkbook,
Howard, it was my life on the line. It was not a nine-to-five job, where I
took my tie off to take the daily cash receipts to the bank."
"I ask you to go with me ... as I went the other day... to a veterans'
hospital and look those men ... with their mangled bodies in the eye, and
tell THEM they didn't hold a job!
You go with me to the Space Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the
widows and orphans of Ed White, Gus Grissom, and Roger Chaffee...
and you look those kids in the eye and tell them that their DADS didn't hold
a job.
You go with me on Memorial Day, and you stand in Arlington National
Cemetery , where I have more friends buried than I'd like to remember, and
you watch those waving flags, You stand there, and you think about this
nation, and you tell ME that those people didn't have a job?
What about you?"
For those who don't remember .. During W.W.II, Howard Metzenbaum was an
attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA
Now he's a Senator!
If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you ar e reading it in English
thank a Veteran.
