Touching Nerves, Hearts and Painful Memories

Obiter Dictum ^ | February 27, 2008 | Denis Keohane

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[Darksheare]

Done, though I kept myself “Anon”.

[Slip18]

Thanks, Ductch!

[Slip18]

Sorry about the misspelling of your name up there. LOL!

[Slip18]

We don’t want to know who you really are, do we?

Thank you!

[Darksheare]

More correctly, I don’t want to know who I really am.

Wait.. that isn’t how it.. Hey!

;-)
Welcome.

[Enchante]

Thanks Grampa Dave — terrific article — I don’t have a ping list currently but I am forwarding this around to everyone I email with......

[Soaring Feather]

Bump, thanks Meg!

[Diver Dave]

signed... proudly with honor

[oneolcop]

SIGNED! Never again! Ping!

[La Enchiladita]

You can get around donating. I did. I selected $2 and, when I got to the paypal page, I scrolled down and hit the “Return to ipetitions” link. I don’t do Paypal but would gladly send to a worthwhile cause that gives me a mailing address..

Thanks for the ping, MEG, and thanks for posting, Interesting Times.

[La Enchiladita]

Ping to the Vietnam Veterans of FR.

No donation necessary when signing petition; see post 51.

[boomop1]

Thanks, I am a Viet Nam Vet 88 combat missions.

[FMBass]

Thanks for the ping.

Signed without hesitation.

[The Citizen Soldier]

Signed.

As a proud (thank you Free Republic) Viet Nam veteran, my fervent hope and prayer is that our brave soldiers and sailors fighting for our freedom today, will be honored for the sacrifice they make; each and every one, each and every day.

[Ciexyz]

I was in college in 1971 and at the time, I believed the allegations because they were made at public hearings. Such a shame that kangaroo hearings are happening again to poison the minds of a new generation.

[La Enchiladita]

Be very proud, thank you!!
:-)

[La Enchiladita]

It's a shame but it won't happen without a challenge this time. Thank God Senator Warner got right on it and demanded evidence from the POS Barak Hussein Obama re his "loose lips" allegations of current weapons and equipment shortages. See this at the top of the petition:

During the Democratic Debate between Senators Clinton and Obama televised on the evening of February 21st, Senator Obama spoke of information passed on to him by an officer in the United States Army about our forces in Afghanistan suffering from a shortage of equipment and weapons. The very next day, a member and former Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, Senator Warner, sent a letter to Senator Obama, asking for information about these charges. Senator Warner wrote:

"...I, and I believe other members of SASC, have a responsibility to establish where in the military chain of command rests the 'accountability,' depending of course, on the accuracy of the facts...What I need from you are the essential facts of when- the dates- the unit was deployed, to which brigade combat team, or other unit it was assigned, the name and current location of the captain, or other military personnel who shared the alleged facts with you, so that committee staff can debrief them."

Senator Warner was, as should be the case, taking the oversight responsibility of the members of the SASC seriously.

Appeal to The Senate Armed Services Committee (Petition)

[Ciexyz]

Kudos to Senator Warner for demanding the facts. That was the appropriate response. Gee, the silence of the media is deafening, isn't it.

[vietvet67]

Thanks. Petition signed..