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To: Kaslin

Hey, folks, I can't get the text but understand that they did NOT print the letter as written. Here is a review of their edits. If someone has the time and skill to post/link a pdf of the origical I'll be glad to email it to you.

When you compare the Chiefs’ actual text to the letter published you can see what was left out: ”Where do we get such men and women? From the cities, and farmlands of this great Nation – they serve to be a part of something bigger than themselves.”

Also note: The Chiefs wrote: “we believe you owe the men and women and their families who so selflessly serve our country the decency to not make light of their tremendous physical sacrifices.” The Post changed that to: “these men and women and their families are owed the decency of not having a cartoon make light of their tremendous physical sacrifices.”


8 posted on 02/02/2006 7:59:13 AM PST by Lee'sGhost (Crom!)
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To: Lee'sGhost
Already posted
9 posted on 02/02/2006 8:06:19 AM PST by MadCharity ("Hindsight is not wisdom, and second guessing is not a strategy." Go GW!!!)
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To: Lee'sGhost

See post #12


13 posted on 02/02/2006 8:44:54 AM PST by CedarDave ("There is a difference between responsible criticism that aims for success, and defeatism...W - SOTU)
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To: Lee'sGhost; All
Here is the original letter of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in PDF file

Letter to the Compost from the JCS

14 posted on 02/02/2006 8:50:41 AM PST by Kaslin ("Hindsight alone is not wisdom, and second-guessing is not a strategy" President G.W. Bush)
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