Dedicated to our President, and Our Soldiers

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:

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 with out 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

Some people still don't understand why military personnel d o 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 time 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 veteran's 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?

For those who don't remember .. During W.W.II, Howard Metzenbaum was an attorney representing the Communist Party in the USA .

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English thank a Veteran.

Thanks. Just printed it out.

2 posted on 05/17/2006 4:58:44 AM PDT by mtbopfuyn (I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)

Thanks and 'Wow' - really puts things in perspective. But, it's really hard to fight the Liberally biased mainstream media.

3 posted on 05/17/2006 5:03:31 AM PDT by NotADove (35% polls indicate the other 65% have forgotten 9/11 - Rome has been burning.....)

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.

Osama also declared war on us just as Hitler did.

4 posted on 05/17/2006 5:12:49 AM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot (Not all that needs to be done, needs to be done by the government.)

5 posted on 05/17/2006 5:17:05 AM PDT by Eagles6 (Dig deeper, more ammo.)

Unfortunately its only "perceptions" that at this point seem to matter.

Facts are irrelevant. It's people like Michael Moore, TV shows like MTV, and papers like the NYT's who define the "perceptions" of many. Haven't you seen Syriana or Munich yet? There we can learn about our abusive evil US government and the poor terrorists and their personal stories.

I'd love nothing more than a good regime change to come to Detroit.

7 posted on 05/17/2006 5:49:51 AM PDT by grellis (can't sleep clown will eat me)

Senator Metzenbaum comments seemed to outrageous to be true. So I checked it up. Truth is stranger than fiction - it's TRUE!

How can such vermin be in our government?

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