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You don't have to shout at me. (I sound like my kids.)

I have been on the FRONT LINES -- the front lines supporting the men and women who are already out there fighting the war on terrorism and defending our freedoms.

I don't owe you any explanations, but I know very well the seriousness of having someone you love in another country fighting a war. My husband was in Vietnam, stationed in-country in the mountains and received a Bronze Star for his service to our country. He would send me cassette tapes and I could hear people shooting at them in the background. Friends of ours didn't make it back and their names are engraved on the Vietnam Memorial Wall. When the troops returned to the U.S., they were treated very badly by the anti-war protesters and they were victims of the sentiments of the day. I know how very much our men and women in the military need the support of fellow Americans when they are risking their lives and doing their duty.

Of course, I don't want war; however, we are already in the midst of a war -- did you think it was over? -- and we are on the brink of action in Iraq. Saddam Hussein has been given every chance, and then some, to disarm for a period of 12 years. He hasn't done so. He does have weapons of mass destruction and he has demonstrated his ability and deliberate use of them to wipe out whole villages of men, women and children. He is conscienceless and merciless and cannot be trusted not to use them again or pass them on to terrorists to use against his enemies -- and that includes the US.

This Patriots Rally for America IV is organized so that people who care can come together to support our troops (you included), our Commander-in-Chief, and our great country. The men and women in the Armed Services need and deserve the support of all of us regardless of our differing views on the war.