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An enlistee's defense of President Bush
Ithaca Journal (amazingly enough) ^ | Friday, February 27, 2004 | By Shaun M. McCray

Posted on 02/27/2004 8:52:42 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines

Edited on 05/07/2004 8:01:07 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

Many people have doubted President Bush from the time he took office, particularly regarding the credibility of prewar intelligence. What I don't understand is that when former President Bill Clinton decided to stay in Somalia, people didn't doubt him or protest his actions -- and his was a major military blunder. Nineteen U.S. soldiers died and the mission wasn't even completed. We pulled out six weeks later after the intense 15-hour firefight in Mogadishu, Somalia. Few protested when Clinton bombed Baghdad in Operation Desert Fox. What about Kosovo?


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TOPICS: Editorial; US: New York
KEYWORDS: bush43; endorsement; ithaca; lte; praise
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Amazingly enough, this was in the Ithaca Journal.

Not so amazingly, the young man who wrote this does not live in Ithaca.

In any event, this heartfelt statement from an actual enlistee should be required reading everything.

1 posted on 02/27/2004 8:52:43 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: governsleastgovernsbest; bentfeather; gaspar; NativeNewYorker; drjimmy; Atticus; John Valentine; ...
Support the troops/Good news out of the Ithaca Journal for once ping
2 posted on 02/27/2004 8:53:21 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
A lot of times, I think our country's best really are in the armed forces. Not just because I was in the army myself, but because of gestures like this. Find any other country's enlisted soldiers who can take initiative like this.
3 posted on 02/27/2004 8:55:42 AM PST by .cnI redruM (At the end of the day, information has finite value and may only come at a significant price.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
We need young guys like this to be interviewed on the media.
4 posted on 02/27/2004 9:01:15 AM PST by tkathy (The liberal media: september 10th rhetoric in a september 11th world.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; SAMWolf; Ragtime Cowgirl; radu; snippy_about_it; Darksheare; Colonel_Flagg; ..
Support the troops/Good news out of the Ithaca Journal for once ping

((((((((Ping)))))))))

5 posted on 02/27/2004 9:02:46 AM PST by Soaring Feather (~ I do Poetry and party among the stars~)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines; ohioWfan; Mo1
Excellent OpEd by one of our finest
7 posted on 02/27/2004 9:05:21 AM PST by MJY1288 (There's no leaders on the path of least resistance, ask John Kerry, he's been paving it for 32 yrs.)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Wanna start taking bets on how many letters to the editor will pour in from the more "enlightened" populace telling this kid how "blinded" he is? There may be one or two calling him a baby killer, but most will be paternalistic professors who know so much more about the world than this country bumpkin, taking pity on him for his ignorance.
9 posted on 02/27/2004 9:07:01 AM PST by drjimmy
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To: bentfeather
Ithaca Journal had that?!
10 posted on 02/27/2004 9:07:38 AM PST by Darksheare (Fortune for today: The Goldfish have it out to do you in.)
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To: Darksheare
Yupper sure did! But he does not live in the city.
11 posted on 02/27/2004 9:08:40 AM PST by Soaring Feather (~ I do Poetry and party among the stars~)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Shaun McCray, a senior at Lansing High School, enlisted in the U.S. Army in July, 2003.

This young man deserves support and thanks for truly well written opinion. God bless him and all our men and women in uniform!

12 posted on 02/27/2004 9:16:40 AM PST by yoe (WMD come in small containers/vials...small minds don't want you to know that.)
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If many of the administration's critics had researched and got all the facts before they protested, they would have found out that many times in history Saddam Hussein and his Baathist regime committed acts of terror and genocide.

They didn't research the facts because they knew they would have no argument to make

Thanks for the ping Mike .. This one is going out in email

God Bless out Soldiers

13 posted on 02/27/2004 9:17:05 AM PST by Mo1 (" Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?")
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To: bentfeather
Wow.
But they still ran the article.
Has anyone seen four horsemen ride by yet?
14 posted on 02/27/2004 9:18:04 AM PST by Darksheare (Fortune for today: The Goldfish have it out to do you in.)
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PING!
15 posted on 02/27/2004 9:21:22 AM PST by Mo1 (" Do you want a president who injects poison into his skull for vanity?")
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Those in uniform truly do come from the best amoung us. The majority coming from the counties that President Bush won. While the liberals whine, their betters will protect them in spite of themselves.

Dan
16 posted on 02/27/2004 9:33:16 AM PST by Scannall (I used to be liberal, then I graduated from college and started paying taxes.)
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To: Darksheare
Not so far as I know!! LOL
17 posted on 02/27/2004 9:37:59 AM PST by Soaring Feather (~ I do Poetry and party among the stars~)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Outstanding........BUMP
18 posted on 02/27/2004 9:52:09 AM PST by JulieRNR21 (One good term deserves another! Take W-04....Across America!)
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To: bentfeather
Bump
19 posted on 02/27/2004 9:56:43 AM PST by SAMWolf (I even have boring dreams...I fall asleep in my sleep!)
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To: Behind Liberal Lines
Three, there is evidence that is being held by the Department of Defense that supports Bush's actions and statements proving that Hussein owned stockpiles of WMD's as well as previous attacks on his own people.

While I admire this young man's courage and his service to the country...should he be giving out this info? Might get him into some trouble with the DoD. It might backfire on Bush, as they can say that he is witholding the info for political reasons, to be released a few days before the election, which would be typical drivel coming from the idiots in Ithaca.

20 posted on 02/27/2004 10:04:08 AM PST by ravingnutter
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