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The President plans to ". . . spend a little quality time with the First Lady" . . . I like the way this man thinks!!

MUST READS:

THE REAL IRAQ NEWS
By Ralph Peters

August 23, 2005 -- WHAT was the big "Iraq" story in August? Which vital issue got the most air-time and ink? The camp-out of a sad, tormented woman who had lost her son, her marriage and her judgment.

The media pounced on poor Cindy Sheehan in an anti-Bush, anti-war frenzy. The disappointment was obvious when she decided to go home.

What should have made headlines? It would've been nice to see more attention devoted to the complexity and importance of drafting a new constitution for Iraq. But my nomination for the "Greatest Story Never Told" is a quieter one: Locked in a difficult war, the U.S. Army is exceeding its re-enlistment and first-time enlistment goals. Has anybody mentioned that to you?

Remember last spring, when the Army's recruitment efforts fell short for a few months? The media's glee would have made you confuse the New York Times and Air America.

When the Army attempted to explain that enlistments are cyclical and numbers dip at certain times of the year, the media ignored it. All that mattered was the wonderful news that the Army couldn't find enough soldiers. We were warned, in oh-so-solemn tones, that our military was headed for a train wreck.

Now, as the fiscal year nears an end, the Army's numbers look great. Especially in combat units and Iraq, soldiers are re-enlisting at record levels. And you don't hear a whisper about it from the "mainstream media."

Let's look at the numbers, which offer a different picture of patriotism than the editorial pages do.

You can read the rest of the article at
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/52321.htm

SEN. HAGEL'S VIETNAM SYNDROME
By John Byrnes

August 23, 2005 -- IT's every citizen's right to express an opinion on political matters — and the responsibility of elected officials to publicly discuss ideas and misgivings about policy. Still, you have to wonder what Sen. Chuck Hagel hoped to gain from his latest dissent.

The president is out to remind the public of the issues on the line in the war in Iraq. In Salt Lake yesterday, he laid out the case for staying the course: Defeating terrorists. Building a constitutional democracy. Spreading freedom and opportunity. Ridding the Mideast of terror and oppression.

But Sen. Hagel, a fellow Republican, publicly compared the Iraq war to Vietnam. Twice.

Not very loyal — and not very honest.

You can read the rest of the article at [Note: This article is written by an Iraqi war vet!]
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/52331.htm

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