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More bad news for the "support-the-troops-but-oppose-the-war" crowd. On Friday the American Legion said they're declaring war on anti-war protesters, and they're starting a letter-writing campaign from soldiers fighting in Iraq who want to get their side of the story out. "America needs to hear the good news firsthand from those who are fighting the war in Iraq and Afghanistan," said Legion National Commander Tom Bock in a press release excerpted by the liberal web site Raw Story. "It's about time that the American public hears about the positive things our soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen and coastguardsmen are doing for our...

As I sit in class, day after day, it becomes obvious to me that my generation has become engrossed in a new wave of anti-American propaganda. Saddam Hussein was a horrible dictator who murdered his own people with chemical weapons, and yet when I traveled to Ardmore, Pa., to see President Bush on the campaign trail, I was horrified to hear protestors shout “Slaughterer!” at our President. To think that at a time of war we have these people criticizing our Commander in Chief is disgraceful. Not only are they dividing this country, as terrorist organizations had hoped, but they...