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myLot reputation of 93/100. west_tx_goddess (434)4 years ago

Had to get the word out...



JOHN GLENN SAID-
Things that make you think a little:
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:

a. FDR led us into World War II.

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 without 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.

It took less time to take Iraq than it took
to count the votes in Florida!!!!

Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB!
The Military morale is high!

The biased media hopes we are too ignorant
to realize the facts

But wait.

There's more!

JOHN GLENN (ON THE SENATE FLOOR)
Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13

Some people still don't understand why military personnel
do what they do for a living. This e xchange 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 mycheckbook,
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?

What about you?"

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

Now he's a Senator!

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

It might not be a bad idea to keep this circulating

 
 
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1. myLot reputation of 40/100. TheWuzz (112)   4 years ago

Mercy I take it you are a Republican. It would take a lot more time and space to discuss why the presidents you mentioned entered different wars. The elections are over now and the Democrats will not be able to do a lot of what they were campaigning on. Remember politicians will say anything to get elected.
That being said I agree with a lot of what you said. The main problem we are going to have is that the congress and senate now have left wackos, California to start with, in leadership positions and they are going to make life very difficult for our military and business in the next few months.
Also I am an independent and don't want anyone to tell me how to vote

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2. myLot reputation of 93/100. braveheartpt (2133)   4 years ago

I´m not American, but I´ve read this post till the end. You Americans seem that are a little bit divided, not only by Iraq war, some home matters are in the table to. It´s good to hear opinions from who is against or with Bush. Thanks for sharing to the world your thoughts.

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3. myLot reputation of 89/100. mirage108 (2784)   4 years ago

I agree with all of the post. my thing is it doesnt matter who is in office if they are not liked for the way they do things people will complain. everyone doesnt know all the facts, which is why when elections come around you here all the bashing of what ever it might be. If they knew all the facts they might think in different ways. but unfortunatly all they here is what is on the news, and they belive it all and that is how there jugements are made. IF all those facts were known when an election comes around the out come might have been different.

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4. myLot reputation of 29/100. ang_6260 (164)   4 years ago

This is really intriguing....why don't they withdraw troops from iraq...i wonder..


myLot reputation of 89/100. mirage108 (2784)  4 years ago

They cant in my oppinion, it would create more havoc over there and who know that that havoc would create for us here in the US

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