> > GREAT HISTORY LESSON! > > > 1. There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month of > 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. > > 2. When some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war, > state > the following .. > > FDR led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us: Japan did. > From > 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year. > > 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. > > John F. Kennedy. started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam Nam never > attacked us. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From > 1965-1975, > 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year. > > 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. > > 3. In the two 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 of 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 killing a woman. > > Wait, there's more....................... > > Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what they > do > for a living. This exchange 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 our > military. > > JOHN GLENN ON THE SENATE FLOOR Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13 > > Senator Howard Metzenbaum to Senator Glenn: "How can you run for Senate > when you've never held a real job?" > > Senator Glenn: "I served 23 years in the United States Marine Corps., > 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 my checkbook, 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 at 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? I'll tell > you, > Howard Metzenbaum; you should be on your knees every day of your life > thanking God that there were some men - SOME MEN - who held REAL jobs. > And > they required a dedication to a purpose - and a love of country and a > dedication to duty that was more important than life itself. And their > self-sacrifice is what made this country possible. > > I HAVE held a job, Howard! 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 > > If you can read this, thank a teacher.... If you are reading it in > English, thank a Veteran > >
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