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these are powerful thoughts... pass them on!!!... james

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John Glenn said...
This should 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 li ves 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.

The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking.

But Wait . . . . .

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 - January 26, 2004)

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 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 StatesMarine 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 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 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 yo u 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.

 

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these are powerful thoughts... pass them on!!!... james
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John Glenn is someone I would vote for for President! He has something ALL of the current candidates lack...Common Sense!

As for President Bush...Stay the Course!

 

...what actually is the goal for us (the US) in Iraq, what has to happen for the war to be a success? or has it already happened? and don't tell me it was for democracy and liberty and freedom for the Iraqi people...there are alot of places on the planet where people are suffering and we don't invade there...Iraq is most likely a stepping stone to middle east domination (owned) by the USA, and given our thirst for oil, probably the best thing to do huh?...

 

...oh, I forgot, those teowist, that's why the war on tewor...sorry, I forgot...

 

*snicker*

 

Same here what is the GOAL in Iraq also what about Benchmarks for their Goverment so they know that OUR troops will not always be there keeping them in power. Also Now he is rattling the Saber AGAIN with Iran when we donot have the MEN OR WEAPONS to take them on what are they hoping the Iraqis will help us. Yeah right mostof them are Shities the same as the Iranians are and would turn on us faster than you can blink. We have no chance to win there at all.

Actually Ike put the first advisors in to VIetnam in the 50's and he was the one that would not let the elections go on as soon as he saw that the Vietcng were going to win in the south. We have a history of overthrowing countries leaders and putting in puppets that support us that is why the Middle East is so screwed up anyone remember the Shah of Iran another of Ikes doings.

 

 

 

http://www.snopes.com/politics/quotes/glenn.asp

Unfortunatly it is only partially true....(you knew snopes would enter into this post at some point).