This administration and its gang must be getting really desperate with all their chicken hawkism lately especially that concerning Jack Murtha. Maybe it's the thought of that word "impeachment" and removal from office accompanied by the fear the GOP will lose the Congress in the midterm election, giving the House Speaker's to someone who definitely isn't a Republican and putting that individual right in the line of succession to the presidency to move right into the White House should such a "terrible" thing as impeachment and removal from office of the current thugs running this administration taking place.

Cindy Sheehan asked President Bush, "Why did my son have to die in
Iraq"??

Another mother asked Harry Truman, "Why did my son have to die in
Korea"??

Another mother asked Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Why did son have to die at Iwo Jima"??


Another mother asked Woodrow Wilson, "Why did my son have to die on the battlefield of France"?? Yet another mother asked Abraham Lincoln, "Why did my son have to die at Gettysburg"??


And yet another mother asked George Washington, "Why did my son have to die near Valley Forge"??


Then long, long ago, a mother asked, "Heavenly Father, why did my son
have to die on a cross outside Jerusalem"?? The answers to all these are similar: that others may have life and dwell in peace, happiness and
freedom.



AUTHOR UNKNOWN

So, you see no difference between the Revolutionary War and Iraq or between World War II and Iraq?

And, what about Vietnam? I find it revealing that you left Vietnam off your list.

I also am offended that you would put the Prince of Peace dying on the cross for our sins in the same category as any war. You have a seriously warped perspective. You have every right to that perspective. You even have the right to sanctimoniously claim that you support our troops and those of us who do not support the war do not.

Let me explain something to you:

My cousin was killed in Iraq in August. My brother is in the air force and is over there now.

The implication of your statement is that those of us who do not agree that those dying in Iraq are allowing us to "have life and dwell in peace, happiness, and freedom" desire that we live in shackles or that we would be willing to let our country be overtaken by a foreign power with no resistance.

That is a blatant lie. You know it to be a lie. You should be ashamed of yourself for using the death of our brave soldiers in Iraq to attack those who do not agree with your blood-thirsty war-mongering.

You dishonor our troops by attacking those of us who believe that Bush's war in Iraq is not an honorable war.

Our troops are there to do their duty and they should be honored for that. Bringing our troops home now will in no way diminish the patriotism, courage, honor, and sacrifice of our troops whether they return home whole, injured, dismembered, disabled, or in a body bag.

If you truly supported our troops, you would demand that George Bush and the Republican Party provide the body armor and other materiel for which the Democrats have been arguing and George Bush has opposed.

If you truly supported our troops, you would demand that George Bush and the Republican Party provide proper health care and veterans benefits for our troops and their families, which the Republicans have blocked and the Democrats have supported.

If you truly supported our troops, you would demand that George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the rest of the chicken-hawk cowards who never served, apologize to Jack Murtha, Max Cleland, John Kerry, John McCain, and every other veteran they have attacked as unpatriotic traitors.

If you truly supported our troops, you would demand that George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the rest of the chicken-hawk cowards who never served apologize for firing General Eric Shinseki because he told them a minimum of 300,000 troops were needed.

If you truly supported our troops, you would demand that George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the rest of the chicken-hawk cowards who never served apologize to every single person on this planet that accurately predicted the mess Bush has gotten us into and for which he refuses to accept responsibility.

If you truly supported our troops, you would demand that George Bush, Dick Cheney, and the rest of the chicken-hawk cowards who never served apologize for and stop using the war for political gain, open up the dialog, and create a real plan for Iraq.

If George Patton, Dwight Eisenhower, Franklin Roosevelt, and others had decided on a strategy for WWII and then executed that strategy with no correction for mistakes, defeats, and reality on the ground, we would be speaking German today. That is what George Bush is doing and our troops are suffering for his stubbornness.

Tell George Bush that real men of courage, integrity, and character admit their mistakes and ask for and accept guidance from those who can contribute intellect, historical perspective, and on-the-ground reality to the strategy and planning.

George Bush won't do this because he isn't man enough to do it.

You should be ashamed for supporting George Bush.

Military Service Records Of U.S. Politicians and Opinion Leaders

Democrats:

* Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71.
* David Bonior: Staff Sgt., Air Force 1968-72.
* Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72.
* Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade.
* Bob Kerrey: Lt. j.g. Navy 1966-69; Medal of Honor, Vietnam.
* Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-47; Medal of Honor, WWII.
* John Kerry: Lt., Navy 1966-70; Silver Star, Bronze Star with Combat V, Purple Hearts.
* Charles Rangel: Staff Sgt., Army 1948-52; Bronze Star, Korea.
* Max Cleland: Captain, Army 1965-68; Silver Star & Bronze Star, Vietnam; paraplegic from war injuries. Served in Congress
* Ted Kennedy: Army, 1951-53.
* Tom Harkin: Lt., Navy, 1962-67; Naval Reserve, 1968-74.
* Jack Reed: Army Ranger, 1971-1979; Captain, Army Reserve 1979-91.
* Fritz Hollings: Army officer in WWII; Bronze Star and seven campaign ribbons.
* Leonard Boswell: Lt. Col., Army 1956-76; Vietnam, DFCs, Bronze Stars,and Soldier's Medal.
* Pete Peterson: Air Force Captain, POW. Purple Heart, Silver Star and Legion of Merit
* Mike Thompson: Staff sergeant, 173rd Airborne, Purple Heart.
* Bill McBride: Candidate for Fla. Governor. Marine in Vietnam; Bronze Star with Combat V.
* Gray Davis: Army Captain in Vietnam, Bronze Star.
* Pete Stark: Air Force 1955-57
* Chuck Robb: Vietnam
* Howell Heflin: Silver Star
* George McGovern: Silver Star & DFC during WWII.
* Bill Clinton: Did not serve. Student deferments; entered draft but received #311.
* John Edwards: Did not serve.
* Jimmy Carter: Seven years in the Navy.
* Walter Mondale: Army 1951-1953
* John Glenn: WWII and Korea; six DFCs and AirMedal with 18 Clusters.
* Tom Lantos: Served in Hungarian underground in WWII. Saved by Raoul Wallenberg

Republicans – and these are the guys sending our people to war:

* Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by marriage
* Dennis Hastert: did not serve.
* Tom Delay: did not serve.
* Roy Blunt: did not serve.
* Bill Frist: did not serve.
* Mitch McConnell: did not serve.
* Rick Santorum: did not serve.
* Trent Lott: did not serve.
* John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business
* Jeb Bush: did not serve.
* Karl Rove: did not serve.
* Saxby Chambliss: did not serve. "Bad knee" The man who attacked Max Cleland's patriotism
* Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve.
* Vin Weber: did not serve.
* Richard Perle: did not serve.
* Douglas Feith: did not serve.
* Eliot Abrams: did not serve.
* Richard Shelby: did not serve.
* Jon Kyl: did not serve.
* Tim Hutchison: did not serve.
* Christopher Cox: did not serve.
* Newt Gingrich: did not serve.
* Don Rumsfeld: served in Navy (1954-57) as flight instructor.
* George W. Bush: failed to complete his six-year National Guard; assigned to Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running for U.S. Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared from duty.
* Ronald Reagan: due to poor eyesight, served in a non-combat role making movies.
* B-1 Bob Dornan: Consciously enlisted after fighting was over in Korea.
* Phil Gramm: did not serve.
* John McCain: Vietnam POW, Silver Star, Bronze Star, Legion of Merit, Purple Heart and Distinguished Flying Cross.
* Dana Rohrabacher: did not serve.
* John M. McHugh: did not serve.
* JC Watts: did not serve.
* Jack Kemp: did not serve. "Knee problem," although continued in NFL for 8 years as quarterback
* Dan Quayle: Journalism unit of the Indiana National Guard.
* Rudy Giuliani: did not serve.
* George Pataki: did not serve.
* Spencer Abraham: did not serve.
* John Engler: did not serve.
* Lindsey Graham: National Guard lawyer.
* Arnold Schwarzenegger: AWOL from Austrian army base.

Pundits & Preachers

* Sean Hannity: did not serve.
* Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F with a 'pilonidal cyst.')
* Bill O'Reilly: did not serve.
* Michael Savage: did not serve.
* George Will: did not serve.
* Chris Matthews: did not serve.
* Paul Gigot: did not serve.
* Bill Bennett: did not serve.
* Pat Buchanan: did not serve.
* John Wayne: did not serve.
* Bill Kristol: did not serve.
* Kenneth Starr: did not serve.
* Antonin Scalia: did not serve.
* Clarence Thomas: did not serve.
* Ralph Reed: did not serve.
* Michael Medved: did not serve.
* Charlie Daniels: did not serve.
* Ted Nugent: did not serve.

I would LOVE to see the neocons defending their pathetic excuses for pro-military bastards.