Politics: Thought you might like this...

[The Lewis]

Whichever side of the fence you sit on, this DOES make an interesting read!.......

Don't worry Republicans, aren't worried about 'approval ratings'!

For those of us who spent time in the military, believe in our military and support the men and women of our military, read on............. John Glenn (DEMOCRAT) said this ----- It 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:




FDR (DEMOCRAT) led us into World War II. Germanynever attacked us ; Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost .. an average of 112,500 per year.




Truman (DEMOCRAT) 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 (DEMOCRAT) started the Vietnamconflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us.



Johnson (DEMOCRAT) turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost .
an average of 5,800 per year.




Clinton (DEMOCRAT) 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.


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

But Wait, There's more!



It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno (DEMOCRAT) 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 (DEMOCRAT) to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.




It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and theMarines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after hisOldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.

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

[See the attached file]

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)

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 States Marine Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions.
My plane was hit by anti-aircraft fire on 12 differentoccasions. I was in the space program. It wasn't mycheckbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It wasnot a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take thedaily cash receipts to the bank.'

I'd 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 THEMthey 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 DAD'S didn't hold a job.




You go with me on Memorial Day and you stand inArlington 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 have the gall to tell ME that those people didn't have a job?

What about Metzenbaum?'

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.

[Ysabel Kid]

Old one - but still a great read. I think ol' senator Howie is retired - may even be dead (if we're lucky). Haven't run this through snopes, but don't need to - it's all true even if Glenn didn't say this!

[Kismet]

I agree it is very interesting food for thought.

In many ways it is unfortunate that the two sections are not related. Glenn's speech (not impromptu) came from 1974, though the words are just as meaningful today.

Michael in NH

[FWiedner]

That's about as distorted as revisionist half-history can get.

It's kinda like "The Civil War was fought to free the slaves."

Mmm...it happened. It's kinda true.

But not really.

[oldmax]

Wiedner: Don't think for one moment that the the civil war not fought
over the Slavery issue,
It was " STATES RIGHTS" TO OWN SLAVES

[DixieBoy]

Oh brother. - DixieBoy

[Grizz]

It sounds true, so it must be true... according to truther ideology.