This came around in an email from Too Dang Frank. It got hooked to a real interview by Senator John Glenn by someone else, but basically I don't care. I'm just glad someone's saying it, beside me...
There were 39 combat-related deaths in Iraq in January. In the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month of January. That's one American city, but just about as deadly as the entire war-torn country of Iraq.
When someone states that President Bush shouldn't have started this war, note the following:
FDR led us into World War II and quickly had Congress declare war on both Japan and Germany. Germany never attacked us; Japan did. From 1941 through 1945, we lost 450,000 lives, an average of 112,500 per year.
Harry Truman finished that war and started one in Korea, though North Korea never attacked us. From 1950 through 1953, we lost 55,000 lives, an average of 18,334 per year.
John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us. Lyndon Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965 through 1975, we lost 58,000 lives, an average of 5,800 per year.
Bill 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 the Sudanese government and did nothing. Osama, through his minions, has attacked us on multiple occasions.
In the years since 9/11, 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.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound, 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 billing records of the Rose law firm.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Republican Guard than it took Ted Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick, drowning MaryJo Kopechne.
It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in Florida.
Whose record and what war are we complaining about here?
If you can read this, thank a teacher.
If you are reading it in English, thank a veteran.
Two generations now have been raised on television and they belive that all problems can be resolved in a 2 hour window, less commercial time. The newest generation expects instant gratification (hey, read up on it if you don't believe me). Our parents understood that some things take time and effort. They were familiar with enlisting "for the duration". And then read General Sanchez recent comments about the press and their reporting of the war in Iraq. We are doomed, I say.
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