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Greetings;
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> WHAT SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID:
> 1. There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during January....
> In the Fair city of Detroit,MI. 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,
> remember The following:
>
> a. FDR(D)...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(D)...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(D). .started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam
> Never attacked us.
>
> e. Johnson(D)...turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975,
> 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.
>
> f. Clinton(D)...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(R) has
> Liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, rippled 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(D) 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(D) 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(D) to call
> the
> Police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chapaquiddick.
>
> It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in
> Florida
> !!!!
>
> 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) Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13
>
> 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 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. Now he's a
> Senator!
>
>
>
> If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in
> English thank a Veteran. It might not be a bad idea to keep this
> circulating.
>