Subject: A real job
John Glenn's Look on Things
Things that make you think a little........
There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during 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 President Bush shouldn't have started this war, state
the following .
FDR...led us into World War II.
Germany never attacked us: Japan did.
From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500
per year.
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.
John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam
never attacked us.
Johnson...turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per
year.
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.
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.
The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking,
but.. 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 of 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 Chapaquiddick.
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.
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 to Senator Glenn: "How can you run for Senate
when you've never held a real job?"
Senator Glenn: "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 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....