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<DIV> As if I havn't stood up to
him before ?LOL. Although I never went overboard because even though
it is through an e-mail regardless there is another person that is writing (
even though its easy to forget when you are online) & I do not try to offend
anyone. I speak my mind & unless it is against my religion usually let it at
that. OF COURSE YOU ALL KNOW THAT BY NOW <STRONG>.<EM>....</EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM> Jeff</EM></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>On Mon, 2 Aug 2004 17:09:35 GMT <A
href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A> writes:<BR>>
<BR>> Praise God! Finally someone able to finally stand up to Siarlys!
<BR>> We've soooo been in need of someone.<BR>> <BR>> Ben<BR>>
<BR>> -- <A href="mailto:gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net">gcfl-discuss@gcfl.net</A>
wrote:<BR>> > <BR>> > I suppose we are all jerks now and then, but
politicians are all <BR>> jerks<BR>> > now and then in public. I don't
think jerk sums up John Kerry's <BR>> strengths<BR>> > and weaknesses
very well. I do think we would be better off with <BR>> a<BR>> >
commander in chief who has been in combat, who knows what troops <BR>> face
in<BR>> > combat, whose leadership under fire was respected by those who
<BR>> served<BR>> > under him, and who had the courage to come home,
after serving <BR>> honorably<BR>> > in the military, to join other
veterans in saying, this war did <BR>> not merit<BR>> > the sacrifices
our fallen comrades were called upon to make. That <BR>> would<BR>> >
make me feel a lot safer.<BR>> > <BR>> > Siarlys<BR>> <BR>> So
I suppose serving only 4 months out of a normal 12 month period <BR>>
in<BR>> vietnam is better than nothing. I guess it wouldn't matter that
it<BR>> was only 4 months because of some wound so minor that Kerry had
to<BR>> appeal to even get the purple heart, when so many would simply put
<BR>> a<BR>> band-aid on a wound that small and call it a good day and get
on <BR>> with<BR>> things.<BR>> <BR>> Bush is certainly not ignorant
to the needs of the military. <BR>> Throughout, there have been clearly
defined objectives and fairly<BR>> minimal rules of
engagement. It seems to me that if there had <BR>>
not<BR>> been a well defined plan throughout, the casualty count might
have<BR>> actually been considerably worse than that predicted by all
the<BR>> liberal media and naysayers, rather than *considerably*
lower<BR>> (somewhere right around 1000 since we have been over there rather
<BR>> than<BR>> the liberal media's claims that there would be over 5000
dead<BR>> coalition forces within 24 hours of entering). It seems to me
that<BR>> there are an aweful lot of people choosing to look at two wars
<BR>> started<BR>> and handled well by Bush and completely ignoring the
40+ times the<BR>> military was employed by Clinton, including some of the
worst run<BR>> operations ever - Somalia, Mogadishu, and numerous
others.<BR>> <BR>> The reality, however, is that a military record is only
a minor <BR>> piece<BR>> of the list of things to consider. A much
larger issue is stance <BR>> on<BR>> the issues - something which Kerry
seems to be rather inconsistant <BR>> on.<BR>> After all, Kerry
voted *for* the war in Iraq. But then, shortly <BR>> into<BR>> the
war, switches sides with a bunch of his liberal friends and <BR>>
claims<BR>> he never supported such a horrible thing. Kerry tries to be
all<BR>> things to everybody and, IMHO, that kind of person cannot be
<BR>> trusted<BR>> with anything.<BR>> <BR>> Anyway, enough politics
for me for tonight.<BR>> Matthew<BR>>
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