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> WHAT SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID
>
> I don't care what your political party is, we should stand
> behind the young men and women who defend freedom
> around the world (from all countries, not just ours)...
> remember, freedom isn't free!!!
>
> WHAT SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID :
> Things that 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:
>
> a. FDR led us into World War II.
>
> b. Germany never attacked us;
> Japan did. From 19 41-1945, 450,000 lives were lost...
> an average of 112,500 per year.
>
> c. 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.
>
> d. John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in
> 1962. Vietnam never attacked us.
>
> e. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
> From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost .. an
> average of 5,800 per year.
>
> f. 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.
>
> g. 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 for 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 Chappaquiddick
>
> 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.
>
> But Wait. There's more!
>
> JOHN GLENN (ON THE SENATE FLOOR)
> 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 my tie 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 veterans' 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, an d 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?
>
> 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!
>
> I don't care what your political party is, we should stand
> behind the young men and women who defend freedom
> around the world (from all countries, not just ours)...
> remember, freedom isn't free!!!
>
> WHAT SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID :
> Things that 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:
>
> a. FDR led us into World War II.
>
> b. Germany never attacked us;
> Japan did. From 19 41-1945, 450,000 lives were lost...
> an average of 112,500 per year.
>
> c. 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.
>
> d. John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in
> 1962. Vietnam never attacked us.
>
> e. Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
> From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost .. an
> average of 5,800 per year.
>
> f. 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.
>
> g. 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 for 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 Chappaquiddick
>
> 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.
>
> But Wait. There's more!
>
> JOHN GLENN (ON THE SENATE FLOOR)
> 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 my tie 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 veterans' 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, an d 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?
>
> 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!