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WHAT SENATOR
JOHN GLENN
SAID |
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Things that
make you
think a
little: |
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There were
39 combat
related
killings in
Iraq in
January. |
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In the fair
city of
Detroit
there were
35 murders
in the month
of January. |
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That's
just one
American
city, |
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about as
deadly as
the entire
war-torn
country of
Iraq. |
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When some
claim that
President
Bush
shouldn't |
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have started
this war,
state the
following: |
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a. FDR led
us into
World War
II. |
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b. Germany
never
attacked us;
Japan did. |
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From
1941-1945,
450,000
lives were
lost ... |
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an average
of 112,500
per year. |
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c. Truman
finished
that war and
started one
in Korea! |
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North Korea
never
attacked us. |
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From
1950-1953,
55,000 lives
were lost
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an average
of 18,334
per year. |
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d John F.
Kennedy
started the
Vietnam
conflict in
1962. |
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Vietnam
never
attacked us. |
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e. Johnson
turned
Vietnam into
a quagmire. |
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From
1965-1975,
58,000 lives
were lost
... |
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an average
of 5,800 per
year. |
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f. Clinton
went to war
in Bosnia
without UN
or French
consent. |
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Bosnia never
attacked us. |
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He was
offered
Osama bin
Laden's head
on a platter |
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three
times by
Sudan and
did nothing
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Osama has
attacked us
on multiple
occasions. |
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g. In the
years since
terrorists
attacked us
, President
Bush has |
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liberated
two
countries,
crushed the
Taliban,
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crippled al-Qaida,
put nuclear
inspectors
in Libya,
Iran,
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and North
Korea
without
firing a
shot, |
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and
captured a
terrorist
who
slaughtered
300,000 of
his own
people. |
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The
Democrats
are
complaining |
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about how
long the war
is
taking-BUT: |
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It took less
time to take
Iraq than it
took Janet
Reno |
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to take the
Branch
Davidian
compound. |
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That was a
51-day
operation. |
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We've been
looking for
evidence for
chemical
weapons |
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in Iraq for
less time
than it took
Hillary
Clinton to
find |
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the Rose Law
Firm billing
records. |
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It took less
time for the
3rd Infantry
Division and
the |
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Marines to
destroy the
Medina
Republican
Guard |
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than it took
Ted Kennedy
to call the
police after
his |
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Oldsmobile
sank at
Chappaquiddick. |
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It took less
time to take
Iraq than it
took |
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to count the
votes in
Florida!!!! |
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Our
Commander-In-Chief
is doing a
GREAT JOB! |
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The Military
morale is
high! |
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The biased
media hopes
we are too
ignorant |
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to realize
the facts |
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But Wait
there's
more! |
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JOHN GLENN
(ON THE
SENATE
FLOOR) |
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Mon, 26 Jan
2004 11:13 |
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Some people
still don't
understand
why military
personnel |
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do what they
do for a
living. This
exchange
between |
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Senators
John Glenn
and Senator
Howard
Metzenbaum |
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is worth
reading. Not
only is it a
pretty
impressive |
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impromptu
speech, but
it's also a
good example
of one |
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man's
explanation
of why men
and women in
the armed |
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services do
what they do
for a
living. |
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This IS a
typical,
though sad,
example of
what |
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some who
have never
served think
of the
military. |
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Senator
Metzenbaum
(speaking to
Senator
Glenn): |
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"How can you
run for
Senate when
you've never
held a real
job?" |
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Senator
Glenn
(D-Ohio): |
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"I served 23
years in the
United
States
Marine
Corps. |
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I served
through two
wars. I flew
149
missions. |
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My plane was
hit by
anti-aircraft
fire on 12
different
occasions. |
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I was in the
space
program. |
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It wasn't my
checkbook,
Howard; it
was my life
on the line. |
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It
was not a
nine-to-five
job, |
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where
I took time
off to take
the daily
cash
receipts to
the bank." |
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"I ask you
to go with
me ... as I
went the
other day... |
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to a
veteran's
hospital and
look those
men ... |
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with their
mangled
bodies in
the eye,
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and tell
THEM they
didn't hold
a job! |
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You go with
me to the
Space
Program at
NASA |
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and go, as I
have gone,
to the
widows and
Orphans |
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of Ed White,
Gus Grissom
and Roger
Chaffee... |
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and you look
those kids
in the eye
and tell
them |
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that their
DADS didn't
hold a job. |
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You go with
me on
Memorial Day
and you
stand in |
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Arlington
National
Cemetery,
where I have
more friends |
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buried than
I'd like to
remember,
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and you
watch those
waving flags |
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You stand
there, and
you think
about this
nation, |
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and you tell
ME that
those people
didn't have
a job? |
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What about
you?" |
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For those
who don't
remember, |
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during WW.II,
Howard
Metzenbaum
was an
attorney |
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representing
the
Communist
Party in the
USA. |
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Now he's a
Senator! |
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If you can
read this,
thank a
teacher. |
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If you are
reading it
in English
thank a
Veteran. |
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