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Perspective: Pain &
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Some people remember when 5,000,
6,000, 7,000 Americans died in just days just to gain a foothold on some crappy
little South Pacific island. And remember that the island was
abandoned to continue progressing to end the Japanese terror. |
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Some people remember when 2,000,
3,000, 4,000 Americans died fighting for yards a day through Italy
on the road to Rome. |
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Some people remember when 120,
240, 1,200 Americans died in some filthy, stinking, freezing
foxholes of Korea. |
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Some people remember when 80, 120,
210 Americans died in the jungles of Vietnam, sometimes each day,
day after day, for days. |
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Some people recoil when 1, 2, 5
Americans die when an IED explodes under their Hummer in Iraq. |
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Some people fail to comprehend
that nothing in life is free. All civilized people recoil at these
deaths. Some people should realize that our liberty will be lost
over the next decades without these losses. And then all prior
deaths will have been sacrificed and priced far greater for less
than they were promised -- and believed in. |
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Some people will blame President
Bush for the lost - but not wasted - American lives in Iraq. Some
people will blame George W. Bush for stirring up the maniacs of the
Middle East when terrorism finally reaches Main Street, USA. Since
2001, President Bush has been The Genuine Leader & Protector
of liberty & civilization. Some people may not like him and
illogically overlay their common sense with political nonsense.
These ordinary people must be excused for not understanding the Big
Picture. |
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Some
retired military
generals who now "have theirs" and live safely in obscurity see
opportunity to use hindsight and the media to proclaim that they
knew better that President Bush, Secretary Rumsfeld, and other
defenders. Some people listen to these losers. Others see them as
the grandstanding opportunists they obviously are. |
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