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Fighting for Iraq

11.22.05 @ 12:01AM

DON'T THEY KNOW?
Re: Ben Stein's As Thanksgiving Approaches:

This thoughtful essay by Mr. Stein states clearly what has and continues to trouble me about this opposition to President Bush. Don't these people (from those like Fitzgerald who apparently feels he is just doing his job to those in the Kennedy-Kerry camp who will say and do anything to maintain political power) understand they are undermining the most exemplary nation in the history of the world? Are they so deluded or do they just don't care? After their ilk's disgraceful actions in the Vietnam War (which don't forget was initially and largely a Kennedy-Johnson affair) it should be obvious to all thinking people that they are either venal or stupid or as is more likely both. Whatever it is just downright scary.
-- Jack Wheatley

I disagree with Ben about the Libby indictment. I am inclined to believe that Libby did nothing wrong and I consider him innocent until proven guilty. At the same time, I am inclined to give the special prosecutor the benefit of the doubt. I believe he did not act out of political or other base considerations, but out of his desire to see justice done. Let him present his case to a jury. If Libby lied to a grand jury, that is a serious crime. If Libby did not lie, Fitzgerald is not the man he appears to be.

I agree with Ben on everything else he said. Ben's article caused me to reflect on things that I am thankful for. I am thankful to be an American and live in the United States. I am thankful for my family and our good health. I am thankful for the brave men and women who volunteered to put their lives in danger and defend my freedom. I am thankful for President Bush and his iron determination to crush the incipient tide of Islamofascism and all the odious ramifications of that vile theology.

Victory is ours if we will it. Stand firm in your commitment to victory in Iraq and the fight against Islamic terror. Take heart in the bedrock knowledge that free and representative government is better than authoritarian government. Resist the temptation to criticize the administration at every down turn. Let not your estimate of the situation in Iraq roller coaster with each media report. We owe this much to our men and women in harm's way.

To the men and women of the American military I send you my heart felt thanks and my unyielding support. Your fight is my fight. We will be victorious. To the more than 2000 soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of my freedom I say: Hail heroes. Rest with God. You are not forgotten.
-- Doug Santo
Pasadena, California

Please extend my complete agreement with the insight, concern, and heartfelt compassion to those who suffer in Iraq. As an interrogator, I am able to gauge the feelings of some Iraqis. Yes, it would be a bloodbath, if America left. It has been already, on a local basis, when American units have been relocated and left temporary power vacuums. I know of three communities, where the Iraqi police were all attacked on one day, shortly after the Americans left the area. This would happen on a national basis if the Coalition Forces withdrew completely without a strong, stable government to replace it.

Love your work, Ben.
-- SGT David Shoup
Operation Iraqi Freedom

A big thank you to Ben Stein for his article on Thanksgiving and the Iraq War. He is right 100% and his article is a humbling reminder that we should stop wishing things were different, look reality in the face, be thankful for troops who defend us and face our global problems with a little courage and a lot less short-sighted egoism.
-- Patty Adelmann

Thank you and Mr. Stein for his eloquent article about staying the course in Iraq and the thanks a grateful nation should feel for its brave men and women serving in the military, wherever they may be, many of them sacrificing everything so that we can preserve freedom here and spread its blessings abroad.
-- Larry G. Johnson

A suggestion: Ask the pro-withdrawal Americans whether or not they would be willing to replace the soldiers there, to ensure peace after the withdrawal. Wake me if even one volunteers.
-- David Govett
Davis, California

I am serious about this. Ben Stein should run for President. He has the heart and the mind all good leaders have. But he also has the voice that moves people to be better and do better, and that's something only the great leaders have.
-- Allen Hurt
New Mexico

SIX OF ONE
Re: Jed Babbin's Congressional Chernobyl:

It is becoming more and more evident the Republican Senate can't govern and the House is not much better. Rather than work together each one seems to want the starring role with no one in either chamber leading. What a mess. We'll not see too many of them returning and that will be a sad day for the party. It will take years for the voters to ever again have confidence in a Republican majority. All the grassroots efforts down the drain. So sad, so sad.
-- Richard E. Ledford, Sr.

What you see happening to the current crop of Democrats is what they were noted for in around 1863-1864. They where known as peace Democrats and the more virulent of them where known as Copperheads. Their goal was nothing more than throwing down the Arms of the nations and letting three million people to continually live in slavery.

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