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2.7.08 @ 12:01AM

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QUITE A SIGHT
Re: Mark Tooley's Faith on Deck:

At Fort Benning, Georgia, there is a "Field of the Four Chaplains." When I ran across it in 2004, I knew immediately who it memorialized. My World War Two veteran father and my mother had taken me at a young age to a wax museum, where a life size portrayal of the four chaplains was displayed. The scene showed the four men in their last moments on the deck of the Dorchester. This was an active display with the deck rolling and water pouring back and forth. I will never forget it.
-- David Shoup
Veteran, Operation Iraqi Freedom

Thank you for the reminder. I would offer a petition at this week's mass in the memory of the Immortal Four, but my parish is simply way too progressive to tolerate such sentimental claptrap. I recommend a copy of Dan Kurzman's biography of the chaplains, No Greater Glory. And after you've read it, consider donating it to the nearest school library. I did.
-- Mark K. Zunk
Indianapolis, Indiana

HUCK YES?
Re: John Tabin's The Likable One:

As a Reaganite watching the primary election unfold last night before Texans can vote, three things seemed worth noting.

1. Huckabee probably would have won South Carolina without Thompson in the race.

2. Huckabee probably would have won Missouri and Oklahoma without Romney in the race.

3. If electability and stopping McCain is the goal, why should Reaganites be for Romney instead of Huckabee?
-- Mike Thompson Jr.
Austin, Texas

SENATOR BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, BOMB, BOMB IRAN
Re: Herbert London's What's to Negotiate?:

Iran through its Mullahs and its extended theocracy has been playing a the nuclear weapons card in a (cold) war of attrition. The NIE certainly aided their position. The Iranian leadership has adapted a stoicism that would have stood them well in Masada, if it were the Persians, not the Israeli, who faced the Roman Legions, but the current administration is in its waning days. Despite President Bush's tough talk and inclusion of Iran in the "Axis of Evil," his policies have not sufficiently engaged either the Iranian regime or the populace of Iran. A McCain presidency (still hurts to contemplate that) would be much more forceful. It is possible that when Senator McCain spoke of "other wars," he was warning the Iranians not to get too comfortable in their insistence in building nuclear reactors. For all his faults (well recorded in the pages of TAS), McCain is a stone cold warrior. He may be the leader America truly needs.
-- Ira M. Kessel
Rochester, New York

NEW JERSEY GIANTS
Re: Neal B. Freeman's Take That, Tiki Barber:

Giants victory was sweet no doubt about it! I have a problem with Mr. Tisch! With trophy raised on high, he bellowed "this is for the City on New York!" Last time I checked, his team didn't play in New York. His team plays in in New Jersey. He doesn't even have a training facility in New York. Is he ashamed? Why does he have NY stamped on the side of the helmets when his team doesn't play there? Here's a few other items; he didn't receive $30,000,000 from the taxpayers of New York State to clear a mortgage. He got it from the taxpayers of New Jersey. And he didn't get valuable land from New York State. He received that benefit from New Jersey as well. If he loves the City so much, he should pack his bags and move his team there, lock, stock and barrel, after he pays the taxpayers of New Jersey for the lease on Giants Stadium and any ancillary expenses!
-- Bob Montrose

THE MEANING OF VILE
Re: Nathan Maskiell's letter (under "No McCain in Team") in Reader Mail's Dear John:

Mr. Nathan Maskiell is at it again, I see. Apart from the obvious fact that he doesn't have a clue about economics, his ability to ignore the role that the Democrat Party has played in foisting big government and high taxes on U.S. citizens suggest that he is motivated more by a strong dislike of Republicans rather than a belief in balanced budgets. I also think calling Anne Coulter and Rush Limbaugh "vile individuals" tells us where Mr. Maskiell is really coming from. If he is truly interested in the meaning of vile, he should spend a little listening to the Democrats' hate speech.

As for his tiresome wailing about deficits, what really matters is government spending. Anyone who ignores this fact is not being serious. And that is putting it politely. Furthermore, President Reagan inherited stagflation from President Carter. In turn, stagflation was a legacy of Keynesian policies.
-- Gerard Jackson
Noble Park, Australia

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