{"article":{"id":35575,"heading":"More anti-american pinkos for peace","author":"vets for peace","created":"2003-03-14 20:29:30","modified":"2013-11-10 23:49:02","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:49:02","article":"

March 10, 2003



The Honorable George W. Bush

President of the United States of America

1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:

We, the undersigned veterans who have served our country in World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the 1991 Gulf War and other military conflicts, respectfully request an opportunity to meet with you about the threat of war between the United States and Iraq.

Mr. President, we are patriotic citizens and veterans who respect the office of the President and the ethics and values binding us together as Americans.

As such, we feel duty-bound to share with you our serious concerns regarding issues of national security, the appropriate use of our military strength, and the health and welfare of our active duty soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines. Those of us who are veterans of the 1991 Gulf War can offer particular insight into the ongoing troubles in the Middle East, and the likely consequences of another war in that volatile region.

A dozen years ago, we helped liberate Kuwait from Iraqi occupation, and in the course of combat operations came face to face with brutality and the consequences of modern warfare. We learned how unpredictable the nature of war can be. And we learned that war-related losses are not simply experienced on the battlefield.

Following the 1991 Gulf War, we collectively failed to prevent Saddam Hussein’s violent repression of a popular uprising and the unprecedented refugee flight that ensued. As a result, tens of thousands of innocent civilians died. In addition to those deaths, the war and immediate post-war conditions resulted in the excess deaths of 46,900 children under the age of five, according to the New England Journal of Medicine (September 24, 1992).

Over the long term, the 1991 Gulf War has had a lasting, detrimental impact on the health of countless people in the region, and on the health of American men and women who served there. Twelve years after the conflict, over 164,000 American Gulf War veterans are now considered disabled by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. That number increases daily.

The possibility of large-scale war between the U.S. and Iraq looms before us once again. For this urgent reason we would like to meet with you to discuss steps the United States and its allies can take to protect U.S. soldiers, allied forces, and Iraqi civilians from known and suspected hazards that would result from military operations.

We understand the risks that come with war and that there are times when such risks are necessary. However, we strongly question the need for a war at this time. Despite Secretary of State Colin Powell’s report to the Security Council and the testimony of others in the administration, we are not convinced that coercive containment has failed, or that war has become necessary.

Our own intelligence agencies have consistently noted both the absence of an imminent threat from Iraq and reliable evidence of cooperation between Iraq and Al Qaeda. Again, we question whether this is the right time and the right war.



Further, we believe the risks involved in going to war, under the unclear and shifting circumstances that confront us today, are far greater than those faced in 1991. Instead of a desert war to liberate Kuwait, combat would likely involve protracted siege warfare, chaotic street-to-street fighting in Baghdad, and Iraqi civil conflict. If that occurs, we fear our own nation and Iraq would both suffer casualties not witnessed since Vietnam. We fear the resulting carnage and humanitarian consequences would further devastate Iraqi society and inflame an already volatile Middle East, and increase terrorism against U.S. citizens.

Our concerns about the potential human and material costs of a military conflict in Iraq are well substantiated. In the event of a war, the UN warns that 1.26 million children under the age of 5 in Iraq will be at risk of death. Within the initial weeks of conflict, the World Health Organization estimates 500,000 Iraqis would need immediate medical attention. Ten million Iraqis would need immediate humanitarian assistance and over 2 million Iraqis would be made homeless.




The scale of the crisis would be so large that the international community would be unable to prevent widespread suffering. For these reasons and more, it remains in our nation’s best interest to avoid another war. The risk of excessive civilian casualties like those predicted by the UN pose a grave risk to our national security, making the U.S. more of a target of retaliatory attacks by terrorists.

Mr. President, as our Commander-in-Chief, we recognize the immense responsibility you have to protect our homeland and keep our nation secure. As veterans who honorably served our nation in its wars, we believe that our perspectives, knowledge and expertise can aid you at this crucial time, as you continue to deliberate on whether or not to commit our nation to war.

We therefore request a meeting at your earliest possible convenience. We look forward to any opportunity to come together with you to discuss the matters we have raised.

Sincerely,





Vice Admiral Ralph Weymouth, USN, Retired

Vice Admiral Jack Shanahan, USN, Retired

Brigadier General Evelyn P. Foote, USA, Retired

Colonel David H. Hackworth, USA, Retired

Colonel Larry Williams, USMC, Retired

Colonel James E Unterseher, USA, Retired

Colonel James B. Burkholder, USA, Retired

Colonel Roger F. Strand, USAF, Retired

Colonel Virginia A. Metcalf, USA, Retired

Colonel Mary H. Yeakel, USA, Retired

Colonel Henrik O. Lunde, USA, Retired

Colonel Bruce S. Jarstfer, USA, Retired

Colonel Thomas Patrick Chisholm, USA, Retired

Colonel James Steven Chandler, USA

Colonel James J. Kent, USA, Retired

Colonel Grace E. Squires, USA, Retired

Colonel Carol Anne O’Donnell, USA, Retired

Captain Kris Kristofferson, USA, Retired

Captain Thomas C. Tindall Jr., USNR, Retired

Captain Herbert A. Blough, USN, Retired

Captain M. David Preston, USCG

Lieutenant Colonel Elizabeth K. McGillicuddy, USMC, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel Ron T. Coley, USMC, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel Walter M. Langford, USAF, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel Ben T. Granade, Jr., USAF, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel Frank L. Houde, USAF, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel Richard M. Renfro, USA, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel Gretchen T. Vanek, USA, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel Richard L. Schmitt, USAF, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel Vernon E. Whitney, USA, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel Graydon Causey, USAF, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel William R. Smith, USAF, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel David C. Dellinger, USCG, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel Anne N. Philiben, USA, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel James A. Adams, Jr., USAF, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel Rupert Eldridge Pate, USA, Retired

Lieutenant Colonel William J. Jacobs, USA, Retired

Commander Robert A. Wood, USNR, Retired

Commander John J. Kaso, USN, Retired

Commander Eugene M. Maresca, USNR, Retired

Commander William H. Busse, USNR, Retired

Commander David Bailey, USCG, Retired

Commander Philip Butler, Ph.D., USN, Retired

Commander Michael A. Kennedy, USN, Retired

Commander Theodore I. Bahn, USN, Retired

Commander Theodore Curtin, USN, Retired

Lieutenant Commander Daniel Fecko, USNR, Retired

Lieutenant Commander Jim W. Turnage, M.D., M.P.H., USN

Lieutenant Commander John Paul Brennan, USMC, Retired

Lieutenant Commander Thomas A. Egleston, USN

Lieutenant Commander Robert Swan Lawrence, USCG

Lieutenant Commander Dennis C. Hayzlett, USN

Lieutenant Commander Howard L. McFann, USN

Lieutenant Commander Lawrence George Thorne, USN

Lieutenant Commander David H. Gundy, USN

Major Kenneth E. Mayers, Ph.D., USMCR, Retired

Major Thomas J. Treadway, USA, Retired

Major William McEwan Cross, USA

Major Donald McNellis, USAF

Major Jon Bjornson, MD, USA, Retired

Major James W. Strader, USAF

Major Dean Wilson, USA, Retired

Major Willie Fuller, Jr., USAF, Retired

Major Ford A. Anderson, USAF, Retired

Chaplain Major Kenneth J. Nettles, Ph.D., USAF, Retired

Major Christopher M. Robinson, USA, Retired

Major Heidrun Mlodzik, USAF, Retired

Major William D. Cooke, USA

Major Mark W. Gieringer, USAF, Retired

Major Jon Bjornson, MD, USA

Major James E. Kinzer, USAF, Retired

Major Johan M. S. Muller, USAF, Retired

Captain William Clifford Ellerman, USA

Captain Paul A. Hellweg, USA

Captain Jerry Dowling, USA

Captain David P. Leaf, USA

Captain James C. Ryan, USA

Captain Charles P. Dillon, USA

Captain James Clayton Lockwood, USA, Retired

Captain Daryl Hobbs, USA

Captain Raymond E. Kemble, USA

Captain Herbert S Hathcock, USA, Retired

Captain Dr. Delphia M. Clarke, USA

Captain John R Phelan, USA

Captain Bert A. Bender, USA

Captain Simeon K. Heninger, Jr., USA

Captain Philip Zipser, USA, Retired

Captain Dorothy Pakula Whittaker, USA

Captain Thomas N. Stern, USA

Captain Dan W. Holbrook, USA

Captain David Berlin Eye, USA

Captain Robert Joel Master, USA

Captain Brenda Lasarzig, USA

Captain James J. Jablonski, USA

Captain Robert W. Ferrell, USA, Retired

Captain Bob Gaiek, USA

Captain John L. Long, USAF

Captain John J. Blase, USAF

Captain John Lovejoy, USAF

Captain Troy Carlyle, USAF

Captain Lawrence Hugh Boyd, USAF

Captain Theodore T Odell, USAF

Captain Gregg A. Matous, USAF

Captain Larry T Harnish, USAF

Captain Karl Schmitt, USAF

Captain Hugh F Cline, USAF, Retired

Captain Kathryn J. Hammond, USAF

Captain Neal F Bowyer, USAF

Captain Lucia Jameson, USAF

Captain Michael L. Glenn, USAF

Captain Landon Kimbrough, USAF, Retired

Captain David Louis Harris, USAF

Captain Karl W. Frederick, USAF

Captain Vincent Phelps Ward, USAF

Captain Carlo S. Ascari, USAF

Captain Robert Gregg Chilton, USAF

Captain George Georgieff, DDS, USAF

Captain Joe Stern, USAF

Captain Steven Dellaporta, USMC, Retired

Captain Wesley Scott Hannon, USMC

Captain Fred Johnson, USMC, Retired

Captain Thomas T. Carpenter, USMC

Lieutenant Thomas M. Liston USN

Lieutenant John Dobson West USN

Lieutenant Jerome P. Wallingford USN

Lieutenant David Felix USN

Lieutenant Michael Jay Herbert USN

Lieutenant John Orrin Purkey USN

Lieutenant Ricki J. Estes USN

Lieutenant Walter E. Ziegenhals USN

Lieutenant Frank Lloyd Kramer, Jr. USN

Lieutenant Harvey Bennett USN

Lieutenant William R. Jones USN

Lieutenant Gilbert Marek Zemansky USN

Lieutenant Jordan R. Carpenter USN

Lieutenant Gerald A Burnett USN

Lieutenant John Edward Houx USN

Lieutenant Michael Bruce Elder USN

Lieutenant Kenneth L. Lang USN

Lieutenant Francis C. Zanger (Chaplain Corps) USN

Lieutenant Michelle Birdseye, M.D. USN

Lieutenant Robert James Bournique USN

Lieutenant Glen N. Foss USN

Lieutenant Benjamin Senauer USN

Lieutenant Chris Gleason USMC

Lieutenant Douglas Timothy McGetchin USMC

Lieutenant John Stoddard Glascock Senior USCG

Lieutenant Albert C. Germann USAF

Lieutenant Timothy L. Hanley USAF

Lieutenant John T. Urban USAF

Lieutenant William Henry Reynolds USAF

Lieutenant J.E.O'Kelly McCluskey USAF

Lieutenant Alex Wormser USAF

Lieutenant William Spencer Hall USAF

Lieutenant Roderick D Raabe USAF

Lieutenant Roger Fitch USAF

Lieutenant Dr. Charles DeFreitas USAF

Lieutenant Barry Wolfer USAF

Lieutenant Robert Lowell Hickerson USAF

Lieutenant Danny Paul Dennis USAF

Lieutenant John Milton Wallace USA

Lieutenant Steven Richard Cartwright USA

Lieutenant Robert F. Hornbeck USA

Lieutenant Richard Kenny Sink USA

Lieutenant Donald Pinkel USA

Lieutenant James F Balderson USA

Lieutenant Steven Eli Schanes USA

Lieutenant Hugh Scanlen USA

Lieutenant Barry Dixon Copp USA

Lieutenant Ellie Kennedy USA

Lieutenant Todd Stuart Kneeland USA

Lieutenant Charles DePuy USA

Lieutenant Patrick Maurice Flannery USA

Lieutenant Dennis Spector USA

Lieutenant Alta J. Minthorn Stephens USA

Lieutenant Henry W. Plohr USA

Lieutenant Michael J. Sebetich USA

Lieutenant John DuBois USA

Lieutenant Harold Glickman USA

Lieutenant James L. Sheehan USA

Lieutenant David L. Harten USA

Lieutenant Randall Joel Hain USA

Lieutenant Gary Eschman USA

Lieutenant Roger Simon USA

Lieutenant Robert Lloyd Stebbins USA

Lieutenant Reysha Silverhair, formerly Hoyt Sherman Griffith USA

Lieutenant Douglas Parker Shaw USA

Lieutenant William M. Whitby USA

Lieutenant Robert W. Buttel USA

Lieutenant Thomas W. Shepard, Jr. USA

Lieutenant William J. Simmons, Sr. USA

Lieutenant Robert M. Land, USA

Lieutenant Edmund William Hoelker, USAF

Lieutenant Junior Grade Arthur Lewis Solomon, USCG

Lieutenant Junior Grade Joe Martin Cantrell, USN

Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard Ralph Groseclose, USN

Lieutenant Junior Grade Robert A. Collins, USCG

Lieutenant Junior Grade Bruce S. Ertle, USN

Lieutenant Junior Grade Charles H Nadler, USN

Lieutenant Junior Grade Richard Fredrick Hickey, USN

Lieutenant Junior Grade Gregory H. Carter, USN

Lieutenant Junior Grade Jeff Markell, USCG

Lieutenant Junior Grade John Ise Jr, USN

Lieutenant Junior Grade DeWitt Linn Sage, USN

Lieutenant Junior Grade Craig A. Bicknell, USN

Lieutenant Junior Grade Charlton M. Lewis, USN

Command Sergeant Major Robert Grover Smith, Jr., USA, Retired

Aerographer's mate third class Alice B. Gilmore, USN

Airman Albert W. Wilson, USAF

Airman Aram Attarian II, USAF

Airman Cheryl Davis, USA

Airman David Alan Dix, USAF

Airman French Tickner, USN

Airman Irvan F. Adams, USAF

Airman James F. McGowen, USN

Airman James J. Hogan, USAF

Airman John Paul Coakley, USAF

Airman John Stephen Pielaszczyk, USAF

Airman Joseph S. Sims, USAF

Airman Joseph Wistar Huey III, USAF

Airman Lewis Kirk, USAF

Airman Mark Torrey, USAF

Airman Mazie H. Todd (Rogers), USAF

Airman Merl Moncer, USAF

Airman Michael P.Corridon, USAF

Airman Michael R. Philiben, USAF

Airman Pedro Rivera, USAF

Airman Philip G. Brown, USAF

Airman Robert J. Hoffmeister, USAF

Airman Robert T.Hogan, USAF

Airman Roger Peirce, USAF

Airman Ronald Bostick, USAF

Airman Steven T Raynis, USAF

Airman Timothy Charles Frazer, USAF

Airman William H. Davis, USAF

Airman William J Leary, USAF

Aviation Ordnanceman 3\/C John Howard Beam, USN

Chief Master Sergeant USAF Donald H. Kroeber, USAF, Retired

Chief Petty Officer Art Baskel, USN

Chief Petty Officer Art Rogers, USN

Chief Petty Officer Bart Coyle, USAF

Chief Petty Officer Joanna M. Clark, USN

Chief Petty Officer Kenneth R. Davis, USN, Retired

Chief Petty Officer Richard L. Weiche, USN, Retired

Chief Petty Officer William Bennett, USN

Chief Warrant Officer Frank V. Santos, USA, Retired

Chief Warrant Officer Robert O'Donnell, USN, Retired

Chief Warrant Officer Scott A. Wendt, USA, Retired

Corporal Abel Perez Ochoa, USA

Corporal Alfred Herrada, USA

Corporal Arthur T. Cannon, USA

Corporal Bernard H. Soffer, USA, Retired

Corporal Brian X Fitzgibbon, USMC

Corporal Charles Weyand Heitsch, USA

Corporal Cora Tula Watters, USMC

Corporal Daniel E. Meurin, USA

Corporal Daniel Miller, USAF

Corporal Daniel V. Herrera, USMC

Corporal David Shupp, USA

Corporal Don F. Hull, USA

Corporal Ernest Goitein, USA

Corporal Fred Pipkin, USA

Corporal George J. Bryjak, USMC

Corporal George S. Sutherland, USA, Retired

Corporal George Valle Jr., USA

Corporal Gregory Gerald Boyer, USMC

Corporal Harold G. Schneider, USA

Corporal Heather Radcliffe, USMC

Corporal Herman Milton Heyn, USA

Corporal Jack Earl Holman, USA

Corporal Jerry D. Riley, USA

Corporal John A Ragsdale, USA

Corporal John Banagan, USA

Corporal John F. Beirne, USA, Retired

Corporal John L. Schweitzer, USA

Corporal John Maxwell Gault, USA

Corporal John P. Thomson, USA, Retired

Corporal Joseph R. Attamante, USMC

Corporal Lloyd D.Beery, Junior, USA

Corporal Manus J Campbell, USMC

Corporal Marvin Kantor, USMC

Corporal Maurice Bender, Ph.D., USA

Corporal Michael Czarnecki, USA

Corporal Michael E. Stewart, USMC

Corporal Michael H. Riordan, USMC

Corporal Noel H. Bransford, USMC

Corporal Norman F. Williams Jr., USMC

Corporal Paul G. Zolbrod, USA

Corporal Philip S. Miller, USA

Corporal Ralph Wessel, USAF

Corporal Randy Belden, USMC

Corporal Richard Lyon Castner, USA

Corporal robert e richards, USMC, Retired

Corporal Robert F. Bisson, USA

Corporal Robert Kinsey, USMC

Corporal Robert Richard Barracca, USA

Corporal Stephen George Fournier, USMC, Retired

Corporal Stewart Nusbaumer, USMC, Retired

Corporal Temur Perkins, USMC

Corporal Theodore Radamaker, USA

Corporal Thomas C. Gale, USA

Corporal Thomas E. Simmons Jr., USMC

Corporal Thomas L.Vassilaros, USA

Corporal Vinnie Van Wyen, USMC

Corporal William Paul Williamson, Jr., USMC

Corporal William R. Stanton, USMC

Corporal William Roland Bailey, USA

Corporal Yoshiro Sanbonmatsu, USA

Corporal Ziskind R. Lieb, USA

E-5 Medical Specialist James Clinton Wright, USA

Ensign Kenneth Martin Stevenson, USN

Ensign Richard A. Laurick, USN

Ensign roxy hills, USA

Ensign Thomas A. Toomey, USN, Retired

Ensign William A. Swain III, USN, Retired

First Lieutenant Paul W Morgan, USA

First Lieutenant Richard E. Albert , USA

First Sergeant Dennis W. Smith, USA, Retired

First Sergeant Mary Lou Mayes, USAF

Gunners Mate 3rd Class James Starowicz, USN

Gunnery Sergeant Robert W. Carman, USMC

Gunnery Sergeant Robert W. White, USAF

Hospital Corpsman Norman T. Davis, USN, Retired

Hospital Corpsman Donald A. Blickens, USN

Hospital Corpsman Thomas Richard Imboden, USN

Hospitalman Raymond E. Chamberlain III, USN

Lance Corporal Bob M. Tanner, Jr., USMC

Lance Corporal Donald Dean Hedgepeth, USMC

Lance Corporal Gary Akito Maehara, USMC

Lance Corporal Jerome Garger, USMC

Lance Corporal Roy Edward Stanford, USMC

Lance Corporal Thomas Melchior, USA

Lance Corporal Tom Blanchard, USMC

Master Chief Petty Officer E. Victor Mereski, USN, Retired

Master Chief Petty Officer Larry Bucher, USN, Retired

Master Sergeant Adam DeLuna, USA, Retired

Master Sergeant Anthony M. D'Amato, USA, Retired

Master Sergeant Anthony M. D'Amato, USA, Retired

Master Sergeant Charlie Day, USAF, Retired

Master Sergeant Curtis R. Campbell, USAF, Retired

Master Sergeant James T. Dunn, USA, Retired

Master Sergeant Larry B. Daniels, USAF, Retired

Master Sergeant Linda Wilkins-Daniels, USAF, Retired

Master Sergeant Louis W. Bender, USA

Master Sergeant Mark D. Brooks, USAF, Retired

Master Sergeant Michael Cosenza, USAF, Retired

Master Sergeant Scott W. Kirby, USAF, Retired

Master Sergeant Wilmar F. Bernthal, USA, Retired

Operations Specialist James Steven Clement, USN

Personnelman Richard Almy Wortman Ph. D., USN

Petty Officer 2nd Class Alberto Sifuentes, USN

Petty Officer Al Heisler, USN

Petty Officer Albert L. Rankin, USN

Petty Officer Alton J. Travland, USN

Petty Officer Benjamin Isaac Taylor, USN

Petty Officer Bill Lewis, USN

Petty Officer Charles F. Nawrocki, USN

Petty Officer Charles J. Shoens, USN

Petty Officer Charles Lewis Yates, USN

Petty Officer Craig Simpson, USN

Petty Officer Dan Onerheim, USN

Petty Officer Daniel Jacobson, USN

Petty Officer Dave Edwards, USN

Petty Officer David C. Smith, USN

Petty Officer David Ralph Travis, USN

Petty Officer David W. Martin, USN

Petty Officer Donald Ball, USN, Retired

Petty Officer Donald Graves, USN

Petty Officer Dr. Roland von Huene, USN

Petty Officer Duane Douglas Crimmins, USN

Petty Officer Duane Douglas Crimmins, USN

Petty Officer First Class Alexis T Bell, USN

Petty Officer First Class Christian Francis Curry, USN

Petty Officer First Class Dennis L. Elleflot, USN, Retired

Petty Officer First Class Louise Leonard, USN

Petty Officer First Class Norman R. Brown, USN

Petty Officer First Class Richard William Zeiner, USN

Petty Officer First Class Robert C. Haines, USN

Petty Officer First Class Robert Lawrence Mead, USCG, Retired

Petty Officer First Class Ron Cleeve, USN

Petty Officer First Class Terry Wayne Wilson, USN

Petty Officer Floyd Hallberg, USN

Petty Officer Francis E. Hanisch, USN

Petty Officer Francis J. Powers, USN

Petty Officer Franklin James Cole Gwartney III, USN

Petty Officer Gene Whitney, USN

Petty Officer George E. Davis, USN

Petty Officer James Clemons Parkinson, USN, Retired

Petty Officer James E. Gregg, USN

Petty Officer James M. Lewis, USN, Retired

Petty Officer James M. McIntyre, USN

Petty Officer James Rex Baird, USN

Petty Officer James V. Long, USN

Petty Officer Janine E. Sotomayor, USN

Petty Officer Jay Earl Anderson, Jr., USMC

Petty Officer Jean L Stimmell, USN

Petty Officer Jerzy M. Brozyna, USN

Petty Officer John Dainotto, USN

Petty Officer John L. Ebel, USN

Petty Officer Jon Norstog, USCG

Petty Officer Jose L. Romero, USN

Petty Officer Joseph A. Bedell, USN

Petty Officer Kenneth B. Bever Jr., USN

Petty Officer Kevin J. Lenaghan, USN

Petty Officer Larry L. Williams, USN

Petty Officer LEO F. SCHWEITZER JR, USN

Petty Officer Leo R. Sandy, Ed.D., NCSP, USN

Petty Officer Louis Schwartz, USN, Retired

Petty Officer Louis Martin Sinniger, USN

Petty Officer Louis Schwartz, USN, Retired

Petty Officer Lynn Burriss Webler, USN

Petty Officer Max Elliot, USN

Petty Officer Michael Craig, USN

Petty Officer Michael M. Chevalier, USN

Petty Officer Pat Chefalo, USN

Petty Officer Patrick Arthur Ouellette, USN

Petty Officer Philip Perry, USN

Petty Officer Richard J Thomas, USN

Petty Officer Richard J. Shorthouse, USN

Petty Officer Richard Ora Moore, USN, Retired

Petty Officer Robert Rostedt, USN

Petty Officer Robert Topmiller, USN

Petty Officer Robert Vernon Hill, USN

Petty Officer Roberta Rose Bailey, USN

Petty Officer Roger Dale Phillips II, USN

Petty Officer Ronald Edward Dyer, USN

Petty Officer Ronald Mills Gerughty, USN

Petty Officer Ronald Salvo, USN

Petty Officer Russell J. Buckardt, USN

Petty Officer Samuel Devereaux Hathaway, USN, Retired

Petty Officer Second Class Bruce S Cotton, USN

Petty Officer Second Class Darrell G. Miller, USN

Petty Officer Second Class Gary K. Grice, Jr., USN

Petty Officer Second Class George Chandler, USN

Petty Officer Second Class George Edward Hammerbeck, USN

Petty Officer Second Class Joseph Thomas Miller, USN

Petty Officer Sidney M. Peck , USN, Retired

Petty Officer Stephen M. Osborn, USN

Petty Officer Stuart Naismith, USN

Petty Officer Third Class Dale Wayne Allen, USN

Petty Officer Third Class Robert Keilbach, USN

Petty Officer Thomas Michael Kumpf, USN

Petty Officer Tod Chester TIbbetts, USN

Petty Officer Todd Philip Feiler, USN, Retired

Petty Officer Violet Dawn Colley, USN

Petty Officer William O. Jenkins, USCG

Petty Officer Wolfgang H. Rosenberg, USN

Pharmacists Mate 1st class Paul Charles Obler, USN

Private Christopher H. Barben, USN

Private David M. Smith, USA

Private Deborah L Schneider, USA

Private First Class Alfred G Hale, USA

Private First Class Allan H. Laite, USA

Private First Class Armand DeLaurell, USA

Private First Class Bill A Whitney, USA

Private First Class Brian W Jones, USA

Private First Class Charles Scarlott, USA

Private First Class Cheryl Marland, USA

Private First Class Chester C. Kraszewski, USA

Private First Class Constance Brockmeyer Heiman, USCG

Private First Class Dale E. Mix, USA

Private First Class David A. Lurie, USA

Private First Class David Fugere, USA

Private First Class David Robert Klein, USA

Private First Class David W. Otto, USA

Private First Class Dennis John Lynds, USA, Retired

Private First Class Dennis Lee Barnum, USA, Retired

Private First Class Donald David Bachman, USA

Private First Class Douglas Allen Thompson, USA

Private First Class Edwaqrd Beechert, USA

Private First Class Edward C Oehlers, USA

Private First Class Eugene M. Powell, USA

Private First Class Eugene Wilhelmi, USA

Private First Class Gary Lee Scriver, USA, Retired

Private First Class Gene Glazer, USA

Private First Class Gene Glazer, USA, Retired

Private First Class Gerald J Kresge, USA

Private First Class Gilbert Tibbetts Ireland, USA

Private First Class Herman Duane Johnson, USA

Private First Class James M. Jeffrey, USA

Private First Class James McDonald , USMC

Private First Class James W. Hunt, USMC

Private First Class Jeffrey P. Rowlett, USA

Private First Class John C. Schmertz, USA, Retired

Private First Class John Clinton Fowler, USA

Private First Class John Dale Warner, USA

Private First Class John Hockman, USA

Private First Class John Joseph Martin, USA

Private First Class Kathleen Quelland, USA

Private First Class Kenneth David Sharp, USA

Private First Class Kord E. Roosen-Runge, USA

Private First Class Laverne (Verne) C. Huser, USA

Private First Class Michael B. Gehl, USA

Private First Class Michael LaRue, USA

Private First Class Montague S. Berman, USA, Retired

Private First Class Monte G. McKenzie, USA

Private First Class Paul F Collins, USA

Private First Class Peter West Youell, USA

Private First Class Philip J. Felix, USA

Private First Class Philip S Philiben, USA

Private First Class Ray L Huffman, USA

Private First Class Raymond A. Coulombe, USA

Private First Class Richard D. Nethercut, USA

Private First Class Richard E.Becker, USA

Private First Class Richard L. Simpson, USA

Private First Class Rick Martin Duiker, USA

Private First Class Robert B. Raisor, USA

Private First Class Robert R. Gronko, USMC

Private First Class Robert S. Tate, USA

Private First Class Rodger Carroll, USA

Private First Class Rodman Earl Miller, USA, Retired

Private First Class Roger R. Armstrong, USA

Private First Class Ronald W. Ziwisky, USA

Private First Class Ruth Brown O'Neil, USA

Private First Class Stephen McCourt, USA

Private First Class Terence J. Murphy, USA

Private First Class Thomas Orr, USA

Private First Class Thomas R. Eckenrode, USA

Private First Class Vernon Joseph White, USA

Private First Class William A. Bailey, USA

Private First Class William Everett Hammond, USA

Private First Class William Jeffery Martin, USA, Retired

Private James Lewis LaGarde, USMC

Private Jerry M. Withers, USA

Private Lloyd Johnson, USA

Private Louis A. Valla, USA

Private Mari Erin Roth, USA

Private Peter J. Haughwout, USA

Private Robert S. Houston, USA

Private Roy W. Pneuman, USMC

Private Steven E. Saelzler, USA

Seaman 1st Class (radioman) Louis Wilker, USN

Seaman 1st Class Richard A. Williams, USN

Seaman Dennis Ledden, USN

Seaman Edmund Keeley, USN

Seaman Edward R Daley, USCG

Seaman First Class Robert C. Holloway, USN

Seaman George Veronis, USN

Seaman Gerald P. Lenaghan, USN

Seaman gordon duggan, USN

Seaman Harold Howard Horn, USN

Seaman Hector Sosa, USN

Seaman Henry Douglas Johnson, USA

Seaman James F. Dargon, USN

Seaman Jim S. Cassell, USN, Retired

Seaman Nathaniel Paul Davis, USN

Seaman Richard I. Trenholm, USN

Seaman Richard Sidney Salmon, USN

Seaman Robert Edward Miller II, USN

Seaman Todd Boyle, USN

Seaman Vaughn N. Pol, USN

Seaman Warren L. Lewellyn, USN

Seaman William L. Crozier, USN

Seaman William Roberts Voorhies, USN

Senior Airman Charles W. Daniels, USAF

Senior Airman Edward A. Waters, USAF

Senior Airman Eugene Thomas Giovanazzi , USAF

Senior Airman Gail E. Chandler, Ph.D., USAF

Senior Airman James J. Ramage, USAF

Senior Airman John Mark Jorgensen, USAF

Senior Airman Katelyn N. Allers, USAF

Senior Airman Lisa G. Grandstaff, USAF

Senior Airman Mark D. Lusher, USAF

Senior Airman Neal C. Melton, USAF, Retired

Senior Airman Roger C. Steffens, USAF

Senior Airman Vera Millar, USAF

Senior Airman William Charles Mitchell, USAF

Senior Master Sergeant Fred W. MacArthur, Jr., USAF, Retired

Sergeant Albert E. Akers, USAF

Sergeant Alexander Mackenzie, USA

Sergeant Andre Maria Boersma, USMC

Sergeant Arthur John Fry, USA

Sergeant Arthur William Garrett, USA

Sergeant Bobby Lee Alexander, USMC

Sergeant Borhan Mohammed Khatib, USA

Sergeant Charles E. Goode, USMC

Sergeant Clifford J. Wells, USMC

Sergeant Conrad Borovski, USA, Retired

Sergeant Craig Etchison, USA

Sergeant Danny L Shaw, USA

Sergeant David Kettenhofen, USAF

Sergeant Denise Lockren (Brinkman) Gathman, USMC

Sergeant Dennis M. Conboy, USA

Sergeant Edward P. Morrissey, USA

Sergeant Edwin B. Bergeson, USA

Sergeant Elton Duane Wilkerson, USAF

Sergeant Eugene W. Edinger Jr., USAF

Sergeant Fernando Cruz-Villalba, USA

Sergeant First Class Hugh W. Somerton, USA

Sergeant First Class Jason Lenox, USA, Retired

Sergeant First Class Kenneth C. Robinson, USA, Retired

Sergeant First Class Mark J. Bielanski, USA, Retired

Sergeant First Class Robert J. Roberts, USA

Sergeant First Class Timothy M. Williams, USA, Retired

Sergeant Francis D. Polley, USA

Sergeant Francis Peter Juranic, USAF

Sergeant Frank Pizzardi, USAF

Sergeant Fredy Champagne, USA

Sergeant Gary L. Thomas, USA

Sergeant Gerald Kennedy, USA

Sergeant Gilbert Charles Gordon Jr., USA

Sergeant Gregory Storm Cunningham, USA

Sergeant Harold Schwartz, USA

Sergeant Harry P. Brown, USA

Sergeant Henry I. Bornstein, USAF

Sergeant Henry Peterson, USA

Sergeant James A. Wilson, USA

Sergeant James Gordon Nelson, USA

Sergeant James Landrith, USMC

Sergeant James Otto Daubenberger III, USA

Sergeant Jerry D. Gilley, USAF

Sergeant Jerry Genesio, USMC

Sergeant Joe A. Blocher, USA

Sergeant John A. Keggler Junior, USA

Sergeant John DiFusco, USAF

Sergeant John Houlihan, USA

Sergeant John M Hubble, USAF

Sergeant John P. Haslinger, USAF

Sergeant John W Covey, USAF

Sergeant Joseph A. Rosado, USAF

Sergeant Katherine I. Menges, USA

Sergeant Lawrence Joseph Griffin, USA, Retired

Sergeant Leona Maltz, USMC

Sergeant Lloyd Eugene Wagner, USAF

Sergeant Major Frank J. Rankins, USA, Retired

Sergeant Major Jerry (Roger) Ferragallo, USAF

Sergeant Marcus Jansen, USA, Retired

Sergeant Mark douglas Ivey, USA

Sergeant Mark Raymond Dongu , USA

Sergeant Michael Antares, USA

Sergeant Michael Antares, USAF

Sergeant Michael Gerard McIntosh, USAF

Sergeant Neil Stuart, USAF

Sergeant Oliver V. Hines, USA

Sergeant Orville O. Gilmore, USA

Sergeant Paul Cox, USMC

Sergeant Philip A. Prichard, USA

Sergeant Ralph T. Conroy, USA

Sergeant Raymond Bentman, USA

Sergeant Raymond L Strischek, USMC

Sergeant Raymond Reed Hardy, USA

Sergeant Rebecca S. McAlary, USA

Sergeant Richard Beck Peacock, USMC, Retired

Sergeant Richard Egenriether, USA

Sergeant Richard Gillock, USMC

Sergeant Richard L. Tradewell, USA

Sergeant Richard S. Fye, USA

Sergeant Rick Venturi, USAF

Sergeant Robert A. Fischer, USA

Sergeant Robert O. Shaw, USMC

Sergeant Rodney James Owen, USA, Retired

Sergeant Russell Scott Stoermer, USA

Sergeant Sean Antonio Rosas, USA

Sergeant Seth Pollack, USA

Sergeant Stephen Constantine Demos, USMC

Sergeant Steven Schauer, USAF

Sergeant Susan K Metheny, USAF

Sergeant Theodore James Schapp, USA

Sergeant Thomas Barnes, Jr., USA

Sergeant Thomas D. Voigts, USAF

Sergeant Timothy D. Lord, USAF

Sergeant Timothy R. Mc Grady, USA

Sergeant Victoria J D Lewis, USAF

Sergeant William C. Watson, USAF

Sergeant William D. Hoffman, USA

Sergeant William Joseph Appel, USAF

Sergeant William Max Hooks, USAF

Sergeant William Robert Smiddie, USA

SP-5 E-5 Garreth L. Sanders, USA

Specialist 3 Ralph Conrad Hohneke, USA, Retired

Specialist 4 Winson C. Hinkle, USA

Specialist 4th Class George P. Russell, USA

Specialist 5 Bernstein, Simon L., USA

Specialist 5th Class Thomas J. Worrell, USA

Specialist Al Knickerbocker, USA

Specialist Albert R. Kallock Jr., USA

Specialist Anthony Lawrence Aiello, Jr, USA

Specialist Arthur Lisciandro, USA

Specialist Barry Warren Riesch, USA

Specialist Bernard L. Edelman, USA

Specialist Bertus E. Nederlof, USA

Specialist Betty Read Scott, USN

Specialist Blaine C. Gaustad, USA

Specialist Brian M. Davis, USA

Specialist Bruce Day Macdonald, USA

Specialist Byron A. Metcalf, USA

Specialist Candy Sweet Lovett, USA, Retired

Specialist Carl B. Courtnier, USA

Specialist Charles Marsh, USA

Specialist Charles Naef, USA

Specialist Christian J. Arnold, USA

Specialist Christopher Michael Turner, USA

Specialist Christopher T. Lavone, USA

Specialist Clark Buffington Lohr, USA

Specialist Clyda M. Jackson, USA

Specialist Constance Mantini, USA

Specialist Dahrl H. Bartlett, USA

Specialist Dan Gomez, USA

Specialist Daniel Pourkesali, USA, Retired

Specialist David A. Kisslring, USA

Specialist David Jon Damstrom, USA

Specialist David L. Curley, USA

Specialist David Maxwell Young, USA

Specialist David O. Depker, USA

Specialist David Ray Roop, USA

Specialist Dennis A. Good, USA

Specialist Dennis Leslie Storm, USA

Specialist Desmond P. Glynn, USA

Specialist Donna Barr, USA

Specialist Douglas M. Troutman, USA

Specialist Douglas Ward, USA, Retired

Specialist Dwayne Knox, USA

Specialist Edward Mikel, USA

Specialist Edwin G. Bergmann, USA

Specialist Fifth Class Richard E Klosterman, USA

Specialist Five Patrice Titterington, USA

Specialist Floyd Striegel, USA

Specialist Frank Griglonis, USA

Specialist Frank Zinno, USA

Specialist Fred M. Donner, Ph.D., USA

Specialist Frederic Morrison, USA

Specialist Gary A. Chipman, USA

Specialist Gary Horne, USA

Specialist Gary L. Davis, USA

Specialist Gary P. Novosielski, USA

Specialist Gary Schark, USA

Specialist George F. Gladis, USA

Specialist George John Asimos, USA

Specialist George P. Seaman, USA

Specialist Gerald R Perdue, USA

Specialist Giovanni Vassallo, USA

Specialist Ivory Leondias Shortt, USN

Specialist J. Clayson Dennis, USA

Specialist James Gregory Sutherland, USA

Specialist James LaFate Griffin, USA

Specialist James Twomey, USA

Specialist James W. Amato Jr., USA

Specialist James Welms, USA

Specialist Jan E. Smith, USA

Specialist Jeffrey Herman, USA

Specialist Jeffrey Lawrence Bauman, USA

Specialist Jimmy Dwain Parks, Ph.D., USA

Specialist Joe Carlos Aguirre, USA

Specialist John Harry Shockley, USA

Specialist John J. Gee, USA

Specialist John K. Jessup Jr., USA

Specialist John Lawrence, USA

Specialist John M West, USA

Specialist John Russell Storbeck, USA

Specialist John T. Hughes Jr., USA

Specialist Jon H. Larimore, USA

Specialist Joseph C. Galbreath, USA

Specialist Joseph Cassidy, USA

Specialist Joseph J. Cieplak, USA

Specialist Karen Rytlewski, USA

Specialist Kenneth Edward Nelson, USA

Specialist Kenneth James Dawe, USA

Specialist Kenneth Martin Stevenson III, USA

Specialist Kenneth R. Smith, USA

Specialist Kenneth R. Smith, USA

Specialist Leanne Senter-Barbour, USA

Specialist Leanne Senter-Barbour, USA

Specialist Les Dabney, USA

Specialist Malcolm Brown, USA

Specialist Martin Ray Mills, USA

Specialist Matthew Charles Plummer, USA

Specialist Merri Elizabeth Keeton, USA

Specialist Michael Alan Fox, USA

Specialist Michael Baxter, USA

Specialist Michael C. Lund, USA

Specialist Michael Earl Baker, USA

Specialist Michael Edwin Crider, USA

Specialist Michael F. Zello, USA

Specialist Michael Lawrence Job, USA

Specialist Mike Budd, USA

Specialist Neil David Harrison, USA

Specialist Nikki Coyote, USA

Specialist Owen Berio, USA

Specialist Patricia A. Oliver, USA

Specialist Patrick Joseph Gilligan, USA

Specialist Paul B. Cumpian, USA, Retired

Specialist Paul Campbell Imrie, USA, Retired

Specialist Philip Edward Dynan, USA

Specialist Ralph Chandler Daniels II, USA

Specialist Ralph E. Manon, USA

Specialist Richard Adams Lyon, USA

Specialist Richard Graham Crerie Jr., USA

Specialist Richard J. Bourgeois, USA

Specialist Richard R. Wall (now Richard W. Frieden), USA

Specialist Richard Stuart, USA, Retired

Specialist Robert A. Gould, USA

Specialist Robert E Hebrank, USA

Specialist Robert Hammers Stagg, USA

Specialist Robert Layton, USA, Retired

Specialist Robert McNulty, USA

Specialist Robert Samson Bloch, USA, Retired

Specialist Robert W. Reilly, USA

Specialist Rodger A. Herbst, USA

Specialist Roger J. Nittler, USA

Specialist Ronald Edmund Ambes, USA

Specialist Russel Hickman, USA

Specialist Samuel William French, USN, Retired

Specialist Stephen Arnold Martin, USA

Specialist Stephen Christopher Jacobs, USA

Specialist Stephen D Purnell, USA

Specialist Steve Tudisco, USA

Specialist Steven Andrew Black, USA

Specialist Terence M. Lenaghan, USA

Specialist Theodore W. Ketcham, USA

Specialist Thomas Cederquist, USA

Specialist Toby Tahja-Syrett, USA

Specialist Tom Gibson, USA

Specialist Troy Thomas Heikkala, USA

Specialist Wallace Woolfenden, USA

Specialist William H Marchant, USA

Specialist William H Miller, USA

Specialist William J. McManus, USA

Specialist William Monroe Campbell, USA

Specialist William R Wofford, USA

Specialist William Rivera, USA

Specialist Zbynek Hakos, USA

Staff Sergeant Arthur O. Washburn, USAF

Staff Sergeant Arthur S. Johnson, III, USAF

Staff Sergeant Brad Walden, USA

Staff Sergeant Carroll R. Thomas, USA

Staff Sergeant Daniel W. Warvi, USA

Staff Sergeant David T. Gray, USAF

Staff Sergeant David Zapsky, USAF

Staff Sergeant Gary E Kelly, USA

Staff Sergeant Gatch N. Maxey , USAF

Staff Sergeant Harold A. Schiffman, USA

Staff Sergeant Henry Beverly, USA

Staff Sergeant Jeremy Otis, USA

Staff Sergeant Jimmie L. Wright, USAF

Staff Sergeant John C. Salzsieder, USA

Staff Sergeant John Edward Niemi, USA

Staff Sergeant John H. Redue, Jr, USAF

Staff Sergeant John Lischalk, USA

Staff Sergeant John Olaf Frakie, USAF

Staff Sergeant John V. Chambers, USAF

Staff Sergeant Joseph Clarke Van Dine, USAF

Staff Sergeant Kathleen May Alley, USAF

Staff Sergeant Kevin Bokay, USA, Retired

Staff Sergeant Marcell Norbert Benoit, USAF

Staff Sergeant Mary Ann Parker, USAF

Staff Sergeant Millard Vincent Turner, USAF

Staff Sergeant Philip Bradford Cobb, USAF

Staff Sergeant Philip D. Yarter, USAF

Staff Sergeant Randall Richard Platt, USA

Staff Sergeant Raymond LeRoy Ensley, USAF

Staff Sergeant Robert D. Pilkey, USAF

Staff Sergeant Rollin Lind, USA

Staff Sergeant Russell W. Thompson, USAF

Staff Sergeant Ruth M. Saffry, USA, Retired

Staff Sergeant Sharon Haller, USAF

Staff Sergeant Stanley J. Bass, USAF

Staff Sergeant Terry Gabrich, USA, Retired

Staff Sergeant Thomas Nuzum, USAF

Staff Sergeant Thomas Richard Judd, USAF

Staff Sergeant William Cody Reynolds, Jr., USA

Staff Sergeant William Stanwood, USAF

Technical Sergeant Bill ONeil, USA

Technical Sergeant Daniel D. Scarlett, USA

Technical Sergeant Douglas Lloyd Perrin, USA

Technical Sergeant Eliot Freidson, USA

Technical Sergeant Gayle E. Woodul, USAF

Technical Sergeant George J. Feigenbaum, USAF, Retired

Technical Sergeant Harvey Wheeler, USA, Retired

Technical Sergeant Joseph C. Behm, USA

Technical Sergeant Joseph J. Needleman, USA

Technical Sergeant Joseph J. Perlongo, USA

Technical Sergeant Richard T. Nordland, USAF

Technical Sergeant Robert L. Bloch, USAF

Technical Sergeant Robert S Frederick, USA

Technical Sergeant Stephen H. Eddy, USAF

Technical Sergeant Steven Albert Beatty, USAF

Technician Fifth Class Elihu Edelson, USA

Technician Fifth Grade Paul Rogers Barstow, USA

Warrant Officer III Lavelle Amos Ormsbee, USA

Specialist Charles Sheehan-Miles, USA

Specialist Erik Gustafson, USA

Ensign Daniel Fahey, USN

Sergeant Erin Cole, USA

Lieutenant Barry Romo, USA

Private First Class John Zutz, USA

Private First Class David Cline, USA

Airman First Class Woody Powell, USAF

<\/p>\n","contact":"","link":"","address":"","phone":"","parent_id":0,"mime_type":"text\/plain","summary":""Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy." ~ Henry Kissinger ~ January-February 2003 edition of Eagle Newsletter","numcomment":7,"fileurl":"\/uploads\/","filesize":null,"article_url":"\/news\/2003\/03\/35575.php"},"attachments":[],"comments":[{"id":35587,"heading":"Funny","article":"These people actually served in uniform, many of them against Communism (aka for Plutocratic Capitalism), only to be redbaited by some sorry psyop. A far cry for the Commander-and-Election-Thief. Here's the example Bush sets for the troops.\r\n\r\nIn a news conference on 11 October 2001, President George W. Bush said "we learned some very important lessons in Vietnam." All members of the U.S. armed forces should take a moment and familiarize themselves with the important lessons that George Bush learned during the Vietnam War.\r\n\r\nLet's do everything we can to encourage the men and women of the U.S. armed services to follow the example of their Commander-in-Chief if they are called upon to go into battle in Iraq.\r\n\r\nIn May 1968, American soldiers were dying in combat in Southeast Asia at a rate of about 350 per week. George W. Bush was twelve days away from losing his student draft deferment (meaning that he'd be eligible for draft into the Vietnam War) when he abruptly decided that he should join the 147th Fighter Group of the Texas Air National Guard. In spite of the very long waiting list and having only scored the lowest acceptable grade on the pilot aptitude qualification test, this son of a Houston-based congressman managed to enlist on the same day that he applied, and a special ceremony was staged so he could be photographed swearing in for duty (a second special photo opportunity was arranged\r\nwhen Bush was commissioned a second lieutenant as Bush's father the congressman [a supporter of the Vietnam War] stood proudly in the background). According to Shrub's former commanding officer, Bush 'said he wanted to fly just like his daddy.' Other members of the Texas Air National Guard at the time included the aide to the speaker of the Texas House and at least seven members of the Dallas Cowboys Professional football team; Bush's 147th Fighter Group was known as the "Champagne Unit" because it also included the sons of future Senator Lloyd Bentsen and Texas Governor John Connally.\r\n\r\nImmediately following his promotion to second lieutenant, Bush was put on inactive duty status and spent more than two months in Florida working for Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, Edward J. Gurney. When he wasn't handing out Gurney press releases and making sure that the reporters didn't oversleep, Bush returned to Houston for weekend\r\nGuard duty. In early 1970, Bush rented a one-bedroom apartment at the exclusive Chateaux Dijon complex in Houston, a building with six swimming pools where Bush played all-day water volleyball games and dated many of the single women who lived there.\r\n\r\nIn 1973, as Bush's daddy was being considered for a new job as chairman of Nixon's Republican National Committee, Dubya secured an early release from the National Guard to start at Harvard Business School, eight months short of his full six-year hitch, and transferred to a reserve unit in Boston for the rest of his time. 'One of my first recollections of him,' says classmate Marty Kahn, 'was sitting in class and hearing\r\nthe unmistakable sound of someone spitting tobacco. I turned around and there was George sitting in the back of the room in his [National Guard] bomber jacket spitting in a cup.' Bush's acceptance into Harvard\r\nBusiness School surprised some, since he had graduated from Yale a full five years before.\r\n\r\nUrge enlisted men and women to do like Bush did: avoid combat at all costs, hang out, sleep late, and lead an active social life; when called upon to fight a war for your great nation, see if you can to pull political strings in order to avoid the infantry and chose instead to spend two years in flight training in San Antonio and another four years in part-time service in your home state. If you lack the ruling-class connections, than you should be obliged to do whatever you can to follow the lead of your Commander-in-Chief: cheat, lie, malinger, and go AWOL. Desert while you can; killing and dying for ruling-class petrocrats is for chumps.\r\n\r\n","author":"Bush Lies, Arabs Die","parent_id":35575,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-14 21:14:08","modified":"2003-03-14 21:14:08","fileurl":""},{"id":35763,"heading":"*bump*","article":"I'm bumping this cause its a great post. I have a lot of family in the military, and one of the things I've always hated about the shrub's spin doctors is their attempt to associate anti-war with anti-military (not to mention pro-communism, pro-saddam, pro-babykilling, you name it).\r\n\r\nIt is a low, dastardy blow for the administration to attempt to create an air of tension between myself and the members of my family who do now or have formerly served in the military. Certainly i don't hold our military's orders against them, but they probably feel that i do and the very fact that the issue should ever even need addressed is deplorable... \r\n\r\n"Support Our Troops"... "Support America"... as if to say you aren't if you don't support their commander in chief's vendetta(s). The vermin that has infested our white house are simply unable to say what they really mean. "War" .... "Death" .... "We want more (oil \/ money \/ power)". Bunch of liars, crooks, and greedy, pandering, halfwit spin doctors following the nazi cookbook to the letter.\r\n\r\nSupport our troops, bump this post.","author":"Pissed Off in Ohio","parent_id":35575,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-15 09:09:12","modified":"2003-03-15 09:09:12","fileurl":""},{"id":35766,"heading":"Bump?","article":""Military men are dumb, stupid animals to be used as pawns for foreign policy." ~ Henry Kissinger ~ January-February 2003 edition of Eagle Newsletter\r\n\r\n\r\nDoes anyone about the Eagle Newsletter?\r\n\r\nI didn't get very far on a search. Thanks for the assist.\r\nI want to verify the source.\r\n\r\n\r\nHey, why bump? I confused","author":"Weather man","parent_id":35575,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-15 09:33:07","modified":"2003-03-15 09:33:07","fileurl":""},{"id":35770,"heading":"GW'S the traitor to his people","article":"If our fearless leader ever got into a hardcore firefight, he would shit his pants before surrendering to the opposing force. Then give up all his info to save his sorry ass. \r\nA combat soldier sees the reality of death for nothing up close and personal.\r\nHe sees hell and knows it is wrong in any aspect.\r\nGW has never experienced pain, or seen the truth thru the eyes of the dead.\r\nHe thinks like a "corporate" businessman--money at all costs, those that work in that environment understand the mentality of your national CEO, then youll understand the mind of our "leader"\r\nps\r\ndid ya see systemfailures "slave name " up there\r\nI did,,,,,,,,,,,,,,","author":"systemfailure","parent_id":35575,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-15 13:29:51","modified":"2003-03-15 13:29:51","fileurl":""},{"id":35792,"heading":"?","article":"Bush isn't granting meetings to anyone that doesn't "share" his views. Does anyone know if these Vets were granted a meeting?","author":"c71898","parent_id":35575,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-03-15 17:45:46","modified":"2003-03-15 17:45:46","fileurl":""},{"id":53792,"heading":"MAJOR","article":"Don't all you wimps feel a little ridiculous now that this was proven to be necessary? Or would you rather have let this evil regime continue to rape, torture, maim, and kill their own citizens? EVEN CHILDREN??? Maybe we should have waited until he used Bio or Chemical weapons on one of or cities? Maybe we should have waited until he had dirty bombs, or even full-scale nukes? Of course, you all probably supported you comrade Clinton in his little \u201cmilitary\u201d escapades, like bombing aspirin factories\u2026 I guess you all support bombs dropped by good liberals rather than \u201ceeeevil\u201d republicans. You disgust me; you are despicable and un-American. Time for a one-way ticket to a better country of your choice. I think Cuba or China will take you. Oh, don\u2019t get me wrong, I believe in and support you right of free speech, and I would AGAIN fight for your rights, but what you and your liberal kind have done is seditious, bordering on subversion and sometimes treason. Why don\u2019t you stop and be part of the solution, not part of the problem.","author":"John Baumann","parent_id":35575,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-04-26 12:53:53","modified":"2013-11-11 00:22:07","fileurl":""},{"id":53795,"heading":"That's Raight!","article":"All real Amurkins like to see piles of freshly killed corpses. We all buhleeve that might makes right and God is on aur side so we kin kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, and kill, kill!\r\n\r\nKill all the Sand Niggers for Jeeezus and take their Oil. \r\n\r\nGod gave it ta' us. How dare try to keep our oil.\r\n\r\nAnd lookit all them ungrateful bastards threatening to protest our boys giving them thar freedom to be Oil Company Slaves.\r\n\r\nKill their wimmin n' chilren that'll shut em' up.\r\n\r\nOops! We already did.","author":"Amurkin","parent_id":35575,"mime_type":"text\/plain","created":"2003-04-26 13:11:17","modified":"2003-04-26 13:11:17","fileurl":""}]}