ANTI-WAR ACTIVISTS WILL INCREASE THE MILITARY DEATH RATE IN IRAQ

By J. Harold Feltner
Published by THE MODERN TRIBUNE
February 22, 2003

EVANS, GA (2/22) - Having been a Vietnam Helicopter Crew Chief and Purple Heart recipient while serving with an Army Air Calvary Division in 1968, I am sickened by the recent activities of the Anti-War movement. 

Many of the members of the Anti-War Organizations such as Actors Against War, Win Without War, Move On, etc., were probably some of the same (draft dodging) people that spit on us at the Seattle Airport when we returned from Vietnam. I, along with most Vietnam Veterans, will never forget the faces of those people that treated us as if we were the “scum of the earth” upon our return to the U.S. Had Americans supported the war effort then instead of the Anti-War Drug Culture Society, the war would have been won and many lives of American soldiers would have been spared. This is true now with our troops in the Middle East. Everyone should support our country while our troops are there. This will send a message that we are committed to revenging the lives of over 3000 civilians lost during the 911 attacks. Furthermore, this will eliminate any further distractions on the wonderful men and women deployed there and will save their lives in the process. 

Martin Sheen, Janeane Garafalo, Shann Penn, Susan Serandon, Jessica Lange, David Duchovny, Matt Damon, George Clooney, Phil Donahue and all of the others will be held personally responsible (by the returning veterans) for the lives lost during this war should their anti-war efforts assist in prolonging our military presence in that Region. Veterans will respond by boycotting all movie theaters and concert halls where the active anti-war activist’s movies and concerts are playing and will destroy their future (income) with producers and promoters. We did it with “Hanoi Jane” and we will do the same to these people. On the other hand, maybe all of these self-proclaimed  “Hollywood Stars and Rock Stars” could go to Baghdad in Mid-March and personally visit with Saddam Hussein. This way, the air strikes could take them all out at the same time and save us all a lot of time and headaches. (If not, that same group will probably show up in Augusta in April to protest the membership at the Augusta National Golf Club) 

 By the way, why haven’t they recruited “Hanoi Jane”? I haven’t seen any comments from her. Maybe she could add “credibility” to “Baghdad Sheen”, “Baghdad Garafalo” and “Baghdad Donahue”.

It simply amazes me how they can so quickly forget the 3000 (civilian) lives lost in the 911 attacks, which exceeded the 2403 (military) lives lost at Pearl Harbor.  America must punish those responsible. We can only negotiate with brutal Dictators through strength, not weakness or anti-war movements. Osama Bin Laden and Saddam Hussein have worked together to bring this crisis to the level it is at now.

 Oh, how silly of me though! I forgot just how "weak" or should I say "weak minded" these anti-war activists really are. These Democrat Liberals should look at their own party for the blame. Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden had 8 years of the Clinton Administration to rebuild and work out a terrorist strategy to bring down the “Evil Empire”. That is where their real problem begins but they are to blind, ignorant or just plain afraid to “accept the real truth”.

 Anyway you look at it---our troops are not the ones to blame for the Middle East crisis. They are there defending the “sorry asses” of the same people that are not supporting them now. Anti-war activists forget (or are ignorant of the facts) that they have a Constitutional right to protest in a free society because of the wars we have fought in the past. Compare this to Saddam Hussein who shot his own son-in-laws for their lack of support for him after the Gulf War.  Lack of support from all Americans at this critical time will cause more American soldiers to be killed, not fewer, just as it did in Vietnam.

Laconically speaking, with complete and undeniable support from all Americans, this war will be swift and decisive. Without total support, the war could be drawn out and cause more military deaths in the process.   

Protect our fine military men and women by supporting them--not Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden. Maybe while we are there, we could go to France and wipe out their nuclear production facilities. After all, they are the ones that sold Iraq the materials and equipment to build their weapons facilities anyway.

History has proven that George Patton was right when he said in 1945 that America should clean up the entire Region (including Russia) while we were there. The world would have been a better place today had we listened to him then. That’s why we should follow his wisdom in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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