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Originally Posted by dazmyt
Sad to say, main stream medias follow regulations that the government sets up(forget what they're called), preventing news stations such as CNN and FOX from broadcasting news that would bring up questions about the war.
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Actually there is nothing further from the truth, I have many friends over there right now, (I live on Fort Hood, which is where 4ID and First Cav are from) including my wife who has been there for 3 months now. Everyone I get e-mails from or get to chat with is so surprised at how much info is being given out via the news. So this whole statement is untrue.
Here is a copy of an e-mail that is being passed around the army
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Liberals claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war. They complain about his prosecution of it. One liberal recently claimed Bush was the worst president in U.S. history. Let's clear up one point: We didn't start the war on terror. Try to remember, it was started by terrorists BEFORE 9/11. Let's look at the "worst" president and mismanagement claims.
FDR led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us: Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500 per year.
Truman finished that war and started one in Korea, North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of 18,333 per year.
John F. Kennedy started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us.
Johnson turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year.
Clinton went to war in Bosnia without UN or French consent, Bosnia never attacked us. He was offered Osama bin Laden's head on a platter three times by Sudan and did nothing. Osama has attacked us on multiple occasions.
In the two years since terrorists attacked us, President Bush has liberated two countries, crushed the Taliban, crippled al-Qaida, put nuclear inspectors in Lybia, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot, and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people. We lost 600 soldiers, an average of 30 a year. Bush did all this abroad while not allowing another terrorist attack at home. Worst president in history? Come on!
The Democrats are complaining about how long the war is taking, but...
It took less time to take Iraq than it took Janet Reno to take the Branch Davidian compound. That was a 51 day operation.
We've been looking for evidence of chemical weapons in Iraq for less time than it took Hillary Clinton to find the Rose Law Firm billing records.
It took less time for the 3rd Infantry Division and the Marines to destroy the Medina Republican Guard than it took Teddy Kennedy to call the police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chappaquiddick.
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Everyone seems to be so good at finding statistics but missed most of these, there true look them up.
First post for me in a long time, this is just too close to home, seeing people wine and complain about this wile my neighbor 3 doors down lost her husband, her 3 kids lost there father, and as she put it so elegantly " He is a hero, he is protecting people from the devils of the world, its the people that cant see this and condemn him that hurts me so bad"
If you have never been over there, if you haven