Senator John Glenn

WHAT SENATOR JOHN GLENN SAID:

Things that make you think a little........

1. There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during January.... In
the fair city of Detroit there were 35 murders in the month     of
January.  That's just one American city, about as deadly as the entire
war torn country of Iraq
2. When some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war, state
the following:
    a. FDR...led us into World War II.
    b. Germany never attacked us: Japan did.
        From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an average of 112,500
per year.
    c.  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 18,334 per
year.
     d. John F. Kennedy. ..started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam
never attacked us.
     e. Johnson...turned Vietnam into a quagmire.
        From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per
year.
     f. 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.
     g. In the years since terrorists attacked us President Bush has
liberated two countries, crushed  the Taliban,crippled al-Qaida, put
nuclear inspectors in Libya, Iran and North Korea without firing a shot,
and captured a terrorist who slaughtered 300,000 of his own people.

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 Ted Kennedy to call the
police after his Oldsmobile sank at Chapaquiddick

It took less time to take Iraq than it took to count the votes in
Florida!!!!

Our Commander-In-Chief is doing a GREAT JOB! The Military morale is
high!  The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize the facts.

But  Wait, there's more......................

JOHN GLENN (ON THE SENATE FLOOR)
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 11:13

Some people still don't understand why military personnel do what they
do for a living. This exchange between Senators John Glenn and Senator
Howard Metzenbaum is worth reading. Not only is it a pretty impressive
impromptu speech, but it's also a good example of one man's explanation
of why men and women in the armed services do what they do for a living.

This IS a typical, though sad, example of what some who have never
served think of the military.

Senator Metzenbaum (speaking to Senator Glenn): "How can you run for
Senate when you've never held a real job?"
Senator Glenn (D-Ohio): "I served 23 years in the United States Marine
Corps. I served through two wars. I flew 149 missions. My plane was hit
by anti-aircraft fire on 12 different occasions.  I was in the  space
program.  It wasn't my checkbook, Howard; it was my life on the line. It
was not a nine-to-five job, where I took time off to take the daily cash
receipts to the bank."

"I ask you to go with me ... as I went the other day... to a veteran's
hospital and look those men - with their mangled bodies - in the eye,
and tell THEM they didn't hold a job! You go with me to the Space
Program at NASA and go, as I have gone, to the widows and Orphans of Ed
White, Gus Grissom and Roger Chaffee... and you look those kids in the
eye and tell them that their DADS didn't hold a job. You go with me on
Memorial Day and you stand in Arlington National Cemetery, where I have
more friends buried than I'd like to remember, and you watch those
waving flags.

You stand there, and you think about this nation, and you tell ME that
those people didn't have a job? I'll tell you, Howard Metzenbaum; you
should be on your knees every day of your life thanking God that there
were some men -  SOME MEN - who held REAL jobs. And they required a
dedication to a purpose - and a love of country and a dedication to duty
- that was more important than life itself. And their self-sacrifice is
what made this country possible.  I HAVE held a job, Howard! What about
you?"

For those who don't remember - During W.W.II, Howard Metzenbaum was an
attorney representing the  Communist Party in the USA.   Now he's a
Senator!

If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you are reading it in English
thank a Veteran. It might not be a bad idea to keep this circulating....




In His service,
Tim Morrison

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