Reader's Comments (Consortium News)

[laststeamtrain]

Editor’s Note: Readers had some insightful comments on how the Washington insiders failed the country on the Iraq War, why the Bush administration’s fired eight federal prosecutors, and what the derivation of the word “petard” is:

Anyone with just a small measure of decency in them, can relate to this latest article. I don`t have anyone in the conflict in Iraq, but in my mind, not a day or night goes by, that I don`t think about the young men and women and their families, and their sacrifice.

I am a member of the WWII generation, when we experienced honest and real patriotism. Only people like those in power now, who started this whole mess, would have such blatant disregard, for each and everyone of us, and call us unpatriotic. Our very birthright as citizens affords us that.

During WWII, our leaders then were very somber and focused, not like our president who recently greeted his brother, and was laughing, fixing his tie and slapping one another around. It repulses me to watch them, and surely should offend the ones that are really involved in this war.

I think the missing link in all of them, is decency. Oh yes, there will always be those who have to be supporters, or collaborators, which in my mind if more appropriate, that have to tell one another how good they are.

In many of your recent articles you refer to the biased press, and I will use the word again, collaborators. I have noticed one thing though, the edge has gone away for those that have the privilege of accompanying the royal ones on Air Force One.

One question on Hillary. I remember her appearance at the AEI, which I believe is the think tank you refer to, and also did she accept a bundle of money from Rupert Murdoch. There`s a patriot for you. These two things raised a red flag in me. Haven`t we had enough of bought and paid for politicians.

<more>

http://www.consortiumnews.com/Print/2007/031907a.html