feel free to write my local paper-how my area"supports the troops"

[w8liftinglady]

a response to my recent ltte in the waxahachie daily light
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Observations — why is it that those who want to emphasize the total numbers of casualties always use round numbers? And can all those casualties caused by illness and non-combat related injuries really be attributed to the war? Weren’t sickness and accidents happening during peacetime prior to the fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. As I have said before, I have the utmost respect for the writer’s son. He made the choice to enlist in the military, and many of us thank him for his service to our country. I hope his mother feels the same as we do. The fact that she doesn’t like our president and his administration is fairly obvious. It’s a shame that her feelings have to be at her son’s expense.
http://thedailylight.com/articles/2006/04/18/dailylight/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/01-04_17-letters.txt
I have written my own rebuttal,of course.It amazes me how some people think.

[WestHoustonDem]

1. Wow - you caught me in a mood, here's what I wrote:

In reponse to Everett King's letter in which he stated "Observations — why is it that those who want to emphasize the total numbers of casualties always use round numbers? And can all those casualties caused by illness and non-combat related injuries really be attributed to the war? Weren’t sickness and accidents happening during peacetime prior to the fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq. As I have said before, I have the utmost respect for the writer’s son. He made the choice to enlist in the military, and many of us thank him for his service to our country. I hope his mother feels the same as we do. The fact that she doesn’t like our president and his administration is fairly obvious. It’s a shame that her feelings have to be at her son’s expense.

Everett King"

It always amazes me how willing those who are safe over here are so willing to sacrifice the lives of our military. But it's not just our military and their families who are devasted. There are also countless innocent Iraqi men, women and children who survied Saddam Hussein only to be killed, maimed and left homeless in my name.

So much for the culture of life. As long as the civilians being killed are not Americans, conservatives like Mr. King seem to think violent death is acceptable.

[w8liftinglady]

2. Thank you-they printed ours today

http://thedailylight.com/articles/2006/04/20/dailylight/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/02%20letters.txt

thanks for helping me-it looked good to have 2.

[WestHoustonDem]

3. Excellent! n/t