Pam Foster letter

[Sweet Freedom]

Posted this in GD, but no reply yet. Feel free to respond.

Here it is:

"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was
> > it or was it not started
> > by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on
> > September 11, 2001?
> >
> >
> > Were people from all over the world, mostly
> > Americans, not brutally murdered
> > that day, in downtown Manhattan , across the Potomac
> > from our nation's
> > capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania ?
> >
> >
> > Did nearly three thousand men, women and children
> > die a horrible, burning or
> > crushing death that day, or didn't they?
> >
> >
> > And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran
> > was "desecrated" when an
> > overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet?
> >
> >
> > Well, I don't. I don't care at all.
> >
> >
> > I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns
> > himself in and repents for
> > incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.
> >
> >
> > I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the
> > Middle East start caring
> > about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which
> > is a crime in Saudi Arabia
> >
> >
> > I'll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world
> > he is sorry for hacking
> > off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his
> > gurgling slashed throat.
> >
> >
> > I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents"
> > in Iraq come out and
> > fight like men instead of disrespecting their own
> > religion by hiding in mosques.
> >
> >
> > I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow
> > themselves up in search of
> > nirvana care about the innocent children within
> > range of their suicide bombs.
> >
> >
> > I'll care when the American media stops pretending
> > that their First
> > Amendment liberties are somehow derived from
> > international law instead of the United
> > States Constitution's Bill of Rights.
> >
> >
> > In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave
> > marine roughing up an
> > Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I
> > don't care.
> >
> >
> > When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi
> > prisoners who have been
> > humiliated in what amounts to a college-hazing
> > incident, rest assured that I
> > don't care.
> >
> >
> > When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head
> > when he is told not to
> > move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take
> > it to the bank that I
> > don't care.
> >
> >
> > When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran
> > and a prayer mat, and
> > fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax
> > dollars, is complaining that his
> > holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely
> > believe in your heart of
> > hearts that I don't care.
> >
> >
> > And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes
> > it's spelled "Koran" and
> > other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and ----
> > you guessed it - - I don't
> > care ! ! ! ! !
> >
> >
> > If you agree with this viewpoint, pass this on to
> > all your e-mail friends.
> > Sooner or later, it'll get to the people responsible
> > for this ridiculous
> > behavior!
> >
> >
> > If you don't agree, then by all means hit the
> > delete button.
> >
> >
> > Should you choose the latter, then please don't
> > complain when more
> > atrocities committed by radical Muslims happen here
> > in our great country.
> >
> >
> > I am not deleting this, I am sending it on, but
> > only after
> >
> >
> > I add:
> >
> >
> > --"Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if
> > they made a difference
> > in the world. But, the Marines don't have that
> > problem."
> >
> > -- Ronald Reagan