E-mail: John Glenn said

[Sweet Freedom]

Subject: John Glenn Said:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> JOHN GLENN SAID
> >>>
> >>> Things that make you think a little:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq in 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.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> When some claim that 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 attacke d 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 for 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 Chappaquiddick.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> 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)
> >>> 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?
> >>>
> >>> 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
> >>>

The rebuttal:
http://www.local8-0237.com/interesting_facts_rebuttal.htm

Original DU thread here:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=83768&mesg_id=83768