A few facts...

I received this email today. There are some very interesting facts. I find it especially interesting comparing the length of the Iraq war to the past. People today have forgotten what war is. For many, the only war they remember was the Gulf War - TV coverage that resembled a video game.

I don't demean or belittle any soldier's sacrifice and any life lost is felt and mourned. The problem is there are people that think war is swift and clean. They carrry on about how long we have been there and morbidly keep a "body count", not to honor and grieve, but to wave around during a political debate.

In many ways they remind me of the people we read about when we study the Civil War. They thought it would be over in days. They packed a picnic lunch into their wagons and took the women to watch. It was a naive view. The idea that the war on terror is over and the world is safe now is also naive.

There were 39 combat related killings in Iraq during the month of 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 wartorn country of Iraq. When some claim President Bush shouldn't have started this war, state the following ... FDR... led us into World War II. Germany never attacked us: Japan did. From 1941-1945, 450,000 lives were lost, an averageof 112,500 per year. Truman... finished that war and started one in Korea, North Korea never attacked us. From 1950-1953, 55,000 lives were lost, an average of18,334 per year. John F. Kennedy... started the Vietnam conflict in 1962. Vietnam never attacked us. Johnson... turned Vietnam into a quagmire. From 1965-1975, 58,000 lives were lost, an average of 5,800 per year. 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 hasattacked us on multiple occasions. In the two 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 Chappaquiddick, drowning Mary Jo Kopechne. 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 moral is high! The biased media hopes we are too ignorant to realize thefacts.

God Bless our troops and their families. They serve to protect us and ironically to protect the rights of those who protest against them.