March 20, 2003
Altered States II...
Submitted by the Reverend Allan Conkling Jr., San Antonio, Tx. in response to a forwarded email.
Maybe we ought to listen to what the French are saying....
Sorry, but I don't agree with this email (posted below). Our valiant US soldiers who died did so to liberate France - get it Liberate. Now if liberate means a country is only being free to say those things that the US wants them to say then they aren't very liberated are they? Funny I thought in democracy we were free- even encouraged - to exercise free speech and hold varying opinions. Those who would be so arrogant as to vilify or berate another country (or individuals within this country for that matter) for holding a different viewpoint are no better than the leadership of Iraq.
Get with the program!
We (and 350,000 of our US troops - our brothers, sisters, friends, neighbors and children) are being used by the Bush administration to lever a hostile take-over of an oil rich country to serve our (and Bush/Cheny's) own selfish interests.
Small wonder we are so hated in the world.
In the school of global politics Bush gets an F in diplomacy.
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Forwarded Message:
Subj: Re:Earthquake In France
Date: 3/11/2003 11:07:11 AM Pacific Standard Time
Today it was reported that a severe earthquake has occurred in central France. The severity was measured in excess of 10 on the Richter Scale. The cause was the 56,681 dead American soldiers buried in French soil rolling over in their graves. According to the American Battle Monuments Commission there are 26,255 Yankee dead from World War I buried in 4 cemeteries in France. There are 30,426 American dead from World War II buried in 6 cemeteries in France. These 56,681 brave American heroes died in their youth to liberate a country which is guilty of shameful unspeakable behavior in the 21st century. May the United States of America never forget their sacrifice as we find ways to forcefully deal with the Godforsaken turncoat country of France!
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An anonymous soldier who has already crossed the Kuwaiti boarder into Iraq on our initial push toward Baghdad said it best. "Freedom has a whole different flavor for those who have had to fight to taste it."
Bobco