Don't be a fool and die for your country. Let the other sonofabitch die for his. -- General George S. Patton
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June 07, 2004A Texas Soldier's Letter to Senator John KerryThe letter below in bold was originally posted on FrontPageMag.com. I also found it posted on Collected Thoughts and Drink This. Since bloggers and blog readers operate in different circles I decided that I too would post the letter here at the Slaughterhouse. Below you will find a letter from a soldier in Texas. A Texas Soldier's Letter to Senator John Kerry By Michael Connelly Dear Senator Kerry, Since it has become clear that you will probably be the Democratic nominee for President, I have spent a great deal of time researching your war record and your record as a professional politician. The reason is simple, you aspire to be the Commander in Chief who would lead my sons and their fellow soldiers in time of war. I simply wanted to know if you possess the necessary qualifications to be trusted in that regard. You see, I belong to a family of proud U.S. veterans. I was a Captain in the Army Reserve, my father was a decorated Lieutenant in World War II; and I have four sons who have either served, or are currently serving in the military. The oldest is an Army Lieutenant still on active duty in Afghanistan, after already being honored for his service in Iraq. The youngest is an E-4 with the military police. His National Guard unit just finished their second tour of active duty, including six months in Guantanamo Bay. My two other sons have served in the national guard and the Navy. In looking at your record I found myself comparing it not only to that of my father and my sons, but to the people they served with. My father served with the 87th Chemical Mortar Battalion in Europe. They landed on Utah Beach and fought for 317 straight days, including the Cherbourg Peninsula, Aachen, the Hurtgen Forest, and the Battle of the Bulge. You earned a Silver Star in Vietnam for chasing down and finishing off a wounded and retreating enemy soldier. (A violation of the Geneva Convention) My father won a Bronze Star for single handedly charging and knocking out a German machine gun nest that had his men pinned down. You received three purple hearts for what appears to be three minor scratches. In fact, you only missed a combined total of two days of duty for these wounds. The men of my father's unit, the 87th, had to be admonished by their commanding officer because it had been brought to his attention that some men were covering up wounds and refusing medical attention for fear of being evacuated and permanently separated from their organization... It was also a common occurrence for seriously wounded soldiers to go AWOL from hospitals in order to rejoin their units. You, however, used your three purple hearts to leave Vietnam early. My oldest boy came home from Iraq with numerous commendations and then proceeded to volunteer to go to Afghanistan, and from there back to Iraq again. My sons and father have never had anything but the highest regard and respect for their fellow soldiers. Yet, you came home to publicly charge your fellow fighting men with being war criminals and to urge their defeat by the enemy. You even wrote a book that had a cover which mocked the heroism of the U.S. Marines who raised the flag on Iwo Jima. Our current crop of soldiers has a philosophy that no one gets left behind; and they have practiced that from Somalia to the battlefields of the Middle East. Yet, as chairman of a Senate committee looking into allegations that many of your fellow servicemen had been left behind as prisoners in Vietnam, you chose to defend the brutal Vietnamese regime. You even went so far as to refer to the families of the POWs and MIAs as Professional malcontents, conspiracy mongers, con artists, and dime-store Rambos. As a Senator you voted against the 1991 Gulf War, and have repeatedly voted against funds to supply our troops with the best equipment, and against money to improve our intelligence capability. I find this particularly ironic since as a Presidential candidate you are highly critical of our pre-war intelligence in Iraq. However, you did vote to authorize the President to go to war, but have since proceeded to do everything you can to undermine the efforts of our government and our troops to win. Is this what our fighting men and women can expect of you if you are their Commander in Chief? Will you gladly send them to war, only to then aid the enemy byundermining the morale of our troops and cutting off the weapons they need to win? Our country is at war Senator, and as has been the case in every war since the American Revolution, a member of my family is serving their country during the war. Now you want me to trust you to lead my sons in this fight. Sorry, Senator, but when I compare your record to those who have fought and died for this nation, and are currently fighting and dying, the answer is not just no, but Hell No! Sincerely, Michael Connelly Of course Mr. Connelly has researched and found what so many of us already know. John "Waffles" Kerry is unfit to serve as commander in chief. SlagleRock Out! Posted by SlagleRock at June 7, 2004 09:35 PMComments
just a gentle reminder that at the moment, more than 50% of the country disagree with you, and that these "letters," and other glurge which are e-mailed around the world, only serve to anger half the country into voting for bush, and anger the other into voting against him... good day, TheEmprorerIsNaked? What kind of screen name is that? Cry yourself to sleep? Why because some tree hugging hippy loving Kerry Fucking wannabe tells me to cry myself to sleep? That is adorable. First check your stats... Over 50%? Second, that is the state of America some of us have a clue, and many of YOU (allegedly more than 50%)do not! Thanks for visiting my site and I welcome all opinions, even those that don't matter. SlagleRock Out! Posted by: SlagleRock at July 7, 2004 09:01 PM
First off you elitist fuckhead get your facts straight. The 50% of you that disagree have never taken the time to do your own research and dig out the facts, you'd rather take at face value what the party hacks feed you as the truth. You'll follow the same old mantra passed on by the Marxists at the CPA and Democrat headquarters as being the truth. Why? Because you can't think for yourselves. Once I was a Democrat, before 1963, when the party somewhat stood for American Values. That all changed when they embraced Marxism and the ideals of a one world government and allowed communists to take over the party. His record in the senate has been against anything that will make this nation stronger both security wise and militarily, he would prefer that the U.N. provide for national security, The U.N. can't and won't, they want the United States stripped of it's power and sovereignty and become subservient to it's agenda of a one world government under communism. George Bush performed his duty as president as he was sworn to do. To protect this country against all enemies both foreign and domestic, and to protect, preserve and uphold the constitution of the United States. And you call him a criminal for doing so. Here is a man that didn't support this country when he was a civilian, a sailor or a senator, what makes you think he would support this nation as a president? Kerry should be tried for treason, I'd settle for sedition. United States, Statutes at Large, Washington, D.C., 1918, Vol. XL, pp 553 ff. A portion of the amendment to Section 3 of the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917.SECTION 3. Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States, or to promote the success of its enemies, or shall willfully make or convey false reports, or false statements, . . . or incite insubordination, disloyalty, mutiny, or refusal of duty, in the military or naval forces of the United States, or shall willfully obstruct . . . the recruiting or enlistment service of the United States, or . . . shall willfully utter, print, write, or publish any disloyal, profane, scurrilous, or abusive language about the form of government of the United States, or the Constitution of the United States, or the military or naval forces of the United States . . . or shall willfully display the flag of any foreign enemy, or shall willfully . . . urge, incite, or advocate any curtailment of production . . . or advocate, teach, defend, or suggest the doing of any of the acts or things in this section enumerated and whoever shall by word or act support or favor the cause of any country with which the United States is at war or by word or act oppose the cause of the United States therein, shall be punished by a fine of not more than $10,000 or imprisonment for not more than twenty years, or both.... Too many of my honorable fellow countrymen have died serving this great nation for me to hand it over to a traitor that will sell out our freedom. Nor will I cry myself to sleep. He'll get no vote from me or my family. Posted by: Jack at July 8, 2004 02:04 AMSlagle - TheEmperorIsNaked is naked himself. Very nice comments you guys have here, congratulations and thanks to allowing my post... Posted by: Phendimetrazine at April 15, 2005 01:42 PMPost a comment
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