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An acquaintance sent me an email today. It was one of those wing nut form letters attacking our Commander in Chief. Here is the beginning of it. Notice that the "p" is lower case. That got me right there.

At a time when our president and other politicians tend to apologize for our country's prior actions, here's a refresher on how some of our former patriots handled negative comments about our country.

JFK'S Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, was in France in the early 60's when
De Gaulle decided to pull out of NATO. De Gaulle said he wanted all US military out of France as soon as possible.

Rusk responded, "Does that include those who are buried here?"

De Gaulle did not respond. You
could have heard a pin drop..

When in England

at a fairly large conference, Colin Powell was asked by the
Archbishop of Canterbury if our plans for Iraq were just an example of''empire building' by George Bush.

He answered by saying, "Over the years, the United States has sent many of its fine young men and women into great peril to fight for freedom beyond our borders. The only amount of land we have ever asked for in return is enough to bury those that did not return."

You could have heard a pin drop.

And so on. Cherry picking one liners by former national figures.

Of course, in the latter case of Bush empire building, the answer might have been "yes".

The email went on and on with this shit.

Usually, I would just hit the "delete" button and forget it but not today.

Here is what I sent back.

I have not heard my President apologize to anybody for anything.

This is the kind of canard that goes around between people who are simply not paying attention.

It disunites us and is hurtful to our interests at home and abroad.

Can you hear a pin drop on that one?

Otherwise, how are you folks doing?

It is always good to hear from you.

I hope the personal news is good and that you are thriving.

All Best

At least it might stop him from sending me this kind of shit.

I view this kind of thing to be unpatriotic, counterproductive and, to say the least, idiot dittohead ranting. Demagoguery of the original writer and lemming non-thinking on the part of the people who send it on. And make it a fucking chain letter. I suppose I will have bad luck for not forwarding it to others.

See? I am still pissed off about it.

I suppose that is why I don't get much of this kind of mail from anybody. Also, I try to choose my friends more carefully than I used to.

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