Speakin' for "Boots" in Iraq...
Today on "Day Side" with Linda Vester she read an e-mail from a troop in Iraq.
His handle was "Boots".
What"Boots" said in that mail has been weighin' heavy on my mind all day.
He told of beingin the chow hall withhis buddieswatching the newsand seeing the prison scandal broughtback up again.He stated that heand those with him were so angryat the play thisscandal was getting because as soon as they finished chow they were going back on patrol on the street in Falluja.
He stated that this continual focus on that scandalonlyserved to stir up more and more anger and put them all in more danger. He saidthe children used totalk with them, wave and smile they now wereavoiding the troopsmore and more.
He also made the statement thatwhat the media was doing to them was exactly what they had done to the men that went to Vietnam to the point they were now being seen as "Baby Killers".
I'm sick in my heart tonight. I have said all along that we were doing to our troops today exactly what was done to our troops in Vietnam.
My question is at what point does freedom of speech cross over to aid and comfort of the enemy?
Arrow>>>>>>>
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Thomas Jefferson, Kentucky Resolutions of 1798: "In questions of power then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution."
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