State of the Nation

Who are the heroes and who do not serve?

In the USA today, according to the Republican Right, these are the traitors, the "leaders" who don't "support" the military. These are the "cowards" who "cut and run." • John Murtha: 2 Purple Hearts, a Bronze Star with a Combat "V," and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. • Max Cleland: Bronze Star and Silver Star. On April 8, 1968, an exploding hand grenade destroyed Cleland's two legs, right arm and fingers on his left hand. • John Kerry: Bronze Star, Silver Star, 3 Purple Hearts.

Meanwhile these are the Republican Right's 'Patriots'

• Tom Delay: did not serve. • Roy Blunt: did not serve. • Bill Frist: did not serve. • Rick Santorum: did not serve. • Trent Lott: did not serve. • Dick Cheney: did not serve. Several deferments, the last by marriage. • John Ashcroft: did not serve. Seven deferments to teach business • Jeb Bush: did not serve. • Karl Rove: did not serve. • Paul Wolfowitz: did not serve. • Richard Perle: did not serve. • Newt Gingrich: did not serve. • George W. Bush: failed to complete his six-year Air National Guard tour of duty; got assigned to Alabama so he could campaign for family friend running for U.S. Senate; failed to show up for required medical exam, disappeared from duty. • Rudy Giuliani: did not serve. • George Pataki: did not serve. • John Bolton: "I didn't want to die in some Southeast Asian rice paddy. . ." • Sean Hannity: did not serve. • Rush Limbaugh: did not serve (4-F with a 'pilonidal cyst.') • Bill O'Reilly: did not serve. • Michael Savage: did not serve. • George Will: did not serve. • Chris Matthews: did not serve. • Paul Gigot: did not serve. • Bill Bennett: did not serve. • Pat Buchanan: did not serve. • Bill Kristol: did not serve. • Kenneth Starr: did not serve. • Antonin Scalia: did not serve. • Clarence Thomas: did not serve. • Michael Medved: did not serve.

These people are so blinded by the World they think they have dominion over that they cannot see the truth before them.

This message was written in the relatively safety of the United Kingdom

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