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Home Front: Politix
Instapundit Reader Bitch-Slaps "Draft" Clowns
2004-09-30
From Instapundit's site; scroll to the bottom of the entry.

Whole thing posted here:
YET ANOTHER UPDATE: A reader sends me a copy of this email he sent to the anti-draft crusaders interviewed by Rather:

Our 22 year old son is a US Marine, SpOps. His Btn just returned from the al Anbar region of Iraq. They have the unfortunate distinction of having taken the most casualties of any Coalition unit in Iraq (33 KIA 200+ WIA, sent home). However, they - in the proud tradition of US Marines, and specifically the 7th Marine Regiment - killed over 3,000 of the enemy bringing peace to the region o which they were assigned. They took on an area where there was murderous errorist activity on a daily basis and today, it's as safe as most of Philly.

I can guarantee you, because I had this conversation with Josh and with his comrades-in-arms, they DO NOT WANT conscripted kids with them. At home, hey are the finest men this country has to offer. Polite, generous and even lightly patriotic. At work they are the worst enemy of people who attack the S. They are committed to what they do. They don't need whining, snotty children linging to mommy's apron who they would have to babysit.

So, please contact Rep. Rangel and the other Democrats who put forth this egislation. Tell them to withdraw it - not that it has a snowball's chance in Baghdad of passing anyway. And please, don't fear for your sons. My son and his friends, WILLINGLY sleeping in holes in the sand and eating MRE's will make sure you and your sons can all sleep well in your soft beds after a quiet dinner.

Michael Becker
Phoenix, AZ
very proud father of LCpl Josh. The best man we know...
Fred - normally I wouldn't link to a blog, but as many people as possible should read this. In fact, it should be on the front page of every paper in America. And Europe.
Posted by:Barbara Skolaut

#10  That he which hath no stomach to this fight, Let him depart; his passport shall be made, And crowns for his convoy put into his purse; We would not die in that man's company, That fears his fellowship to die with us. - Henry V, W. Shakespeare
Posted by: Don   2004-09-30 6:05:46 PM  

#9  Liking the name generator. Remember tho, mine is copy-writ in 12 states
Posted by: Nathan Bedford Swift-Byrd   2004-09-30 6:02:34 PM  

#8  "...(33 KIA 200+ WIA, sent home). However, they - in the proud tradition of US Marines, and specifically the 7th Marine Regiment - killed over 3,000 of the enemy..."

there was a post yesterday that was slinging around only a 4 to 1 KIA ratio. Here is a 10 to 1 ratio for a rifle battalion. What would the ratio be for an F-15 squadron that is working over Fallujah, Najah and Sadr City?
Posted by: Super Hose   2004-09-30 5:15:36 PM  

#7  Don't sound like no quagmire to me.
Posted by: Matt   2004-09-30 4:39:24 PM  

#6  Charlie Rangel, et al, have NO SHAME
Posted by: Frank G   2004-09-30 3:41:33 PM  

#5  My son and his friends, WILLINGLY sleeping in holes in the sand and eating MRE’s will make sure you and your sons can all sleep well in your soft beds after a quiet dinner.

Have any of those jerks proposing a new draft seen this passage? If they have, any of them with even a semblance of personal honor should feel nothing but the deepest shame.
Posted by: Bomb-a-rama   2004-09-30 3:38:14 PM  

#4  I'd like to thank that woman whose sons are in harm's way. I hope I live long enough to see the sun set on Dan Rather. I've always thought he was a coward. Even when he was "reporting" from Nam he did it only from secure areas using the jungle as a backdrop or waiting until the area was secure before he ventured from his secure hideaway to report on "ferocious" fighting against the Communists "insurgents." HA!
Posted by: Flagum Whagum2419   2004-09-30 3:29:22 PM  

#3  What is this phobia about not linking to blogs? We should only link to MSM like CBS because then we'd know the info is true?
Posted by: Pheanter Fleath1288   2004-09-30 3:17:03 PM  

#2  Translation :

Don't put no bugger eatin' moron in the foxhole next to me. He's likely to fart, and get us all killed...

We on the homefront hear you. The only flatulance here is coming from the MSM, particularly CBS & Danny Delerious!
Posted by: BigEd   2004-09-30 2:54:17 PM  

#1  bravo!! clap, clap, clap. Standing ovation!!
Posted by: 2b   2004-09-30 2:51:17 PM  

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