You Ain't Going to Like Losing!

[OJR]

Author unknown.

President Bush did make a bad mistake in the war on terrorism.

But the mistake was not his decision to go to war in Iraq.

Bush's mistake came in his belief that this country is the same one

his father fought for in WWII. It is not.

Back then, they had just come out of a vicious depression.

The country was steeled by the hardship of that depression,

but they still believed fervently in this country. They knew that

the people had elected their leaders, so it was the people's duty to back those leaders.

Therefore, when the war broke out the people came together, rallied behind,

and stuck with their leaders, whether they had voted for them or not or whether

the war was going badly or not.

And war was just as distasteful and the anguish just as great then as it is today.

Often there were more casualties in one day in WWII than we have had

in the entire Iraq war. But that did not matter. The people stuck with the President

because it was their patriotic duty as Americans to put aside their differences

in WWII and work together to win that war.

Everyone from every strata of society, from young to old pitched in.

Small children pulled little wagons around to gather scrap metal for the war effort.

Grade school students saved their pennies to buy stamps for war bonds to help the effort.

Men who were too old or medically 4F lied about their age or

condition, trying their best to join the military. Women doubled their work to keep things going

at home. Harsh rationing of everything from gasoline to soap and butter was imposed,

yet there was very little complaining.

You never heard prominent people on the radio belittling the President. Interestingly

enough in those days there were no fat cat actors and entertainers who ran off to visit

and fawn over dictators of hostile countries and complain to them about our President.

Instead, they made upbeat films and entertained our troops to help the troops' morale.

And a bunch even enlisted.

And imagine this: Teachers in schools actually started the day off with a Pledge of Allegiance,

and with prayers for our country and our troops!

Back then, no newspaper would have dared point out certain weak spots in our cities

where bombs could be set off to cause the maximum damage. No newspaper would have dared

complain about what we were doing to catch spies.

A newspaper would have been laughed out of existence if it had complained that German

or Japanese soldiers were being 'tortured' by being forced to wear women's underwear,

being subjected to interrogation by a woman, being scared by a dog or that

they did not have air conditioning.

There were a lot of things different back then. We were not subjected to a constant

bombardment of pornography, perversion and promiscuity in movies or on radio.

We did not have legions of crack heads, dope pushers and armed gangs roaming our streets.

No, President Bush did not make a mistake in his handling of terrorism. He made the mistake of

believing that we still had the courage and fortitude of our fathers.

He believed that this was still the country that our fathers fought so dearly to preserve.

It is not the same country. It is now a cross between Sodom and Gomorra and the Land of Oz.

We did unite for a short while after 9/11, but our attitude changed when we found out that defending

our country would require some sacrifices.

We are in great danger. The terrorists are fanatic Muslims. They believe that it is okay,

even their duty, to kill anyone who will not convert to Islam.

It has been estimated that about one third or over three hundred million Muslims that are

sympathetic to the terrorists cause...Hitler and Tojo combined did not

have nearly that many potential recruits.

So....we either win it - or lose it - and you ain't gonna like losing.

Hopefully, your children can adjust to becoming Muslim, if we lose.

America is not at war. The military is at war. America is at the MALL !!

[Gator]

So true.......................

[jbeck]

Preach it brother. Problem is we have a bunch of soft folks that never had to sacrifice for anything. Heck if you borrow to much for a house that isn't worth it, walk away. The government should be responsible for you

TAKING MONEY YOU DON'T HAVE

TO BUY THINGS YOU DON'T NEED

TO IMPRESS PEOPLE YOU PROBABLY DON'T EVEN LIKE.

ok

[mike]

good post orlan! nothin but the truth there

[LifeNRA]

good post orlan! nothin but the truth there

I'll say!!!

[Missilelock]

Orlan, If I didnt know better, I would almost think you were putting up a Christian post.....and in the lobby at that!!!!

[Missilelock]

sorry- not payin attn- thought I was in the lobby

[OJR]

Orlan, If I didnt know better, I would almost think you were putting up a Christian post.....and in the lobby at that!!!!

I received this one from a doctor friend of mine! I can relate to what is being said because I went through this when I was growing up!

Call it whatever you want to!

[JJL]

So far the only people I've heard speak of losing are the "liberal whacko's" who opposed the war from the start for all the wrong reasons. As far as the majority of America goes, we still believe that the war is winnable and it's going to be won. But, one must realize that it's not WW2, it's a whole new ballgame.

It's time for the tail to stop wagging the dog, and that will start with O'Bama's defeat in November.

[snapper]

So far the only people I've heard speak of losing are the "liberal whacko's" who opposed the war from the start for all the wrong reasons.

And lets not forget the "liberal whacko's" who also voted to go to war (scary Clinton herself).

[stevebeilgard]

very sad, but all to true, orlan.