Letters, we get letters...

Well, in this case, the Chicago Tribune received the letter (you can always post comments or contact us at sittingorthinking@yahoo.com) but still...

This one is from Alan Tigner of Hawthorn Woods, Illinois (picture below)


He writes "I wonder how Cindy Sheehan and the war protesters who gathered in Washington recently would have reacted more than half a century ago when things were not going well for us during the first few years of World War II. We were losing many young Americans every week, young people who also were fighting in far-off lands, and we were scoring few victories."

Well, gosh, Alan, maybe they would have thought that we were FIGHTING AN ENEMY THAT ATTACKED US OR DECLARED WAR ON US. Maybe they would think that WE WERE FIGHTING FOR AMERICA'S INTERESTS against CLEARLY-DEFINED ENEMIES WITH SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES. That WE WERE FIGHTING A WAR THAT WOULD MAKE THE WORLD SAFER RATHER THAN THIS MISBEGOTTEN ADVENTURE THAT HAS MADE IT EVER SO MORE DANGEROUS? What do you think there Alan, any chance of that?

"In those days we were united as a country and stood behind our leaders, whose job it was to make the tough decisions and to do what they believed was the right thing for America. In those days people like Sheehan, and there were some, would have been scorned as traitors by both the public and the press for suggesting that we retreat from our commitments."

Alan, let's check in with FDR's distant cousin, Teddy Roosevelt, who said "to announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." And just what are those "commitments," Al? A commitment to supporting a fundamentalist Islamic republic? That is in the best interests of America???

Alan concludes "If we had cut and run in World War II like the anti-war movement would like us to do today in the war on terror, we would be living in a very different world where the freedom and prosperity we have enjoyed for the last 50 years would not have been possible."

All I can say is thank God FDR was president rather than the current idiot.

Better run, Alan, Rush is on.