[Vision2020] Rumours sow uncertainty in US ranks

[Carl Westberg]

In the new Sports Illustrated, Rick Reilly's back page column concerns the 
unimportance of sports right now, yet how sports are an important diversion 
for the troops, giving them something to take their minds off the war.  In 
essence, the article says "let the games go on."  He ends with a paragraph 
that states my feelings as a war opponent far better that I could.  Mr 
Reilly writes: "There are millions of us in this country who hate this war, 
hate how it came to this, hate what it will leave behind in sorrow and debt 
and newly minted terrorists. But we respect you who must fight it, are 
humbled by your service, honor you for your willingness to die for our 
flag."  No comment.                                                          
                                                                             
     Carl Westberg Jr.






>From: John Harrell <johnbharrell@yahoo.com>
>To: vision2020 <vision2020@moscow.com>
>Subject: [Vision2020] Rumours sow uncertainty in US ranks
>Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2003 22:17:48 -0800 (PST)
>
>Hello Ya'all,
>
>(You may skip my personal commentary and jump directly to the article 
>below.}
>
>I really hope that our young men and women out there on the front lines
>believe that all of America is behind them and supports them. Because if
>just one dies because they hesitate due to being unsure of their cause,
>sowed by any anti-war rhetoric here at home, I wouldn't want to have that
>on my conscience.
>
>Regardless of your position on this war, the president has determined
>that our young men and women should be there and so they are. Let's pray
>that this ends quickly, that terrorism ends, and our young men and
>women can come home.
>
>Cheers!
>John Harrell
>
>------------------
>Rumours sow uncertainty in US ranks
>
>Australian Broadcasting Corporation
>March 31, 2003
>http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s820107.htm
>
>They say an ice cream machine is on its way.
>
>"I hope it's true," US Marine Corporal Jason St Pierre said, resting on a 
>crate at a
>roadside ammunition dump in southern Iraq.
>
>"I like ice cream, the way they put strawberries in it, and the seeds stick 
>between your
>teeth," the 22-year-old said, distracted for a
>time from the high explosive shells stacked all around him.
>
>The story is a fantasy but like many of the rumours circulating among US 
>troops in Iraq,
>it does say something about what's on many
>soldiers' minds.
>
>{..snip..see URL above for complete article..}
>
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