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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joan writes: <FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>"Just as opposition to the war is not the same as opposing those who
serve, support for U. S. soldiers is not support for the war."
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gier goes way beyond this. He salivates
everytime one of our troops gets accused of some heinous crime or some insurgent
accuses them of anything and everything. People like him make it obvious
they do not support the war OR THE SOLDIERS.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You, and others here, must equate yourselves to
"people like Nick" since you take it so personally that someone recognizes the
obvious in them concerning their feelings toward our troops. At the very
least, people like that have to believe our troops are stupid for volunteering
to serve under a person they believe to be incompetent, a liar and a
terrorist in his own right.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have seen no evidence you are one of those people
except for the fact you jump to the defense of Nick and his
ilk. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You say that you donate through anysoldier.com
to our troops and that is commendable. I only hope you are doing it
because you truly support our troops and believe they are intelligent enough not
to voluntarily engage in a mission that is criminal and without merit
and not because you are trying to placate your own conscience. They put
their lives on the line for their mission, not out of stupidity but because
they believe in it, unlike people like Nick. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>If you can admit to yourself you would be happy
if the United States and allies win in Iraq and succeed in creating a
democratic nation there, perhaps there is hope for you. If, on the other
hand, you would be happy to see the defeat of the coalition and the return of
Iraq to a dictatorship like Saddam's, then you would be one of the "people like
Nick."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Dick </DIV></FONT>
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<A title=joanopyr@moscow.com href="mailto:joanopyr@moscow.com">Joan Opyr</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">Vision2020 Moscow</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, June 20, 2006 12:03
AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020]
anysoldier.com</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>I won't bother to address the outrage of RV Cowboy's equating
opposition to the war in Iraq with being "happy" when U. S. soldiers are
killed. Chasuk has already dealt with this, and his comments are right on
target. No need to muddy the waters with a slam of my own. Instead, I'd like
to direct Visionaries' attention to the following website:
http://www.anysoldier.com. At Any Soldier, you can donate care packages to
service members in Iraq. Perhaps some of you know a service member; you can
address your package to him or her. Or, like me, you can pick any soldier, any
Marine, any sailor, or any Coast Guard member and mail that unknown person a
care package. From cookies to calling cards, from entertainment packages to
personal hygiene products, you can send someone overseas something to show
that you really do give a damn. Just as opposition to the war is not the same
as opposing those who serve, support for U. S. soldiers is not support for the
war. <BR><BR>FYI, you can also just write any soldier a letter. Not everyone
serving in Iraq has family with whom to correspond. Even if your "any soldier"
does, can you get too many letters when you're frightened to death and far
from home? The soldiers I know have said that getting a letter when serving in
hostile territory can help get you through the day. Help someone get through
his or her day. Help someone feel less alone. That magnetic yellow ribbon on
the back of your car is a political statement. A letter or a care package is
one human being reaching out to another. <BR><BR>Apart from putting in a quick
plug for Doctors Without Borders, I'll leave it to others to identify
charities that are helping the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. I believe in
doing that, too. Directing our generosity and kindness toward the people of
those countries is, I think, a moral and ethical responsibility. If you can't
see that, then consider this less-than-altruistic observation: the life you
save may be your own. Our standing in the world is at an all-time low. We
might try sowing a bit of international goodwill for our own selfish
sakes.<BR><BR>Joan Opyr/Auntie Establishment<BR>www.joanopyr.com<?fontfamily><?param Helvetica><?smaller><BR><?/smaller><?/fontfamily>
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