Reply #13: We're in the hunt..Stay the course...Bring it on...evildoers

[robbedvoter]

Here's a letter to the editor with some truth:



> 136 American soldiers have died in Iraq since President Bush
said, "Mission Accomplished"; 71 since he said "Bring 'em on!"; 43
since Odai and Qusai officially died. Nearly 30 soldiers have died in
Iraq just since Bush went on his August vacation. 275 overall dead
since the invasion of Iraq began.
>
> CEO pay at defense contractor Lockheed Martin went up from $5.8
million in 2000 to $25.3 million in 2002. CEO pay went up at General
Dynamics from $5.7 million in 2001 to $15.2 million in 2002. It went
up at Honeywell from $12.9 million in 2000 to $45 million in 2002. It
went up from Northrop Grumman from $7.3 million in 2000 to $9.2
million in 2002. Meanwhile the Pentagon says it might have to cut the
pay of combat troops because it's a "budget buster."
>
> Enriching defense contractors at the price of compensating our
troops? Continuing in futile occupation of a Middle Eastern country
at an escalating cost of American lives? I'm no longer sure who Bush
thinks he's working for, but it doesn't appear to be the American
people or American soldiers. In fact, increasingly, I find myself in
agreement with former Vice President Al Gore, who recently
opined, "It's time to fire this President and get a new one."
>
> Dan Brown
> Title
> Address
> Phone

I agree with the poster who senses a shift. This is an amazing headline - first time on the defensive on the war (been on the economy before, but war was their shining ace in the hole)