Salt Lake Tribune published my anti-war letter.

[Sean Reynolds]

Wow, I'm making the rounds. This week alone I've made the Deseret News Readers' Forum TWICE and now today made the Salt Lake Tribune's Public Forum.

My letter was in reply to this one that ran yesterday:

Vietnam lesson

The anti-war, anti-administration chorus needs to be reminded of the lessons they should have learned from Vietnam.
We did not lose the war in Vietnam because of Vietnamese military superiority; we lost the war because of the anti-war, anti-military voices showing disunity in the United States. Thus they encouraged the Viet Cong to continue fighting while at the same time they were discouraging and disparaging our servicemen, political leaders and civilians.
Liberals, are you going to lead us to another ignominious defeat in Iraq?

DeLamar Gibbons
Blanding
http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Jul/07312003/public_f/79830.asp
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My reply:

Bogus war

How dare DeLamar Gibbons chastise antiwar protesters for the failure we know as the Vietnam War ("Vietnam lesson," Forum, July 31)?
It was in fact the inept leadership of our presidents that plagued the war and subsequently left us with thousands dead. The protesters only wanted the troops home because they were sick of seeing them dying.
Let me also ask Mr. Gibbons if he's even seen war firsthand. My father fought in Vietnam and every single day suffers from the hell it caused. He was also vehemently opposed to this unjust war in Iraq. So were a lot of Vietnam veterans.
Is Mr. Gibbons saying they're the reason Bush lied to the American people; they're the reason thousands of Iraqis are dead; they're the reason troops are dying almost daily? I don't think so. My father opposes this bogus war because he fought in a bogus war. Is he wrong?

Sean Reynolds
Salt Lake City

http://www.sltrib.com/2003/Aug/08012003/public_f/80123.asp
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Thoughts?

[Rainbowreflect]

1. Great letter.

The chickenhawks need to realize alot of true heros know how wrong this war is.

[Upfront]

2. Good Job.

Well donr Sean!:-)

[dArKeR]

3. Good Job x 10. I think we should call ourselves 'anti-lie' instead of

'anti-war'!

My id is done in yahoo now so I can't get to it but:

I got a reply from Howard Fineman. He wrote as he's a little boy and I'm a bully picking on him.

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(I'm not copying the text because I respect his right that he sent it to me personally)


Got a reply from Heritage Foundation. I saw Dr. Nile ??? on CNN talking lies as email him. Go a reply from an analyst claiming she read the transcripts and Nile didn't say what I had quoted. But he sure as heck did. I got it straight. She lied and pretended it wasn't in the transcript. Very dirty lying GOP people.

[dArKeR]

4. In your activism: Please inquire about the type of thousands of wounded

we have coming home. Legless, armless, blind, missing organs, ear drums blown out, pychological breakdown...

'The children coming home will be in a living hell for the rest of their lives because of you clue-less Americans not paying attention to The Bush Crime Family.'

You might be able to spin the above into a publishable format.