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To the Editor:

World War I was touted to be the war to end all wars. Since that war, there has been precious little peace. Chamberlain returned to England, with a piece of paper, that he proclaimed would give us "peace in our time." Almost immediately, Hitler attacked Poland and started World War II.

Five years after the end of that war, the communist army of North Korea violated the peace agreement and crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea. According to a treaty that was signed by the nations of the Pacific rim, if any of these nations were attacked, the others would unite with them for their mutual defense. Their treaty was known as the Southeast Asian Treaty Org. or S.E.A.T.O. The United States was a signatory nation in this pact.

The Korean War was different than previous wars. We not only fought the enemy in the field, but also the communist sympathizers here in America. "The Fifth Column" extended into all aspects of American life, academic, religious, and political.

The troops in the field won that war, but the diplomats surrendered. Our troops had pushed a Red Army of both communist North Korea and communist China well to the north of the 38th Parallel, which was the boundary between North and South Korea, before hostilities began.

Our "diplomats" surrendered the gains our troops had purchased with their blood and returned the line of demarcation back south to the 38th parallel. Our "brave" politicians betrayed the "brave" troops in the field.

Next came the Vietnam debacle. Our "honor" as well as our military was again, betrayed by the "brave" politicians who did not support the military effort. In fact, Congress cut off the funding, forcing us into a disgraceful withdrawal. Our honorable military had to endure the derision and contempt of the communist-led demonstrators. Many of our youth were on the wrong side of the issue, because of the subversive instigators.

Troops were then sent into Bosnia, to augment the United Nation's position. These troops are still there. Troops are still in North Korea, Japan and Europe. There has been no cry on bringing these troops home.

Now, we are embroiled in a war in the Middle East. The fatality count has just reached 4,000.

In the previous wars that I spoke of, we sustained over 2,000,000 causalities.

It seems ironic that the wars I mentioned first, five in number, all happened during the years when the Democrats occupied the White House. The troops they committed are still in place. Now, the Democrats are screaming in unison "bring the troops home." Is there something wrong with this picture? Am I missing something or is this hypocrisy in the highest order?

Thanks for listening.

Robert M. Weyer

Linton

P.S. Wars are declared by Congress, not the president. You are wrong, when you call this Bush's war.