“Memphis
9Mar95
Dear Gary,
"... If the informed leaders of the South had assumed the responsibility of protecting the flag from such misuse as a banner of racism and defiance of the law, the present abhorrence of it as a symbol of oppression might have been avoided….. . …. All, I can say, because the ‘right-thinking’ people didn’t stand up to the misuse of that banner back in the 50s and 60s.
I’m not sure this will clarify the statement but I hope at any rate you will see what I was attempting to convey. All newspaper quotes are suspect, and this was no worse than most. Regards and Best wishes,
Shelby Foote”
Nothing could be more true trying to find a job let alone a career for ex-prisoners is the biggest reason for the crime rate. In the old days when they got out society would allow them back to work and the return to prison was small now it is over 80%. It cost the taxpayer $40+ a year to keep an average inmate incarnated, does that make sense? The only people who like the current system are the lawyers and the prison system.
The residents interviewed admitted the attack was racial it is just the PC Poice does not like to have to address that fact!
The interviews of residents says it all "they had no business being down here" and of cousre they cannot admit it was racial unless the crowd was white and the victims black.
Home Land Security has already said it is only a matter of time before the terrorist secure either or all nuclear, biological and/ or chemical weapons from North Korea, Iran or Pakistani and are sure use it with-in the United States. What will we do then? I have often said if we had to fight World War II with the political correct police, ACLU and public pressure we would never have won. When this happens and it will we will say “we cannot prove who did it and we cannot strike back with-out harming innocent civilians” and there it will end.
I don’t know who I’ll feel sorry for, these young men and women who like the Viet Nam veteran will have lost a war or a public who listens to a biased media and cost us a nation.
Déjà vuThe really sad thing is todays' men and women are about to face their own Viet Nam. When we withdraw I am sure with a peace treaty with the Taliban eerily similar to the Paris Peace Accord and we know how well that went? I can assure you that Hamid Karzai will meet the same fate as Dr. Najibullah Ahmadzai and the Taliban will return to power.
With-in months our media and these very people who wanted us out who ensured we fought with one hand behind our backs will when they start stoning women and children, cutting off fingers and enforcing their version of Islam will be complaining. The scary part will be found through-out the Middle East countries now in turmoil, the Muslin Brotherhood will rise to power. Once they grab the oil fields and use their new found wealth to either attack Israel ensuring nuclear weapons eliminating the oil fields forcing the rest of the world into conflict over the remaining oil reserves
However in one last statement we the Viet Nam veteran sworn we would never forget another generation veteran and we have not, even when we saw preferential treatment, better health care even educational benefits for family members before we ourselves. We continued hoping and working for everyone rights, even when being told we had our day let it go. I could have sworn like the Korea veteran we never had a day; in fact back in March of this year 2011 when recently Senator Richard Burr of North Carolina sponsored a “Welcome Home Viet Nam Veteran Day”, no one told us, the media barely mentioned it and then only after “our” day after; it never ends.Really amazing is the media if they bothered studying their history you could easily substitute the news from 30 years ago with current activity, however the media acts if the action in Afghanistan is something new. Current action in Korengal Valley was met with comments the men had to burn their own feces; their firebase was almost over ran, the soldiers don’t know how to act when they go home, no one will speak to them about their ordeals.
For years I had been a frequent submitter as well as subject for your paper; as in all likelihood this will be my last letter I beseech you to allow me a few extra words.
Back in 1970 I became the first local advocate for the Viet Nam veteran I appeared numerous times on “Kaleidoscope” and countless other media sources not to mention testifying at Congressional Committees; started the first Virginia chapter of the Viet Nam veterans, helped build the Washington Viet Nam Memorial along with Virginias’; before tiring of the public pressure and being treated like a leper and quitting.
Do you honestly believe a family handgun or for God sake a collection would do anything? Do you remember Waco? I believe in many things but not the 2TH amendment, I mean our boys were armed to the teeth and the US Government killed them by the thousands, I am reffering to Camp Douglas, America genocide. One we cannot talk about because they were Confederates the sourge of the world. Prove me wrong liberals, Hollywood, come on!
If slavery was a central issue where was it during the war? It was never mentioned and until the Emancipation Proclamation which freed no one what did Lincoln say? “…the General should never have dragged the negro into the war. It is a war for a great national object and the Negro has nothing to do with it…” As to treason you show me where it was treason to have seceded? Furthermore we percent wise we had a much smaller population we had more blacks in uniforms than the yankees. That argument Frederick Douglas “It is now pretty well established, that there are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and laborers, but as real soldiers, having muskets on their shoulders, and bullets in their pockets, ready to shoot down loyal troops, and do all that soldiers may to destroy the Federal Government” It is terrible when one uses real history to shoot holes in yankees lies?
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