Rich Peterson was correct about the U.S. being in a war. He just
did not call it World War III. It has been going on for 20
years.
After the bombing of the US Marine barracks in Lebanon in 1983
that killed 241 US Marines and 56 French paratroopers, Ronald
Reagan abandoned Lebanon.
After 18 US solders were killed and 73 wounded in Mogadishu,
Somalia in 1993, Bill Clinton allowed Les Aspen to resign.
After the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, which killed six
and injured 1,000, Bill Clinton said those responsible would be
punished.
Rich Peterson was correct about the U.S. being in a war. He just did not call it World War III. It has been going on for 20 years.
After the bombing of the US Marine barracks in Lebanon in 1983 that killed 241 US Marines and 56 French paratroopers, Ronald Reagan abandoned Lebanon.
After 18 US solders were killed and 73 wounded in Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993, Bill Clinton allowed Les Aspen to resign.
After the World Trade Center bombing in 1993, which killed six and injured 1,000, Bill Clinton said those responsible would be punished.
After the 1995 bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 5 US military personnel, Bill Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the 1996 Khobar Towers bombing in Saudi Arabia, which killed 19 and injured 200 US military personnel, Bill Clinton promised that those responsible would be brought to justice.
After the 1998 bombing of US embassies in Africa, which killed 224 and injured 5,000, Bill Clinton said the responsible individuals should be punished.
After the 2000 bombing of the USS Cole, which killed 17 and injured 39 US sailors, Bill Clinton promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
After the September 11, 2001 events in the US, which killed over 3,000 and injured an untold number, George Bush promised that those responsible would be hunted down and punished.
We are in the middle of World War III. It will not be over until THEY are destroyed or WE either convert to their way of thinking or WE abdicate and agree to be second-class citizens under THEIR theocratic control. There is no exit strategy. It is US or THEM.
I hope George Bush will stay the course and not yield to the likes of the individual who criticize Rich Peterson and do not sign their name.
Better a war in Iraq than in Hollister.
Marvin L. Jones, Hollister
