Brian L. Carter – 5/29/07

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Think before signing up; Brian L. Carter; Beaver County Times; May 29, 2007.

Previous critiques of Mr. Carter’s letters are here, here, and here. Someday I hope to meet Mr. Carter just so I can see the kind of person who writes letters like this and believes what’s in them.

Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.

“To all those young men and women who are considering joining the armed forces of the United States:

“While your desire to serve our country is noble and brave, be aware that if you are sent to Iraq to fight in an illegal and unjust war and you are killed or maimed, do not expect sympathy or gratitude from this present administration.”

[RWC] “Noble and brave?” Hmm, in his March 18^th letter, Mr. Carter referred to our volunteers as “gullible young people” and that very few of them appreciated or understood the Iraq war.

“The war was started by a president whose sole purpose was to offer substantial business opportunities to his and his father’s cronies.”

[RWC] If Mr. Carter has any evidence to support this claim, he has an obligation to present it.

“The aftermath was not planned for nor expected because this administration was not aware, or did not care, that the now-feuding factions have been doing so for 1,100 years.”

[RWC] Mr. Carter has it all wrong. The alleged lack of aftermath planning was intentional. You see, if it had been a short duration operation, President Bush could not have maximized the “substantial business opportunities to his and his father’s cronies.” I’m surprised someone as astute as Mr. Carter missed this. <g>

“The attempt at putting the top on a furiously boiling pot (that we created) may very well cost you your life, and neither gratitude nor sympathy will be afforded your loved ones.”

[RWC] “We created … a furiously boiling pot?” Yep, that Middle East – and Iraq in particular – was nice and peaceful before we got there. Yep, nothing but kids flying kites in flower-covered meadows, that is when they weren’t training to be terrorists.

Mr. Carter may afford our veterans and their “loved ones” “neither gratitude nor sympathy,” but more than enough of us will.