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We have not learned from past; Ann Stanton; Beaver County Times; August 20, 2010.
Two previous letters lobbying for a government-run, taxpayer-funded healthcare monopoly are here and here. A third letter claimed “Elected officials are out of touch.”
Below is a detailed critique of the subject letter.
“In response to the Friday letter to the editor ‘Altmire has served veterans well,’ I can only say that he and other politicians will need to continue constructing new veterans’ facilities and hospitals if this unnecessary war in the Middle East continues.
“Have we learned nothing from history and fighting in wars where we don’t belong?”
[RWC] Since the last U.S. combat troops just left Iraq as per the agreement the Bush administration negotiated with Iraq, I have to assume Ms. Stanton is writing about Afghanistan. I’m confused, though. Throughout the Bush administration, didn’t the left tell us Afghanistan was the “good war?”
“Vietnam is a perfect example where this country got involved and could not put an end to the war, even though so many soldiers were killed or injured, both physically and emotionally.”
[RWC] Have you noticed Vietnam is always the “go to” war for lefties? Wouldn’t Korea be a better example? After all, the Vietnam War ended but the Korean War did not; all we have is a ceasefire.
“There were diseases that we never even heard of before that war, and this war seems headed in the same direction.
“There are huge amounts of money being funded for this war while necessary programs for our own citizens are being cut back, and our politicians seem blind as to what is actually causing major deficits in the budget.”
[RWC] Translation: Ms. Stanton wants taxpayer dollars used to redistribute paychecks/property from those who earn it to those who don’t. What “necessary programs for our own citizens are being cut back?”
“I guess if you don’t learn from the past, you’re bound to repeat your mistakes.”
[RWC] Yes, Ms. Stanton, you are.
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