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To: BigBull who wrote (53710)	10/21/2002 3:21:28 PM
From: LindyBill	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Comment from Jay Norlinger, in "NRO" >>>>I received a ton of mail about Congressman Charlie Rangel, and all others who oppose war with Iraq on the specious and obnoxious grounds that too many "black and brown" people serve in the military. Most of the mail came from members of the armed forces. One soldier wrote, "I can't tell you how angry Charlie Rangel's comments make me. I can tell you that, in the Army, there's no black, no white, no yellow, no red . . . WE ARE ALL GREEN. They drilled that into our heads from Day One at basic training. My senior Drill Sergeant was black; I am a pasty-white Nebraskan; and I'd follow him anywhere. "Comments like Rangel's merely illuminate how little people such as he actually know about the military. It is, in fact, the LEAST racist environment I have ever experienced. It's really about the only place where I have truly been judged solely on my actions and my merits." Well, that should make us proud to be American.<<<<<