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Politics : Idea Of The Day -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47307)	11/9/2004 1:46:26 AM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Iqbal, Be careful. You are losing yourself in the smoke and mirrors.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (47307)	11/9/2004 10:40:53 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Well, I do believe the report is quite true. John O'Neill: Troops in Iraq Cheered Bush Win U.S. troops stationed in Iraq were visibly heartened when they got the news that President Bush had defeated John Kerry in last week's election - but the media is refusing to report their reaction to the folks back home. That's the word from John O'Neill, whose successful mission to expose Kerry proved critical to Bush's win. "It hasn't been carried on the networks but I've talked to children of our friends," O'Neill told ABC radio host Sean Hannity on Monday, in one of his first post-election interviews. "People were cheering in Iraq and Afghanistan - our kids were - when the election results were announced." O'Neill said one of the chief motivations for the Swiftvets' crusade was a concern for the well being of GIs on the frontlines. "We were convinced that [Kerry] would be a disaster for our kids in Iraq and Afghanistan," he said. But O'Neill made clear the motivation for him and his fellow Swiftvets had nothing to do with politics, telling Hannity, "The truth is, we didn't do this to hurt or help anybody [politically]. We did it because it was just the truth." For his generation of Vietnam veterans, O'Neill said he was proud that the Swiftvets helped "recapture history for ourselves and for our friends who died there." "There will never be another American presidential candidate who takes the position that our kids in the field generally are criminals," he told Hannity. "And I don't think there will ever be another campaign that's ever run on the basis that our involvement in Vietnam was anything but a noble - if lost - cause." newsmax.com