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To: LindyBill who wrote (100324)	2/14/2005 8:27:57 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793838

The left still thinks the "if you are for the war, why are you over their fighting it," is a good argument. Jonah Goldberg has been getting this a lot at "the corner. Here are a couple of emails he has got from the other side. YOUNG MEN'S BUSINESS [Jonah Goldberg] I get a lot of notes like this. Indeed, I should have mentioned how enormous NRO's military readership is and how much pride we take in the fact that NRO is the homepage to so many in the military. Regardless, it's nice to hear: Jonah, First, the military is a young man's business. The Marine Corps is a pyramid with the young (18-21 yr olds) at its wide base. As a 33 yr old field grade officer who finds it harder and harder to keep up with the young guys, I can attest to the attrition that is built into the promotion system. The Corps does not need old men. Secondly, as I prepare to deploy to Iraq, I am glad that not all right thinking men are deployed to Iraq. I am thankful that we have Jonah Goldbergs back home to keep everyone straight. I look forward to reading The Corner from Iraq. But the bottom line in the chickenhawk debate is: Dick Cheney v. Jimmy Carter? Who thinks that Jimmy Carter (Naval Academy grad, nuclear submarine officer) was wiser in foreign policy than Dick Cheney? "A NEW CLASS OF VICTIMS" [Jonah Goldberg] I won't turn this into an all day affair. But it is nice to hear after the relentless drubbing I've been getting. So indulge me: Mr. Goldberg, I have been a long subscriber of NRODT and have followed your writings on NRO before and after 9-11. As a professional Army officer and physician who has been to Iraq twice (1991, 2003) and looking at a third tour later this year I want to express my gratitude to you for the support you have given us in the miltary with your writings and words during imnummerable debates. But now I think it is time to return the favor. I can tell you that reading NRO on my laptop in Iraq even as the mortars impacted on our camp or after taking care of wounded soldiers was enough to buck up my morale. Your support and those of other Americans was just as valuable to me as the body armor I wore and the kevlar plating on my ambulance. Please do not let this chickenhawk business get under your skin. I do not even think it deserves a response. I'm very unimpressed with the left's and MSM's new found affection for the common soldier. My take on it is that they want to protray professinal soldiers as some sort of new class of victims, be it the whole armored humvee business or the almost daily TV news show about a struggling amputee. I do not expect, or want, you or any other supporter to feel obligated to join the military. The military is doing okay in Iraq. Yes, it's tough. But the battle for Iraq will not be lost in Baghdad or Mosul. It will be lost when the majority of American people lose their nerve. That's why I need you and the rest of the NRO staff to stay where you are and make the case for our mission. And as a doc, thanks for seeing the wounded guys at Walter Reed. Keep up the good fight. Mike