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To: greenspirit who wrote (20939)	4/25/1998 9:07:00 PM
From: jhild	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

First of all, it is you who has been talking just recently about how you will be saving the military money with your proposals. I have no need to go to your profile for that fact. Second of all, however much of me or my identity I choose to display is my business. You see it as cowardice and that's your opinion. I'm not calling you names, but if that is your way of responding to people that don't agree with you, it is surely an interesting conversational style that you have. How do you know what Newt Gingrich said to his wife in the hospital room, or for that matter what their relationship was like. Talk about convicting someone without a trial?? Well, I surely remember from your posts that you seem to have accorded your Commander and Chief the same due process that you would accuse me of supplying Newt. The pot calling the kettle black would be a homily that pops to my mind. Supporting anti-war activities was not synonymous with blaming men who but for the grace of God could have been me or any one else that I knew. The conduct of the war was a betrayal of leadership. Those men should have been grateful that there were people of conscience at home that opposed the senseless losses. If our roles had been reversed, I would have hoped that they would have done the same for me. I have always thought that it was a disgrace that they should have ever been blamed for anything. Our veterans programs have fallen short of the full measure that they gave our country for our misguided policies. I think your notion of protesting on foreign soil is a false notion. We are a global community. We are an international country. What difference does it matter what platform the truth is heard from? Be thankful that that war is over. Or do you think that we should still be there fighting?

To: greenspirit who wrote (20939)	4/25/1998 9:16:00 PM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Michael, Newt went into the hospital room with his two little children and a yellow legal pad to talk about the divorce. His wife was coming out of anaesthesia from cancer surgery. Later he didn't pay his child support, and his wife's church had to take a collection for them. I don't mean to be boringly repetitious, which I am guilty of because I posted these same facts earlier today, but I just cannot help myself. What part of that behavior can you justify? I know that his wife was older than he was, and I believe she was a teacher. How could what kind of relationship they had excuse this kind of behavior? I am particularly surprised, because you are always talking about the importance of fathers taking care of their children in a responsible way. For the record, I never spat on any American soldiers coming home from Viet Nam. I felt very sorry for them. Many of them were very damaged from their war experiences, and live on the city streets here now. I don't think the United States really took very good care of them. I believe that anyone who fought for his country should always have enough veterans' benefits so that he can afford housing, for example, and that excellent medical and psychological care should be provided as well. I did beg young men not to go to Viet Nam, however, outside recruiting offices, and I am very proud of doing that for my country.