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The below was faxed to Pennsylvania's John Murtha by a disability retired Vietnam vet who has noticed that the Viet Vets who have done REALLY WELL since the Vietnam War are the ones who sucked up to the same liberalism which defeated the Vietnam War effort ... John Murtha, John Kerrey, Bob Kerry, John McCain. . . and more lately, Marine Iraq veteran Paul Hackett from Ohio who called President Bush an "S.O.B." He'll be running for the Ohio Congress as a John Kerrey anti-war "hero," Lord unwilling.

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DEAR REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MURTHA;

I ALSO AM A FORMER MARINE WHO SERVED IN VIETNAM FOR 16 MONTHS, BUT BEFORE MY SECOND TOUR OF DUTY ENDED, I WAS MEDEVACED OUT OF COUNTRY AND EVENTUALLY DISABILITY RETIRED - OVER 30 YEARS AGO.

IF THE TRUTH BE KNOWN, SIR, IT SHOULD BE OBVIOUS THAT THE IRAQ WAR IS GOING A THOUSAND TIMES BETTER THAN NAM EVER DID - EVEN WITH THE CONSTANT ONSLAUGHT OF DISCOURAGEMENT BY A SUBVERSIVE, UNDERMINING MEDIA AND THE BARRAGE OF CRITICISM BY THE POLITICALLY SELFISH LIB DEMOCRATS.

MAY IT ALSO BE KNOWN THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER HIGHLY DECORATED, WELL HONORED WAR HERO IN AMERICAN HISTORY (NO, NOT JOHN KERREY) WHO WAS WOUNDED WHILE FIGHTING FOR THE UNITED STATES - BEFORE HE 'RETROGRADED TO THE REAR' AND JOINED THE BRITISH, OUR ENEMIES AT THE TIME: BENEDICT ARNOLD.

HE THOUGHT FOR SURE THAT THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR WAS A MISTAKE AND, LIKE YOURSELF, WOULD HAVE ENJOYED AN IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL OF THE JUST-BORN UNITED STATES FROM THE WAR. GIVE PEACE (FOR IRAQ) A CHANCE.