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...spent some 35 years on active duty or working as a contractor for the U.S. Air Force, I appreciated Senator Obama's comment on our military mission: "We still have the most valuable possible resource to get the job done - and that's our men and women in uniform." That statement, if he keeps it at the forefront, makes him qualified in my mind to be the Commander in Chief. Sid Howard, Midwest City, Oklahoma...
...active duty or working as a contractor for the U.S. Air Force, I quickly picked up on Obama's response when speaking of the military mission before us: "We still have the most valuable possible resource to get the job done--and that's our men and women in uniform." That statement makes him qualified in my mind to be Commander in Chief. Sid Howard, MIDWEST CITY, OKLA...
...even help offset their failures to arrest an overwhelming economic meltdown. It will, for now at least, strengthen their coalition, which constantly threatens to collapse. But they should be prepared for a fight. Musharraf has gambled away a lot to remain in office - he has given up his uniform, allowed his enemies to return from exile, and even overseen a free and fair election where he was dealt several blows. He is unlikely to give up what remains of his power easily. This is a man who said last year that he will have "the last punch...
...believe in the small slice of work that's been given. And that, I think, at least gives me some hope that if we get our strategy right, we still have the most valuable possible resource to get the job done--and that's our men and women in uniform...
...graduate of West Point's storied class of '39 (more than 70 of his classmates also became generals), Kerwin famously spoke of the line that he felt must be drawn between those in uniform and those they protect. "The values necessary to defend the society are often at odds with the values of the society itself," he said. "The Army must concentrate not on the values of our liberal society but on the hard values of the battlefield...