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August 10, 2004
Send them a Letter
Slagelrock is coordinating an effort to send letters to our troops on the front lines. Stop by and help him out. They need to hear from us, and we need to let them know that we do support them and appreciate what they do.
His letter-writing campaign was inspired by a very disturbing letter sent from Iraq by Sgt Joe Roche. Last month he wrote a letter to Amy Ridenour that told of the effect that Michael Moore's Fahrenheit 9/11 was having on young troops who saw it:
Michael Moore's film, Fahrenheit 9/11, is making the rounds here at U.S. bases in Kuwait. Some soldiers have received it already and are passing is around. The impact is devastating.
Here we are, soldiers of the 1st Armored Division, just days from finally returning home after over a year serving in Iraq, and Moore's film is shocking and crushing soldiers, making them feel ashamed. Moore has abused the First Amendment and is hurting us worse than the enemy has.
There are the young and impressionable soldiers, like those who joined the Army right out of high school. They aren't familiar w/ the college-type political debate environment, and they haven't been schooled in the full range of issues involved. They are vulnerable to being hurt by a vicious film like Moore's.
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We know this is all based on Moore's lies and deceptions. But we, I'm afraid, are a minority. Right now, just days away from what should be a proud and happy return from 15 months of duty in Operation Iraqi Freedom, your U.S. soldiers are coming back ashamed and hurt because of Moore's work.
Read the whole thing, and then go send the troops a let
Posted by Tom at August 10, 2004 12:33 PM
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