Marine nephew: " We're going to Iraq "

                  Close to a pacifist myself, I was worried about my

    nephew , Chris Covil, who is scheduled to graduate from Marine Corp

    Boot Camp this Friday in South Carolina. In an odd way I am glad he

    made it ( ??? ) as I questioned his willingness to accept authority:

    " Look kid you VOLUNTEERED for this hell ! "

                 My sister and her husband are going to drive to the

    ceremony. Why not fly ? I thought ? I guess Sept 11 did change our

    life style a little.

                  Chris, I hear, is all but certain that he 'll be sent

    to Iraq. If he personally kills Sadaam , I will only applaud the deed.

              But any war with Iraq  could - without a strong NATO and

    United Nations Alliance turn into a Vietnam type nightmare. Remember

    how much the  Russians loathed the tyrant, Joseph Stalin ?  But then

    remember the battle of Stalingrad !

              And no war against Iraq should be waged without the presence

    of thousands of Israeli combat troops - willing to go all the way to

    Baghdad.

               Let's see how brave they are against people who can shoot

    back !

                  For the Islamic fanatic all Americans are alike - all

    equally infidels - except out and out traitors.

                 Perhaps a terrible military defeat will make  Allah seem

    as unreal as  Mars, the old Roman god of war.

                  But in general whatever God exists has no personal preference

    among human types. There are no CHOSEN PEOPLE. But there is still Good vs.

    Evil as an approximate - pragmatic - TRUTH.

                When GOOD triumphs on earth, the asteroid will hit. We will

    all be CHOSEN to be hydrogen atoms again !

                 Semper Fidelis !