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Penn · 08-17-2008, 11:55

Dear Nancy,

Though I hesitate to reply to your overt misconceptions which were posted in the Westhampton Journal, I do feel it is my obligation to help inform you, and those who like you, who haven’t yet come to grasp with the situation that we as American’s now find ourselves in: a World War, World War IV to be precise, a war that has been waged for the past 38 years or more. The fact that you do not believe this is evident in your ill informed note, which focuses on the misunderstanding of not only the military, but of what are the issues and why we are involved.

In that Order, I humbly suggest that you take the time to read an article written in 2005 by a fellow Massachusetts resident Professor Bacevich, in the Wilson Quarterly Winter Issue #1. The article is titled the “Real World War IV”. The article should, in some way clear any falsity you may have. I caution you; that although the article is printed in the Wilson Quarterly, a publication of liberal thought, Professor Bacevich has also written articles published in the Conservative Digest. He is considered a fair an opened minded intellectual who has written extensively on the issues’s which you have attempted to address, while lacking the foundation to do so adequately.

Additionally, Henry Kissinger’s book “Diplomacy”, would also assist in unraveling this complex problem that you are grappling to understand. There are other sources with which you could begin to enlighten yourself with and which are equally accessible via the web, but I recommend these two, because even a limited dicussion on current geopolitical issues requires a point of departure; and Professor Bacevich article will save you the exertion of research by having condensed the past 63 years of American foreign policy into 17 pages of thoughtful acuity. Kissinger’s book on the other hand is heavy lifting.

Like you, and every other American, I too am wrought with overwhelming grief and sadness when any of our Soldiers Sacrifice their lives for our cherished freedoms, and few words if any, can attempt to console or comfort the loss a family endures when a love one is lost, but the knowing, that they did not die in vain, in protecting our way of life is the only consolidation we are left, it an unbearable price to pay. Professor Bacevich son was killed in action in Iraq in 2005. Surly, with that in mind, you will respectfully engage in the pursuit of informing yourself by at least reading what you are attempting to write about.

Sincerely,

08-17-2008, 11:55	#4
Penn Area Commander Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 3,470	Dear Nancy, Dear Nancy, Though I hesitate to reply to your overt misconceptions which were posted in the Westhampton Journal, I do feel it is my obligation to help inform you, and those who like you, who haven’t yet come to grasp with the situation that we as American’s now find ourselves in: a World War, World War IV to be precise, a war that has been waged for the past 38 years or more. The fact that you do not believe this is evident in your ill informed note, which focuses on the misunderstanding of not only the military, but of what are the issues and why we are involved. In that Order, I humbly suggest that you take the time to read an article written in 2005 by a fellow Massachusetts resident Professor Bacevich, in the Wilson Quarterly Winter Issue #1. The article is titled the “Real World War IV”. The article should, in some way clear any falsity you may have. I caution you; that although the article is printed in the Wilson Quarterly, a publication of liberal thought, Professor Bacevich has also written articles published in the Conservative Digest. He is considered a fair an opened minded intellectual who has written extensively on the issues’s which you have attempted to address, while lacking the foundation to do so adequately. Additionally, Henry Kissinger’s book “Diplomacy”, would also assist in unraveling this complex problem that you are grappling to understand. There are other sources with which you could begin to enlighten yourself with and which are equally accessible via the web, but I recommend these two, because even a limited dicussion on current geopolitical issues requires a point of departure; and Professor Bacevich article will save you the exertion of research by having condensed the past 63 years of American foreign policy into 17 pages of thoughtful acuity. Kissinger’s book on the other hand is heavy lifting. Like you, and every other American, I too am wrought with overwhelming grief and sadness when any of our Soldiers Sacrifice their lives for our cherished freedoms, and few words if any, can attempt to console or comfort the loss a family endures when a love one is lost, but the knowing, that they did not die in vain, in protecting our way of life is the only consolidation we are left, it an unbearable price to pay. Professor Bacevich son was killed in action in Iraq in 2005. Surly, with that in mind, you will respectfully engage in the pursuit of informing yourself by at least reading what you are attempting to write about. Sincerely,
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