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The lady that wrote this letter is Pam Foster of Pamela Foster and Associates in Atlanta. She's been in business since 1980 doing interior design and home planning. She recently wrote a letter to a family member serving in Iraq in response to their questioning of American coverage of the war.



Read it!



WHAT'S ALL THE FUSS?



"Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we? Was it or was it not started by Islamic people who brought it to our shores on September 11, 2001? Were people from all over the world, mostly Americans, not brutally murdered that day, in downtown Manhattan, across the Potomac from our nation's capitol and in a field in Pennsylvania? Did nearly three thousand men, women and children die a horrible, burning or crushing death that day, or didn't they?

And I'm supposed to care that a copy of the Koran was "desecrated" when an overworked American soldier kicked it or got it wet? Well, I don't. I don't care at all.

I'll start caring when Osama bin Laden turns himself in and repents for incinerating all those innocent people on 9/11.

I'll care about the Koran when the fanatics in the Middle East start caring about the Holy Bible, the mere possession of which is a crime in Saudi Arabia.



I'll care when Abu Musab al-Zarqawi tells the world he is sorry for hacking off Nick Berg's head while Berg screamed through his gurgling, slashed throat.



I'll care when the cowardly so-called "insurgents" in Iraq come out and fight like men instead of disrespecting their own religion by hiding in mosques.



I'll care when the mindless zealots who blow themselves up in search of nirvana care about the innocent children within range of their suicide bombs.



I'll care when the American media stops pretending that their First Amendment liberties are somehow derived from international law instead of the United States Constitution's Bill of Rights.



In the meantime, when I hear a story about a brave marine roughing up an Iraqi terrorist to obtain information, know this: I don't care.



When I see a fuzzy photo of a pile of naked Iraqi prisoners who have been humiliated in what amounts to a college hazing incident, rest assured that I don't care.



When I see a wounded terrorist get shot in the head when he is told not to move because he might be booby-trapped, you can take it to the bank that I don't care.



When I hear that a prisoner, who was issued a Koran and a prayer mat, and fed "special" food that is paid for by my tax dollars, is complaining that his holy book is being "mishandled," you can absolutely believe in your heart of hearts that I don't care.



And oh, by the way, I've noticed that sometimes it's spelled "Koran" and other times "Quran." Well, Jimmy Crack Corn and -- you guessed it, I could not have said this any better myself!

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The lady that wrote this letter is Pam Foster of Pamela Foster and Associates in Atlanta. She's been in business since 1980 doing interior design and home planning. She recently wrote a letter to a family member serving in Iraq in response to their questioning of American coverage of the war.

I don’t guess it makes a lot of difference, but for the sake of correctness (not political correctness), Pam Foster did not compose the referenced letter. See: http://www.snopes.com/politics/soapbox/foster.asp

I agree with many of the writer’s sentiments, but I would like to debate him on his rhetorical question, “Are we fighting a war on terror or aren't we?” I guess the answer depends on how you define “fighting”. Are you really fighting if you are afraid to win? If you want to appear internationally-politically-correct more than you want to win? If you would rather sacrifice your own soldiers than to possibly kill an “innocent” enemy civilian (they all appear to be civilians; none of the enemy is wearing uniforms)?

I would say we are “Vietnaming” a war on terror; apparently playing for a stalemate. When you are playing multiple chess games simultaneously, you must watch each board. Otherwise not only will you not win, you won’t even achieve your desired stalemate.

Maybe it doesn’t really matter if you are fully engaged in all of the fields of play, if you have already decided that it is not fare for you to use your queen or bishops or rooks. Maybe you have already conceded defeat if you send your warriors into battle wearing handcuffs.

It makes little sense to ask WHY fire engines are red unless you have established that they actually are.