Scott Ritter — The Good American
The Good American
By Scott Ritter
Commentary by David Duke — Again, Scott Ritter speaks with a powerful patriotic voice against the insanity and betrayal of the Iraq War, a war actually against America, against not only the best interests of our servicemen sent to Iraq, but truly against every real interest of the United States. America has suffered almost 30,000 wounded and maimed since the start of the war. That’s about ten times the number of Americans harmed by 9/11. Every day the The Iraq War causes tens of thousands if not millions of people around the world hate the United States. Many of those people will try to harm our nation. For some the harm will simply be to be send business away from American companies to those of other nations, for others the harm might be to actually kill Americans overseas or even in America itself. In terms of cost, the war will ultimately cost trillions of dollars of American wealth, an ungodly amount of money at a time when so many, middle-class Americans can’t even make ends meet for their families. In this article Ritter doesn’t talk about the relation of Jewish extremists to this war other than mention the hypocrisy of super-Zionist Alan Dershowitz. However, Scott Ritter has talked freely and courageously about the role of the “Israeli Lobby” in getting America into this war for Israel. I hope all really patriotic Americans will read this letter carefully and fully understand what Mr. Ritter is trying to convey. It is not unpatriotic to oppose a war that is against our nation and actually against our servicemen themselves. It is not unpatriotic for an American to want our government and military to act in an honorable and moral fashion. Truly, it is the height of real patriotism, and Scott Ritter has it.
Editor’s Note from truthdig: Scott Ritter was a Marine Corps intelligence officer from 1984 to 1991 and a United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq from 1991 to 1998. He is the author of numerous books, and his latest is “Waging Peace: The Art of War for the Antiwar Movement” (Nation Books, April 2007).
I joined the American Legion a few years back. As a veteran of the Persian Gulf War in 1991, I was eligible to do so for some time but always hesitated, perhaps out of a sense of trying to deny that my days as an active-duty combatant were long past. Every year, on Memorial Day, my fellow firefighters and I would gather in the basement of the local American Legion hall before we paraded before the town we protect. I would look around at the uniforms and faded patches and ribbons worn by the veterans who joined us in the hall and realize that they, too, were deserving of a great deal more support than simply being wheeled out once a year to participate in a parade. So I sent in my application and was accepted. (more…)
















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