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Open Letter To President Bush >> Four Winds 10 - fourwinds10.com: "Friday, Oct. 13, 2006

“It's a lot safer than it was when he didn't go the first time.”

— Ben Barnes
the former Texas lieutenant governor, when asked if he had any advice for President Bush as he prepares for his first-ever trip to Vietnam next month

Dear Mr. Bush,

I hear that you are going to Viet Nam now. As a veteran of that war, having served two tours of duty 'in country,' I, like former Texas Lt. Governor Ben Barnes, have some advice for you.



First, you won't be needing a gun now; we surrendered the country over to the commies on May 1st, 1975. You may recall that as Communist tanks rolled into Saigon over the bodies of Vietnamese Special Forces and Airborne troops, President Ford was playing golf here at home with some of his Democrat buddies. A Republican, like yourself, he talked a lot about 'peace with honour' and 'staying the course,” and other such popcorn-puffed potpourri tossed out at the American public. In the end, President Ford's golf balls meant more to him than the death of fifty-eight thousand American servicemen.

You should consider yourself lucky as hell that your daddy kept you from going until now. Things became worse after we left those poo"