OT an ex POW's letter to 'Dick' Durbin

For those of you that do not know Paul Galanti, He was shot down over
Vet-Nam while flying with VA-216 Black Diamonds. He was one of the POW
that joined with and spoke up during the Kerry campaign. He is one
FINE gentleman to know , and it was an honor to have served with him.
Here are his comments he sent to dirtbag Durbin.
DB


=======================
Senator Durbin,

As one who was held in a North Vietnamese Prison for nearly seven
years and whose definition of torture and bad treatment is somewhat at
variance with yours, I deplore your senseless comments about alleged
"barbaric treatment" at our terrorist detention facility at
Guantanamo.

Your remarks comparing Guantanamo to the regimes of Stalin, Hitler and
Pol Pot are outrageous. I tried to think of why a rational human being
could make such an outlandish statement but I keep coming up short. I
thought I'd seen it all when Howard Dean performed his infamous scream
in Iowa but your diatribe yesterday eclipsed Dean's moment of Hannibal
Lecter lunacy. And your moment of pique will be infinitely more
damaging to members of our Armed Forces serving in harm's way.

I noted, when searching for your contact information, that the first
item Google came up with was al Jazeera's joy at your comments. You,
sir, for having aided and abetted the enemy in time of war, have been
relegated in my mind to the status of Jane Fonda and your colleague,
John Kerry as contemptible traitors.

I hope not too many of our valiant members of the Armed Forces have to
suffer for your stupid comments. Shame on you.

This is copied to the Chicago Tribune's Letters Editor. It is
blindcopied to my family members from Illinois and to several military
blog groups to which I subscribe.

Sincerely, Paul E. Galanti Commander, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
Richmond, VA 23226
--

Scott in Florida

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:36:21 GMT, Scott in Florida
<JustAsk@Florida.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>For those of you that do not know Paul Galanti, He was shot down over
>Vet-Nam while flying with VA-216 Black Diamonds. He was one of the POW
>that joined with and spoke up during the Kerry campaign. He is one
>FINE gentleman to know , and it was an honor to have served with him.
>Here are his comments he sent to dirtbag Durbin.
>DB
>
>
>=======================
>Senator Durbin,
><snip>
>I hope not too many of our valiant members of the Armed Forces have to
>suffer for your stupid comments. Shame on you.
>
>This is copied to the Chicago Tribune's Letters Editor. It is
>blindcopied to my family members from Illinois and to several military
>blog groups to which I subscribe.
>
>Sincerely, Paul E. Galanti Commander, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
> Richmond, VA 23226[/color]

I'd like to see any idiot try to argue this man's right and
correctness to write what he did.


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On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:55:26 -0700, Eric Dreher <ericd@cox.nét> wrote:
[color=blue]
>On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:36:21 GMT, Scott in Florida
><JustAsk@Florida.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>For those of you that do not know Paul Galanti, He was shot down over
>>Vet-Nam while flying with VA-216 Black Diamonds. He was one of the POW
>>that joined with and spoke up during the Kerry campaign. He is one
>>FINE gentleman to know , and it was an honor to have served with him.
>>Here are his comments he sent to dirtbag Durbin.
>>DB
>>
>>
>>=======================
>>Senator Durbin,
>><snip>
>>I hope not too many of our valiant members of the Armed Forces have to
>>suffer for your stupid comments. Shame on you.
>>
>>This is copied to the Chicago Tribune's Letters Editor. It is
>>blindcopied to my family members from Illinois and to several military
>>blog groups to which I subscribe.
>>
>>Sincerely, Paul E. Galanti Commander, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
>> Richmond, VA 23226[/color]
>
>I'd like to see any idiot try to argue this man's right and
>correctness to write what he did.[/color]

We could round up some....


--

Scott in Florida

In sure we can look forward to seeing his letter, printed in
full as an OP ED, on the editorial page of all of the Tribune
newspapers nation wide LOL


mike hunt



Scott in Florida wrote:[color=blue]
>
> For those of you that do not know Paul Galanti, He was shot down over
> Vet-Nam while flying with VA-216 Black Diamonds. He was one of the POW
> that joined with and spoke up during the Kerry campaign. He is one
> FINE gentleman to know , and it was an honor to have served with him.
> Here are his comments he sent to dirtbag Durbin.
> DB
>
>
> =======================
> Senator Durbin,
>
> As one who was held in a North Vietnamese Prison for nearly seven
> years and whose definition of torture and bad treatment is somewhat at
> variance with yours, I deplore your senseless comments about alleged
> "barbaric treatment" at our terrorist detention facility at
> Guantanamo.
>
> Your remarks comparing Guantanamo to the regimes of Stalin, Hitler and
> Pol Pot are outrageous. I tried to think of why a rational human being
> could make such an outlandish statement but I keep coming up short. I
> thought I'd seen it all when Howard Dean performed his infamous scream
> in Iowa but your diatribe yesterday eclipsed Dean's moment of Hannibal
> Lecter lunacy. And your moment of pique will be infinitely more
> damaging to members of our Armed Forces serving in harm's way.
>
> I noted, when searching for your contact information, that the first
> item Google came up with was al Jazeera's joy at your comments. You,
> sir, for having aided and abetted the enemy in time of war, have been
> relegated in my mind to the status of Jane Fonda and your colleague,
> John Kerry as contemptible traitors.
>
> I hope not too many of our valiant members of the Armed Forces have to
> suffer for your stupid comments. Shame on you.
>
> This is copied to the Chicago Tribune's Letters Editor. It is
> blindcopied to my family members from Illinois and to several military
> blog groups to which I subscribe.
>
> Sincerely, Paul E. Galanti Commander, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
> Richmond, VA 23226
> --
>
> Scott in Florida[/color]

Scott in Florida wrote:[color=blue]
> On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:55:26 -0700, Eric Dreher <ericd@cox.nét> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 22:36:21 GMT, Scott in Florida
> ><JustAsk@Florida.com> wrote:
> >[color=darkred]
> >>For those of you that do not know Paul Galanti, He was shot down over
> >>Vet-Nam while flying with VA-216 Black Diamonds. He was one of the POW
> >>that joined with and spoke up during the Kerry campaign. He is one
> >>FINE gentleman to know , and it was an honor to have served with him.
> >>Here are his comments he sent to dirtbag Durbin.
> >>DB
> >>
> >>
> >>=======================
> >>Senator Durbin,
> >><snip>
> >>I hope not too many of our valiant members of the Armed Forces have to
> >>suffer for your stupid comments. Shame on you.
> >>
> >>This is copied to the Chicago Tribune's Letters Editor. It is
> >>blindcopied to my family members from Illinois and to several military
> >>blog groups to which I subscribe.
> >>
> >>Sincerely, Paul E. Galanti Commander, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
> >> Richmond, VA 23226[/color]
> >
> >I'd like to see any idiot try to argue this man's right and
> >correctness to write what he did.[/color]
>
> We could round up some....
> [/color]

My little wannabe conservative hypocrites. So cute!

On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 20:51:58 -0400, [email]SlimPickens@mailcity.com[/email] wrote:
[color=blue]
>In sure we can look forward to seeing his letter, printed in
>full as an OP ED, on the editorial page of all of the Tribune
>newspapers nation wide LOL[/color]

Right....

LOL

That's why I put it here...

[color=blue]
>
>
>mike hunt
>
>
>
>Scott in Florida wrote:[color=green]
>>
>> For those of you that do not know Paul Galanti, He was shot down over
>> Vet-Nam while flying with VA-216 Black Diamonds. He was one of the POW
>> that joined with and spoke up during the Kerry campaign. He is one
>> FINE gentleman to know , and it was an honor to have served with him.
>> Here are his comments he sent to dirtbag Durbin.
>> DB
>>
>>
>> =======================
>> Senator Durbin,
>>
>> As one who was held in a North Vietnamese Prison for nearly seven
>> years and whose definition of torture and bad treatment is somewhat at
>> variance with yours, I deplore your senseless comments about alleged
>> "barbaric treatment" at our terrorist detention facility at
>> Guantanamo.
>>
>> Your remarks comparing Guantanamo to the regimes of Stalin, Hitler and
>> Pol Pot are outrageous. I tried to think of why a rational human being
>> could make such an outlandish statement but I keep coming up short. I
>> thought I'd seen it all when Howard Dean performed his infamous scream
>> in Iowa but your diatribe yesterday eclipsed Dean's moment of Hannibal
>> Lecter lunacy. And your moment of pique will be infinitely more
>> damaging to members of our Armed Forces serving in harm's way.
>>
>> I noted, when searching for your contact information, that the first
>> item Google came up with was al Jazeera's joy at your comments. You,
>> sir, for having aided and abetted the enemy in time of war, have been
>> relegated in my mind to the status of Jane Fonda and your colleague,
>> John Kerry as contemptible traitors.
>>
>> I hope not too many of our valiant members of the Armed Forces have to
>> suffer for your stupid comments. Shame on you.
>>
>> This is copied to the Chicago Tribune's Letters Editor. It is
>> blindcopied to my family members from Illinois and to several military
>> blog groups to which I subscribe.
>>
>> Sincerely, Paul E. Galanti Commander, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
>> Richmond, VA 23226
>> --
>>
>> Scott in Florida[/color][/color]

--

Scott in Florida

"Scott in Florida" <JustAsk@Florida.com> wrote in message
news:gosbb1t4nu4sbudo4u413kae0jvte40flq@4ax.com...[color=blue]
> For those of you that do not know Paul Galanti, He was shot down over
> Vet-Nam while flying with VA-216 Black Diamonds. He was one of the POW
> that joined with and spoke up during the Kerry campaign. He is one
> FINE gentleman to know , and it was an honor to have served with him.
> Here are his comments he sent to dirtbag Durbin.
> DB
> =======================
> Senator Durbin,
>
> As one who was held in a North Vietnamese Prison for nearly seven
> years and whose definition of torture and bad treatment is somewhat at
> variance with yours, I deplore your senseless comments about alleged
> "barbaric treatment" at our terrorist detention facility at
> Guantanamo.
>
> Your remarks comparing Guantanamo to the regimes of Stalin, Hitler and
> Pol Pot are outrageous. I tried to think of why a rational human being
> could make such an outlandish statement but I keep coming up short. I
> thought I'd seen it all when Howard Dean performed his infamous scream
> in Iowa but your diatribe yesterday eclipsed Dean's moment of Hannibal
> Lecter lunacy. And your moment of pique will be infinitely more
> damaging to members of our Armed Forces serving in harm's way.
>
> I noted, when searching for your contact information, that the first
> item Google came up with was al Jazeera's joy at your comments. You,
> sir, for having aided and abetted the enemy in time of war, have been
> relegated in my mind to the status of Jane Fonda and your colleague,
> John Kerry as contemptible traitors.
>
> I hope not too many of our valiant members of the Armed Forces have to
> suffer for your stupid comments. Shame on you.
>
> This is copied to the Chicago Tribune's Letters Editor. It is
> blindcopied to my family members from Illinois and to several military
> blog groups to which I subscribe.
>
> Sincerely, Paul E. Galanti Commander, U.S. Navy (Ret.)
> Richmond, VA 23226
> --
>
> Scott in Florida[/color]

The fact that the North Vietnamese didn't do right by Cmdr Paul Galanti
doesn't mean we shouldn't do right by our captives.

I have faith that the USA is not just a powerful country, but also a great
one. It's issues like this that show the world which we are.