>
> The lady who 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....... Read it!
>
> "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 don't care ! ! ! ! !
>
> I am not deleting this, I am sending it on, but only after I add:
>
> "Some people spend an entire lifetime wondering if they made a difference
> in the world. But, the Marines don't have that problem."
> -- Ronald Reagan
>
> If we ever forget that we're One Nation under God, then we will be a
> nation gone under."
>
> -- Ronald Reagan