A "highly placed official" on Coulter and her ilk. [View All]

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This e-mail came to me in a roundabout way. I wish the hell I could tell you who said it, but it is a private message about Ann Coulter, replying to a relative of the author.

You would DEFINITELY recognize the name. I guess I'll just call the person "a highly placed official" during the Viet Nam...um...conflict?

"Not surprising. Did you know that woman (Ann Coulter) once said that I was responsible for America losing the Viet Nam war? I can't say I'm surprised that her minions have isolationist, might is right views.

One lesson that I've drawn from my life is the value and necessity of the freedom of debate, and that's what the country should be focusing on. If you accept that tragedy happens, and I certainly believe the majority of Americans today do, you should ask how it came about (Vietnam, 9/11..etc.).

It is often in the best interest of the power elite to reinforce a "poor me", "fight back", "might is right" attitude, as these are basic feelings every human can relate to and it's often so much easier to buy into this propaganda than to ask the hard questions about "WHY?"."