Open letter to Reid by LT Nichols, USN, MNF-I, Baghdad

Below is a letter that was sent to Sen. Reid after his comment that the war in Iraq was lost. I cannot add a thing to it.

The following letter was written by Lt. Jason Nichols, a Naval officer who is currently serving in Baghdad. He is also the head of Appeal for Courage, a group of American active duty and reserve service personnel who are appealing to Congress to stay and finish the war.

...To be brief, your words are killing us. Your statements make the Iraqis afraid to help us for fear we’ll leave them unprotected in the future. They don’t report a cache, and its weapons blow up my friends in a convoy. They don’t report a foreign fighter, and that fighter sends a mortar onto my base. Your statements are noticed, and they have an effect. ... [Continue reading.]

Please write to your own Senators and Congressperson. This must be answered. Thank you.

Update: My friend, Nathan Bradfield, has an open trackback every weekend. He was kind enough to allow me to share a link back to this article, and I forgot to mention him! How rude! Please, when you trackback to anyone, use the proper etiquette and mention them in your post!

His trackback for this past weekend is here. He has a wonderful site all week as well! Please check out his writings. He is a very talented Christian man. (BE POLITE!)

"Oxygen Thief" Hall of Fame

This you have to take part in if you want to have get some stuff off your chest. I think this is a great idea. I have nominated Jimmy Carter. Apparently, so have many others! lol. Here is a little information:

After several weeks of negotiations, we have finally decided to begin the process of creating our OXYGEN THIEF HALL OF FAME. The Hall will be updated yearly by our panel with input from our readers.

The most critical issue right now is the Charter Members List. To that end, I humbly ask the readers here to submit their personal list and also ask that you send this request to friends, other bloggers, post on your own blogs, etc. The key is to create an unimpeachable inaugural class of Oxygen Thieves.

Oxygen Thief Hall of Fame is in charge of this, and you can e-mail Crotchety Old Bastard with your nominee. Here are topics from which to choose:

POLITICS
ACTIVISTS
SCIENCE/EDUCATION
MEDIA
AT LARGE
ORGANIZATIONS

Don't forget about the media, namely Arkin. I know there's many more, but he's in my evil eye line of sight at the moment. Learn more about the Oxygen Thief Hall of Fame. All nominations must be received by February 27. Everyone have a nice day!

Hat tip: Sgt. Hook and Laughing Wolf over at Blackfive's.