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[NewYorkerfromMass]

Elect a war hero, but not John Kerry

To the Editor:

This November I will vote for a war hero. John Kerry's service in Vietnam is commendable. It took great courage and heroism to turn his boat around and pick up the special services officer who had gone overboard, saving his life.

But the war hero I will vote for is the one who stood in the smoldering ruins of the World Trade Center towers and said to the American people, ''I hear you, the whole world hears you, and soon the evil doers will hear from us!'' My vote will go to a war hero who in face of stunning tragedy brought America together with strength and resolute determination that we would not bow to terrorism nor wait idly by for mad men to gather insidious weapons to attack innocents. (:puke:)

I will vote for the president who led the war that destroyed the al-Qaida terrorist training camps and rid the world of the barbaric Taliban and freed the women of Afghanistan. I will vote for the commander in chief who led the war to enforce international law and U.N. resolutions, ending a 30-year terrorist reign of murder, rape and torture.

I will vote for a man whose courage and bold leadership have given 30 million people human rights for the first time and a chance for liberty. I will vote for the man whose bold and courageous stand has sent a powerful message to terrorists and tyrants everywhere, saving hundreds of thousands if not millions of innocent lives that appeasement would have left at grave risk. I will vote for George W. Bush for his courage and leadership as commander in chief.

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