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A sad day for our fighting forces:

I'm a veteran, and I am proud of our military forces fighting terrorism. It was a sad Election Day for our fighting forces and for fellow veterans and a devastating defeat for our nation, but what a glorious victory for our terrorist enemies.

I suppose my sincere belief in the mantra "vets are the last best hope for our nation," and veterans' tremendous success in "bringing the citizenry around" in the 2004 elections caused me to believe that, along with the normal liberal media pre-election poll overhype, the citizenry would again see the light. In reality, that didn't happen, despite veterans' efforts to warn the citizenry that in the war against terrorism, they are the primary target of terrorist psychological warfare. The sole purpose of such warfare is to instill fear and terror in an effort to cause despair and dissension. It is intended to topple governments from within via coup or the ballot box.

Now, the important duty for veterans and citizens who've survived the terrorist onslaught on our country via CNN and national media cohorts is to accept this terrorist victory as a temporary setback, regroup and continue to charge against an enemy who presents a threat to our very existence, unparalleled in U.S. history.

I hope the newly elected Senate and House leadership will finally begin to fathom and feel its awesome depth of responsibility for defending against the real threat of terrorism to our nation - a responsibility previously overshadowed by unrelenting, tunnel-visioned hatred of our president.

Armond "Si" Simmons

Pell City