Letter: Too many war heroes dying for political zeroes

Monday, June 19, 2006 | 7:02 a.m.

To presidential press secretary Tony Snow, 2,500 is clearly "just" a casual number, the number of American soldiers killed in Iraq thus far, as of the other day.

Zero is also a number.

Zero is the total number of days the extended offspring of George Herbert Walker Bush have fought for this country in uniform.

Zero is the total number of days of military service of Dick "I Had Other Priorities" Cheney.

Zero is also the total number of days of military service of Karl Rove, Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Paul Wolfowitz, Ken "Cakewalk" Adelman, Newt Gingrich, Tom DeLay, Dennis Hastert, Trent Lott, Rush Limbaugh, Ann Coulter, Michael Savage, William Bennett, Sean Hannity and Bill O'Reilly.

And so on. There's a long list of pro-war zeroes. They add up to a personal courage quotient of zero.

Two-thousand, five-hundred (and counting) comprises the number of Americans who have paid the ultimate price to keep these vile cowards clean and comfy.

Robert E. Gladd, Las Vegas

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