Apparently the majority of Americans are unhappy with President Bush, a Republican, because he took us to war in Afghanistan and Iraq which critics say had not attacked us. Anti-war zealots point out that more than 4,000 Americans have died in five years of combat.

I'm not one of the president's most ardent fans, but his first year in office saw a cowardly attack by Islamic terrorists that killed nearly 3,000 on September 11, 2001. They have debilitated our economy and usurped many of our freedoms.

I've been around a long time and served in two wars under two Commanders in chief, both Democrats. In this year filled with election rhetoric, take a hard look at the recent history of war and under whose watch they took place before deciding how to vote:

  President Wilson, a Democrat, led us into World War I in 1917.  Germany had not attacked us. 117,000 Americans were killed in less than two years.
  President Roosevelt, a Democrat, led us into World War II and asked congress to declare war on Germany which had not attacked us. Japan did attack us and there is evidence that politicians who wanted us in that war withheld warnings that could have prevented Pearl Harbor. From 1941 to 1945, 450,000 American lives were lost.
  President Truman, a Democrat, took us into the Korean War. North Korea had not attacked us. From 1950 to 1953, 55,000 American lives were lost. Political interference with collaboration by the United Nations caused the first loss of a war by our military.
  President Kennedy, a Democrat, put 12,000 advisors into Vietnam in 1962. North Vietnam had not attacked us. He approved the invasion of Cuba, which did not attack us. It failed when he withdrew support for the Bay of Pigs fiasco which resulted in the deaths of many thousands of Cuban patriots.
  President Johnson, a Democrat, turned the Vietnam war into a quagmire of political interference. From 1965-1975, 58,000 American lives were lost. The entertainment industry with programs like M*A*S*H 4077, joined a biased media to sway public opinion against the war, and shared the responsibility for losing that war.
  President Carter, a Democrat, allowed 52 U. S. Citizens to be held hostage for 444 days in Iran. Then his ill-equipped military failed to rescue them. Today he's traveling around the world telling everyone who will listen about America's failings.
  President Clinton, a Democrat, went to war in Bosnia. Bosnia never attacked us. After the first attack on the World Trade Center in '93, Clinton was offered Osama bin Laden three times by Sudan and did nothing. He sent military to Somalia that never attacked us.  Remember Black Hawk down?

Do you see a trend here?  We had a Democratic congress for more than 40 years until 1994 and it looks like we're in for another long run of them after the Republicans failed to keep their contract with America. Congress has nearly bankrupt our country. Wait till the other shoe drops on the Fannie/Freddie bail outs.  There will be much pain and misery in the land.

George "W" has let a democratic congress spend like drunken sailors. Monetarily, the recent Wall Street fiascos, near collapse of the financial system and the housing market bubble bursting will affect us far longer than producing war goods which will slow down soon.

Ike, a Republican, ended the Korean war and Nixon, a Republican, stopped the carnage in Viet Nam. Two so-called Republican presidents, the Bushes, are another story.  Remember "Watch my lips, no new taxes?"  Old Bush cowtowed to a Democratic congress and stopped Stormin' Norman in the Gulf war or there would have been no Iraq war.

We've yet to see a nuclear war and I'd hate to think that it may come. But according to these hard facts, the odds are 7 to 1 it's more likely to happen if a Democrat is elected to the White house.