Senator Hagel to Speak in Omaha

10-15-2004 5:08 AM (Omaha, NE) -- Nebraska Senator Chuck Hagel will speak at the Omaha Chamber of Commerce today. The event is by invitation only. The Senator is expected to address the issues of political trade and its effects on the business communities at this morning's event.

He ought to be considering his comments are being used by the Left to attack President Bush in a time of war. Senator Hagel continues to say he supports President Bush, but when he and McCain get together is a Bush slap down. I am tired of it. I recently emailed him and he responded (his office is very good at this) with a letter and a copy of his column in the Omaha World-Herald. In the column he writes that he supports the president but reserves the right to challenge him. Unfortunately his challenges do more harm then good, and he fails to use the good sense most republicans have to keep their disagreements quiet until after the election. He also said he was worried that if he didn't speak up now Iraq would become another Vietnam. I am sorry he feels that way but this simply isn't the case and is a lousy excuse to stab President Bush in the back. Vietnam was a war the U.S. was winning prior to John Kerry returning and telling his sort tales about out the U.S. Military. These tales were untrue, but they served to undermine the U.S. Effort. We abandoned Vietnam at the cost of 1 million Vietnamese lives and the enslavement of the survivors. After the Tet offense which CBS's Cronkite portrayed as a loss, but the North Vietnamese knew they lost, thought the war was about over. This was the North's big push and it had failed, but you wouldn't have known this by the way the U.S media portrayed the war. Sound similar Senator Hagel, it ought to, it’s the same way the media is portraying the war in Iraq. If you don't want another loss on your hands maybe its time you stopped worrying about the insurgents and focused on our servicemen and the good of the country.