Response from the Constitution Party-HQ / Pennsylvania

----- Original Message -----From: "Wolfgang Schawaller"
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 9:39 AMSubject: RE: A German citizen / letter to President Bush / Iraq war

Actually I was looking for permission to reprint it on another site called www.lancasterinternet.com Would that be ok?

Laurel Lynn

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Wolfgang,

Thank you for sharing this response. I found it very encouraging. You see, I am very young and the history I was taught was all facts and dates.Your letter put a new face on the history of WWII for me.
It was one, that as an American, I truely appreciated. One hopes that one's country's armed forces will act with honor in time of battle but rarely in this day and age do we hear about honor and respect. I was so glad to hear that they acted well inWWII and it is my prayer that they are doing so in Iraq. War is always ugly but we will always have it with us as long as there are tyrants in the world who nessessitate it.

The other reason I was glad to see your letter is that it showed an individual opinion from a nation whose government was not in supportof theIraq war. As Europe is so far away from us in the United States, I believe it is easy to lump groups together far too quickly. I have seen much resentment expressed against "Germans" or "French".
With knowledge of your letter, I can respond by saying, "We cannot condemn an entire people group for the actions of their politicians any more then we can the regular Iraqi's for the actions of their leadership. There are those who remember the blood our fathers and grand fathers shed in Europe and are thankful that they are free because of it."

If ever you visit the United States, please let us know. We would love to meet you and show you around Philidelphia. The monuments to Liberty there are our constant inspiration to continue the efforts of the Founding Fathers of our country and help others experience Liberty as well. My prayer is that the Iraqi people will have honest leaders who will rise to lead them wisely and in the ways of Liberty so that they will not have to live in fear again.

Laurel Lynn

1st open letter to G. Bush

-------- Ursprüngliche Nachricht --------Betreff: A German citizen / re US liberated Germany WWII /Iraq warVon: "Wolfgang Schawaller" Datum: Fre, 4.04.2003, 17:58An: president@w...

AUSTRIA - Vienna, 04 April, 2003

http://us.altnews.com.au/nuke/article.php?sid=4624

Photo: When John F. Kennedy visited Berlin in 1962, he told the people at theBerlin wall: „Ich bin ein Berliner."

Dear Mr. President,

I'm German and I was born in 1951 in Frankfurt a/Main, Germany.

I want to tell you a small story about my father serving the German army during the time of Nazism against US forces at the end of WW II:
He was only 17 year, a young teenager when the Nazi regime drafted himto the army to fight against American forces. He told me, that only after spending 6 month in the army he became POW of the American Forces in Germany. My father told me he didn't kill anybody in the war.
And I believe him.

My father told me stories when I was a kid about his encounter with American soldiers in Germany. This stories still move me until today. While my father was in prison the American soldiers fed him and gave him extra chocolates and chewing gum.
I'm telling the same story today to my own kids. I think the Americans had all reasons to hate the Germans (my father) but didn't.

Your people are kind, serving, righteous, forgiving and loving people. As a kid I grew up in Frankfurt in the 50's. Near our home there was a very busy street, and many American soldiers in their big trucks passed by and gave us young German kids chocolates and chewing gums. We then saluted the soldiers and they saluted back. I still remember this.

When J.F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963, my father cried for this American President he never met. I was 12 years when every evening I prayed for J.F. Kennedy and his family. 20 years ago, my father and mother still wanted to immigrate to America, but for some reasons it didn't work out. My father passed away. He loved and respected America a lot and somehow I picked up this spirit for which I'm very grateful.

Thank you America and the allied forces for liberating Germany fromNazism in WW II.

At present I live in Austria and of course I'm noticing there is a lot of Anti-Americanism sentiment in Europe, because of the war against the brutal regime of Saddam Hussein. This attitude makes me quite a bit sad.
With all the demonstrations you watch on TV against Americs and the print media's reporting, you might easily come to the conclusion, America is the bad guy and Saddam Hussein is the good guy. I don't see too many demonstrations on TV channels and critiques against Saddam Hussein, and his brutal regime in the international Media or human chains against the evil Iraqi regime of terror.

As a German I was very happy when 6 weeks ago, the leadership of the opposition conservative Christian Party, Mrs. Angela Merkel flew to the US and showed solidarity with your government. I was so happy seeing this. You really have do have a lot of courage to do this.

Dear Mr. President, I want to tell you:
There are also MANY MILLION Germans who are supporting America and the Allied forces in their hearts against the tyrant regimein Iraq.
And I'm proudly one of them.

I believe: There is no peace if it is peace at any price. There was peace in the Soviet Union, yet millions were killed, tortured and enslaved. There was peace in Cambodia during Pol Pot, and three million died, and there is peace in North Korea today, but millions are starving because of a corrupt government.

The war against Iraq reminds me about the Vietnam war in the 60's whenthe whole world went against America. The world supported communism and thought it is good, and Communism is the liberator for the oppressed classes. Was is not like this?

Today, with the Iraq crisis I see many similarities. Are the political leaders in the so called free world again blind and don't understand what Saddam Hussein did against his own people 15 years ago and is still doing? Have they forgotten history? I think Saddam Hussein is a potential danger for the civilized world and MUST be removed now.

When John F. Kennedy visited Berlin in 1962, he told the people at theBerlin wall:
„Ich bin ein Berliner."
After 11 September, 2001, I'm saying today proudly:
„Ich bin ein Amerikaner."

Dear Mr. President, may God in heaven bless and guide you in your wisdom. I pray for you and your cabinet members, our allied forces stationed in Iraq and the Middle East region. I also pray for the suffering people in Iraq that they may soon be liberated and taste freedom and democracy, as we, the German people experienced after America liberated us from a dictator and tyrant.

GOD BLESS AMERICA!

Warmest greetings,
Wolfgang Schawaller