In a recent

column, news commentator and talk show host Bill O'Reilly spoke of how,

in the 1930s, millions of people simply did not want to think about the

evil Hitler was brewing up. He pointed out that France and Russia were

the chief appeasers, as they are today on the Iraq question.

He went on

to note that Pope John Paul II has said that any war against Iraq would

be "immoral." Then he pointed out how, back in the '30s, Pope

Pius XII actually supported Hitler politically, at least in the beginning

of his rise when Pius was stationed in Germany.

Most of us

would agree with O'Reilly that "peace should be the goal of all civilized

human beings." He accurately points out that millions of Americans

are against a war in Iraq today, just as millions of us were vehemently

opposed to confronting Hitler as well.

This outspoken

columnist reminds us that the anti-war movement of the 30s was led by

Charles Lindbergh and Ambassador Joseph Kennedy, who largely dismissed

accusations of Nazi brutality and weapons production as propaganda.

Then, sadly,

he reminds us that the failure to confront the obvious evil of the Nazis

early led to the deaths of more than 55,000,000 human beings in Europe.

O'Reilly asks,

"Does anyone today believe that Al Qaeda or Saddam would not slaughter

Jews and, indeed, Americans, if they had the power to do so? So what is

the difference between a dictator like Saddam and Adolf Hitler?"

He continues:

"It continues to astound me that 37 percent of Americans, according

to the latest ABC News/Washington Post poll, do not support the removal

of Saddam Hussein unless other countries, which do not share our danger,

sign on."

I am aware

that I have quoted very liberally from Bill O'Reilly's column. If I could

have said it better in my own words, I would have.

Now I ask,

where do you stand? Are you making yourself heard?

On any given

day, AOL, MSNBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, FOX and the list goes on ... present us

with various polls. Over and over, that ask us what we think about this

and that.

I'm not sure

anybody in the media really cares what I think. Maybe they just want to

be use my communication to open the door for marketing opportunities or

to feed the ever-rising flame of controversy that prevails across our

nation and around the world just now.

Yet, I do want

it to be known that I have an opinion and I want my opinion to count.

For instance,

I absolutely refuse to believe that 37 percent might of Americans do not

support the removal of Saddam Hussein unless other countries, which

do not share our danger, sign on.

Please, somebody

tell me we are smarter that that! I can believe that 37 percent

of Americans do not support the removal of Saddam Hussein. Apathy is a

big deal in America. You leave me alone and I'll leave you alone. Right?

But are we

apathetic, spineless cowards as well? I just can't believe that there

is a prevailing attitude of "I will, if he will."

Now, that scares

me!

If you have

comments/opinions that you would like to share, call the National Contact

Center at 1-800-FED-INFO. Each year the staff there handles millions of

calls from citizens trying to find out who to contact about issues of

importance to them.

Or write directly

to President George W. Bush at: The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue

NW Washington, DC 20500

You can call

or fax the White House as well. Address comments to: 202-456-1111. The

actual switchboard number is 202-456-1414. To send a fax dial: 202-456-2461.

You can e-mail

President Bush at: [email protected]

Speak up. Speak

out. Be heard.

Like O'Reilly

said, "If France, German, China and Russia would support the United

States against Saddam, he'd already be out of power. If France, Russia

and Britain had marched into Germany in 1933, there would have been no

World War or Holocaust."

Many of us

have wondered why "somebody" didn't do something sooner back

in the 1930s. We would be wise to remember that we are somebody and history

often repeats itself.

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