Sixty years, not much time in the life of a country, but what a difference it makes in the life of a political party. Harry Truman vaporized Japanese civilians, and demonstrated to the emperor that the war was over, and we were the victors. He could have let the war drag on and sacrificed tens of thousands more men, but he used the weapons at his disposal and ended it, thus saving American lives.

John F Kennedy said, "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." He stared down the Soviet Union and put the world on the brink of war to keep nuclear missiles out of Cuba. He attempted the overthrow of Castro through the Bay of Pigs, to eliminate a ruthless dictator.

And then there is John Kerry and the Democratic party of today. A few naked Iraqi men being humiliated is torture... But no outrage on civilians having their heads chopped off. John Kerry's mantra is "look what the government can do for you and we will soak the rich to make it happen." John Kerry will stare down a dictator, as long as France, Germany and the U.N. say it's all right with them. John Kerry will fight more compassionate wars, and you can interpret that anyway you want, but if I was a G.I. I would be very concerned.

Harry Truman and John Kennedy were strong men who stood for putting our country and the protection of it's people at the forefront. If they can see what their party has devolved into, they must be rolling over in their graves.