Cindy Sealed the Deal

Scott Randolph Blog ^ | 8/17/2005 | Scott Randolph

[groanup]

I actually felt myself become a republican today. It was around 10am, when I read the latest update of the Cindy Sheehan saga in CNN.com. I then shot over to read some blogs about it, and perused the comments in some of them, which was nothing but a long series of petty (albeit entertaining) partisan bickering.

Then it happend. The good little democrat in me tied the little noose around his neck and jumped off the stool. He just couldn’t take it anymore.

Take what? The whining. The constant whining by the extreme left about the reasons for war, the incompetence of this administration, and how we’ve all been lied to, and how we should pull out of Iraq immediately, because, *gulp* our soldiers were in danger.

Guess what folks….they signed up to join the Army, not the boy scouts. Anytime your orientation to a new job involves an automatic weapon, you should be smart enough to figure out there’s danger involved. I actually read some people’s comments about many of the soldiers over there being naive….they weren’t expecting to go to war, so, they should be allowed to go home. Wow.

Soldiers know, when they enlist, that it is entirely possible they will be shipped out and never come home. It’s part of the job. The fact that people still walk in to recruiters’ offices and sign that piece of paper make them heroes. To imply that they are simple kids who didn’t know what they were getting into, or even worse, that they died for no reason, or an immoral reason, does a horrible thing. It strips their sacrifice of the honor that it deserves...

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bump

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jomrob, sorry JIMROB.

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bump

[freema]

My son said that before he left for boot camp.
Some people are just friggin nuts: )
Marines.
Whatcha gonna do with 'em.
'cept love 'em forever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Going for the tissues.

Semper Fi

Great post.

[groanup]

Well, I just heard Rush read the entire article on the air. HE thought it important. He might have even found it here. :)

[Mo1]

Is this the blog that Rush just mentioned?

[zeaal]

Probably the majority of the soldiers (not the career guys/gals) in the service now enlisted AFTER 9/11 and must have been fully aware that they go to war.

[pollyannaish]

I saw this column last night and didn't know if it had been posted. I'm glad to find it here and to hear that Rush gave it national airplay.

I think that it needs to be heard loud and clear by those on our side who are prone to panic. I am finding that this guy isn't the only one who is feeling this way. Anecdotal sure...but by no means unusual.

So—btttt, back to the tippy top.

[groanup]

Yes. He just read the whole thing.

[Mo1]

Seems Cindy's Peace Train is derailing

[Mo1]

Off topic

But those poll numbers that Rush was talking about

Do you know where he got them from?

[Talking_Mouse]

Welcome to the real world. It isn't as comforting as the delusions, but it allows, often demands, real thought.

[groanup]

I miss hearing him talk about it.

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I mean I missED hearing him talk about it.

[dirtboy]

Because, long story short, we can’t end this war now. That would send the message that those bastardly little terrorists have won. It doesn’t matter if the adminstration told us the desert sand was made of gold, and we are going over there to collect it in little buckets to bring home, the concrete fact that we are at war doesn’t change. We are there, and we have a job to finish. We’ve toppled a regime that was dangerous not only to its own people, but also to the rest of the world. Now, we are there fighting the same terrorists we are fighting in Afghanistan. We’ve given liberty to millions of people, and we’re trying to help create a government, in an area that is very volatile, that will be a bastion of freedom and hope for an entire race of people. I hate the fact that our boys are getting killed over there, and I wish it didn’t have to happen.

But, it is, there’s nothing we can do about it, except for doing everything we can to offer support and hope to the folks fighting over there. Arguing and whining about the reasons we’re there, and the need to come home not only kills morale, but it is a complete waste of time.

Word. The hard left tries to distill the debate over the war into sound bites - "Bush lied!" - instead of trying to figure out how we finish the job. It is more important for them to impeach Bush than it is to win in Iraq. Bill Clinton got impeached, and dagnamit, they want Bush impeached too, the consequences to this country be damned. They don't care that their constant efforts to undermine Bush also give the insurgents hope that they can win this war politically. They just want their vengence.

[groanup]

"The only thing they have is the ability to attack their opponents with innuendo and lies. They are incapable of winning anything in the arena of ideas."

Rush Limbaugh

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ping

[mhking]

A horse is a horse...

Just damn.

If you want on the list, FReepmail me. This IS a high-volume PING list...

[Cool Multiservice Soldier]

if you word it like this
If the orientation to your job involves an automatic weapon, you should know that danger is invloved
It will just fit.

[weegee]

"...and how we’ve all been lied to"

The left loves some lies.

They didn't demand CBS fire the 60 Minutes or Nightly News staff.
They didn't demand that MTV and other stop lying about "Bush's draft" when the ONLY legislation in the House and Senate was authored by leftist Democrats (who largely refused to vote for their own legislation when it was put to a vote).

When I see them out in the streets demanding non-biased journalists, I will listen to their thoughts on the administration and the war.

It is quite clear that there have been outright lies in the media. Fabricated documented.