Posted on 04/05/2004 10:39:00 AM PDT by Lando Lincoln
Did you know that the Democratic National Committee is sponsoring, to the tune of hundreds and perhaps even thousands of dollars, a man whose response to the killing and mutilation of four American security contractors in Fallujah was, “Screw them”? Perhaps the phrase can enter the lexicon of this year’s Democratic insanity, along with Howard Dean’s scream and John Kerry inanely intoning, “Bring it on,” over and over again. Two hundred people were murdered by terrorists in Spain? “Screw them.” After all, they brought it on themselves by opposing al-Qaeda’s just and right desire for the restoration of the medieval Kingdom of Andalusia. Twenty Israelis were blown apart by a Palestinian savage? “Screw them.” They deserve it, for occupying the land on which Arafat’s future state (which will run straight from the Jordan River to the Sea) will flourish. It’s already the hidden Democratic mantra, the invisible meme which infects Democratic thinking on this war that we are in. If a Westerner anywhere is murdered by a foreign monster, “Screw them,” they probably deserved it.
The influence of political blogs is certainly on the rise. Major political campaign run paid advertisements of the sites and some have even managed to snag the occasional mention in the mainstream press. A few weeks ago, the Daily Kos even managed to get a mention on CNN (from former Dean Campaign Manager Joe Trippi in the CNN Presents film True Believers). Markos Zuniga, the proprietor of the Daily Kos, can fairly be referred to as a figure of some note on the left. The great advantage of the blog for the reader is that it provides near-instant commentary on events and, therefore, can be revealing as to the evolution of thinking on any given issue. Blogs can also be entertaining because bloggers themselves are, by the very nature of their trade, gaffe prone.
Now, when I bring up the matter of the “gaffe” here I refer not to misspellings, grammatical errors, or the like. Rather I refer to “gaffe” in the political sense meaning, “when someone tells the truth or says what they really think.” Mr. Zuniga made just such a gaffe a few days ago.
On hearing of the horrific murder of four Americans (which, as we all know, was followed by the savage, Satanic, and inhuman defiling of their bodies) his full was as follows, “I feel nothing over the death of (sic) merceneries. They aren’t in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them.”
The latest defense for the indefensible, from some at least, is that Zuniga is in the right because these individuals were “mercenaries.” To which I say: so what? They were courageous men, American citizens, all of whom served honourably in the nation’s armed forces. After they were discharged, having rendered loyal and faithful service, they elected to serve their nation further in a private capacity. Were they paid for this? You bet they were. Did they deserve to be paid well? You bet they did.
Look, unless you want to eject all private enterprise from Iraq you have to accept that someone will have to guard those enterprises. Who shall do it? Should we detail away Army units to guard every private contractor? What would the left say of American soldiers killed protecting a Halliburton convoy? It therefore follows that, for day to day effort, private contractors will have to provide their own security. From this it follows that they will hire people to provide that security from the best qualified pool of available personnel: former American special forces personnel. What, exactly, is wrong with this? Someone has to provide that security, and who better to do it?
Some are now trying to tie this in to the rest of the “war as a corporate conspiracy” theory by charging that the hiring of these people is a “rip-off” of the American taxpayer. This, to say the least, is a dubious assertion. The pay of these “security contractors” ranges between $100,000 a year and $300,000, largely trending towards the latter. Let’s suppose that the average is $250,000 a year. Presumably, from this money, the individual employees pay for their own housing, food, and such.
These people are performing duty which, otherwise, would require the services of US Army units on a dedicated basis. Even assuming that ex-Special Forces operators could be adequately replaced by anyone other than serving Special Forces is a stretch. Since all of the Special Forces soldiers in Iraq are already needed for duty, some would have to be deployed to Iraq from somewhere else or, given how stretched they are, newly recruited and trained. What, exactly, do you think that the real cost of deploying a single Green Beret Sergeant with a family back home to Iraq for a year would be- including salary, benefits, housing, training, and all other costs. Do you think it would be more or less than $250,000 a year? I’m willing to bet that it would probably be about the same or more: and with that would come increased strain on America’s serving forces.
Repeat that to yourself, “Screw them.” That’s his reaction to the murder of Americans who were trying to protect food convoys for civilians. “Screw them.” Ladies and Gentlemen, there is only one word to describe a person who reacts so to the savage killing of four of his countrymen: traitor. There’s simply no other word which will do.
This is a word that is thrown around too much these days. I, for one, am aware that I certainly over-use it. But there is no other word which will do here. There is no stronger term of censure available. We are engaged in a war against the enemies of our civilization. Those enemies killed four of our people and then mutilated their bodies. “Screw them,” is all Markos Zuniga had to say about those men, those heroes who died while trying to create a better Iraq and, yes, to earn a few dollars for themselves along the way. “Screw them.” In this war against the terrorists you are, as President Bush declared, either with us or against us and Markos Zuniga is against us.
However much some will seek to spin this, I don’t believe that this was a “gaffe” because Mr. Zuniga said something, perhaps out of temporary anger or emotion, which he really didn’t mean. I think that this is a “gaffe” in the sense that, in a burst of emotion, Mr. Zuniga decided to tell us the truth, to speak from the well of treason and sedition which is hidden beneath the surface of the modern left.
I think that Markos Zuniga looked at his television and said, “I can’t believe that they’re going to hail these baby-killers as heroes,” and then he sat down to type. When he wrote, he gave voice to those people who make up the base of the modern Democratic Party: those people for whom the Iraqi “resistance” are heroes, Israel is the primary villain in the world, and private enterprise is at the root of all evil. These are the “heart” (such as it is”) of the modern left. They are the people of whom Ann Coulter likes to say that, if the American people knew what they really believed, they would have them boiled in oil.
This nation has enemies both at home and abroad. They cannot be reasoned with, dealt with, compromised with, listened to, or even respected: they must be wiped from the very face of the Earth for all time. Markos Zuniga is one of those people. While God will ultimately see that he is consigned to Hell for his sins, we must now seek to make his life here an Earthly form of hell.
We need to make our dear friend Markos the poster boy for Democratic seditionists and traitors this campaign season. When, during the last Administration, a few on the fringe right pushed theories that Bill Clinton had left a trail of bodies in his wake, including those of Vince Foster and Ron Brown, their views were held up to endless mockery. Why, then, have we yet to hear of a much more serious issue: Democrats who want our enemies to win the war? You can’t argue that Markos Zuniga is simply “some guy” on the internet. Howard Dean’s website featured him as a special guest. At least one Democratic Congressman actually bought ad space from him as have many other potential members of Congress. As of Saturday night he was running paid ads for Jane Mitakidies, a Democratic House candidate from Ohio, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the Democratic National Committee, and the Minnesota House Democratic Caucus. The various ad spaces sold go for anywhere between $700-$2000 a month, according to Blogads, the site which serves as a broker. These ads are specifically bought and placed.
Did you get that? The Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee are paying thousands of dollars to an alleged man whose response to the savage killing of those Americans was, “Screw them.” Given the controversy that this has generated there is essentially zero chance that they have not heard of this. Is, “Screw them,” now the official response of the Democratic National Committee to the murder of four brave Americans?
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Lando
Every death should be on the front page... That said, I feel nothing over the death of merceneries. They aren't in Iraq because of orders, or because they are there trying to help the people make Iraq a better place. They are there to wage war for profit. Screw them. by KOS on Thu Apr 1st, 2004 at 15:08:56 GMT
Source: http://michael-friedman.com
The Democratic National Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee are paying thousands of dollars to an alleged man whose response to the savage killing of those Americans was, “Screw them.”Zuniga will certainly make a pretty hefty millstone around those dainty Democratic necks.
Are we supposed to believe Kos and his fellow Democrats actually cared about the doomed spouses of the 9/11 widows?
After all, those doomed spouses worked in the "capitalistic" World Trade Center and the "mercenary" Pentagon?
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