Posted on 04/12/2004 11:10:02 AM PDT by PsyOp
That was a good one, for sure.
Rep. John Murtha, that stalwart supporter of the troops, has been awarded the John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for his valiant and repeated calls for us to raise the white flag and cut and run in Iraq. Yet it was JFK himself who once famously declared, "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, in order to assure the survival and the success of liberty." The award recipient doesn't seem to share that sentiment, which would logically seem to be a prerequisite. President Kennedy, please call your office. ~ The patriot Post.
Back in 2003, Dixie Chicks' star Natalie Maines made headlines when she announced to a London audience, "[W]e're ashamed that the President of the United States is from Texas." The Chicks thus alienated fans, and a large number of country music stations opted not to play their music any longer.
Now, the trio has released a new album featuring the single "Not Ready to Make Nice," and, as Brent Bozell astutely notes, "They asked themselves: How can we get ourselves featured on the cover of TIME and hailed on CBS's '60 Minutes' just before the new CD comes out? Easy. Trash George W. Bush again." So Maines pontificated in her TIME interview, "I don't feel [President Bush] is owed any respect whatsoever," while Marty Maguire displayed the group's arrogant attitude toward fans: "I'd rather have a small following of really cool people who get it, who will grow with us as we grow and are fans for life, than people that have us in their five-disc changer with Reba McEntire and Toby Keith. We don't want those kinds of fans. They limit what you can do." And saying stuff like that limits how many albums you sell.
Nice to see that they have had to cancel over half of their scheduled concerts. They must be feelin' good about that. I know I am. It's good to see traitors get what they deserve.
"Rep. John Murtha, who last year called for the immediate pullout of U.S. troops from Iraq, [has] accused an entire Marine company of murdering 15 Iraqis 'in cold blood.' Mr. Murtha claims he received his information from sources inside the Pentagon, which is conducting an investigation into the Nov. 15 incident in the town of Haditha. That investigation is not yet completed, which makes Mr. Murtha's accusation not only irresponsible, but an egregious violation of ethical conduct by a sitting congressman. Mr. Murtha concedes that he has not read any part of the Pentagon's unfinished report. All he has are his 'sources.'... The incident in question occurred when a roadside bomb struck a Humvee carrying Marines from Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, killing Lance Cpl. Miguel Terrazas. What happened next is the subject of the Pentagon investigation, but 15 Iraqis were in fact killed... What's important to remember is that if the Marines did act outside the rules of combat, they will be tried by a military court martial—not by Jack Murtha, a former Marine who should know better. Which makes us wonder if there's an ulterior motive behind his indefensible comments: 'Our troops overreacted because of the pressure on them and they killed innocent civilians in cold blood,' he said. Mr. Murtha is actually accusing the Bush administration of murder, because of the 'pressure' it has put on U.S. troops... Mr. Murtha obviously has a problem with the Bush administration and the Iraq war. Fair enough. But he should leave the troops out of his vendetta." — The Washington Times. May 2006.
"I have been writing about terrorism for 25 years always using the official U.S. definition [of the word 'terrorist'], but that definition is un-usable, and the reason is that when you use that definition it turns out, not surprisingly, that the U.S is one of the leading terrorist states, and the other states become terrorist or non-terrorist depending on how they are relating to U.S. goals." — Noam Chomsky, MIT professor, jihadist sympathyser, traitor and "seditionist-at-large".
"Morale is slipping in Iraq. Fighters are growing doubtful of success. A comprehensive strategy for winning the conflict is nonexistent. Is this an assessment of the U.S. military? No, it is an assessment about the insurgents who oppose the elected Iraqi government. While U.S. opinion polls show a growing number of Americans are pessimistic about the prosecution of the war, documents authored by an al-Qa'ida operative and seized by U.S. soldiers...offer hope to the American side that success may be closer than we think... From comments made by al-Qa'ida leader Osama bin Laden and others, we know the terrorists believe America will give up as it did in Vietnam, Lebanon and Mogadishu when a majority ceases to support an operation. This is the main strategy of the terrorists. The documents not only underscore that strategy, they reveal the terrorists' frustration in their inability to make it work beyond an occasional car bombing, attack on a police station or civilian gathering... These documents ought to encourage not only the U.S. government, but also American public opinion, that the virtues of patience and commitment are likely to achieve the stated objectives of freedom and a self-sustaining Iraqi government." — Cal Thomas.
“Any appeasement of tyranny is treason to this republic and to the democratic ideal” William Allen White
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