Posted on 06/14/2005 8:30:00 PM PDT by Matchett-PI
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RUSH: Today, I would like to join the chorus of those calling for a cease-fire in Iraq. I don't mean a truce and I don't mean a surrender. Don't misunderstand me. I'm talking about a cease-fire.
I, your host, El Rushbo, on today -- Tuesday, June the 14th -- call for a 90-day cease-fire in Iraq.
I call on the New York Times to lay down their arms. I call on the Democrats in Congress to stop the assaults. I call on weak-kneed Republicans to lower the temperature for 90 days, three measly months.
Lebanon is in the middle of a crucial election sequence. Iran is about to have an even more crucial election. Syrian and Saudi terror backers are losing for signs.
So for 90 days, no attacks on our war effort. Somewhere, deep inside, there has to be something -- a memory of patriotism, a stirring of some national pride -- some remaining sense of right and wrong.
A loose wire in the brains of the left and the media that can be connected if only temporarily, to bring about a 90-day cease-fire because the upside for the United States is enormous.
Positive news, upbeat spirit, a seemingly united United States would send a warning to our enemies, a rallying cry to our allies and a signal to those nations shirking responsibility.
Just a 90-day cease-fire. There's no downside to this. You still have a full-year plus to return to playing politics, to bashing the president, to bashing the administration, bashing the Republican Party, to even bashing America if you want. So much to gain and so little to risk from a 90-day cease-fire.
After all, it could take two years or two decades for the wisdom our Middle East policy to bear fruit. Is it too much to ask you on the left to give unity a chance for just 90 days?
No, my friends, I'm not living in a dream world. I know it won't happen but I wanted to put it out there. I know it won't happen because the left in this country considers Christians to be a greater enemy than militant Islamist terrorists.
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Thank you Allegra.
Be safe over there!
I think the Left really is putting politics ahead of the good of their country in this debate. They now oppose a war they always wanted before because of the president who's waging it. (There are also the real hard-core leftovers who oppose everything America does in principle, and obviously they're also traitors.)
My opposition is different. I can respect the opinion of my many friends who support the war, but I think they're horribly wrong. But to question the political use of our military is in no way problematic for a patriotic American, in and of itself. I hope our guys kill every jihadi bastard over there, and take as few casualties as possible. While we're there, I hope we find and destroy every car bomb factory and kill every terrorist.
I don't want to undermine the war effort by setting a public timetable for withdrawal, but even Bush is now starting to talk about "an exit strategy," thank goodness. I'd like to see our boys come home ASAP, and I'd like to try to convince people that we should be more careful before we invade and occupy a country in the future.
I think it's a debate worth having -- it's part of the freedom your son is fighting right now to preserve. I'm not doing this for any cheap political benefit, only because I really care about my country's well-being and I don't think it's being served right now.
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