Larry is one of the good guys.
This is a keeper
Love his SIRIUS radio program.
Bravo for Larry Elder.
It's time for Andy to put his teeth back in, trim his eyebrows, take his meds and fade into the sunset.
There is too much truth, and far too many facts, in this letter by Larry Elder for the ideologically destitute like Andy Rooney, Jon Stewart, CNN, WAPO, everyone at the NYT...Nancy Pelosi...etc....
"following the first Persian Gulf War"
This is the only thing I disagree with here. Correct me if I'm wrong. There is no first or second Gulf war. It's the continuation of the sa,e war, cause there was never a peace treaty signed, there was an armistice or a ceasefire. Saddam violated the conditions of the ceasefire, so the war never stopped. This campaign could be referred two as Phase 2 or the Gulf war.
Andy Looney is of my generation and has been a looney leftist all of his life.....which is a long time.
These leftists have used the WMD issue all along to cloud the real reason of why the war in Iraq is being waged. Just their way to undermine the president and defeat their own country...in the name of regaining their power.
Look out! Facts! Quick, Lefties, plug your ears and chant the Big Lie, "No WMDs, no terrorist links, quagmire."
I would also like to know what qualifies Mr. Rooney, or any other person who is not actually doing any fighting for our country, to be taken seriously. It has constantly amazed me that a plethora of unqualified people have concluded this, that, and the other because it sounds good to some.
And it is also good to know how very much these people seem to care not for the Iraqi people, that have been slaughtered by a ruthless dictator, for that appears to be quite irrelevant...
And what did we get in return for a cease fire and 37,000 lost lives? (Not exactly "cut and run", but close enough.) The world's biggest nutjob was allowed to pursue nuclear missiles.
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Offtopic but a funny interview of Andy Rooney by Ali G.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KglSPl7g14Q
Ditto that, VERY well said.
Andy Rooney participated in WWII but must have forgotten a lot since then. WWII began in 1939. It was touch and go for a very long time. At one point, it was only the bravery of our sailors and merchant marines that kept the United Kingdom in the war.
The allies lost many of the first battles in WWII. In the Pacific and North Africa. If we had the left back then as we have now, and if the main stream media was attacking President Roosevelt the way they are attacking President Bush, the United States would not have been able to come together eventually win against the Japanese and the Germans.
Andy Rooney is old, he is not likely to live to see the results if we should simply pack up and come home. This is not like Viet Nam. Today's enemy will follow us home, and begin killing us here if we leave the battlefield.
It is Andy Rooney's grandchildren (along with the rest of us)that will pay the price for his myopic view of the world.
Whats the matter Andy, you do not love your grandchildren? You would rather see them become the victim of terrorist then support a Republican President? Because that is all it is. If a Democrat was in office right now, doing the exact same thing, you would support him.
That is perhaps a major difference between the Democrats and the Republicans. A Democrat will oppose a Republican regardless of the rightness or wrongness of the action, while a Republican will support a Democrat when they are doing the right thing.
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