Still recuperating; brain cells jarred loose from all the coughing. I am relying on others who express far better what I would if my brain were in working order.
The following is from http://www.justoneminute.typepad.com.
Poster "The Other Tom" is responding to a troll who is orgasmic that the Dems are turning on our military to hurt Bush. There is something quite unpleasant about the joy expressed by fellow Americans at the possibility of America's defeat and ignominy. Where do they plan to run to when the war comes here?
"Hell, Cleo dear, you and the people who put the words in your mouth are invested to the hilt in failure--indeed, if I had a dirty mind I'd think you were fervently hoping for it.
Not a one of you can come to grips with the notion that a hard war is hard to win. You are blind to the consequences of Carter's supineness in 1979, Reagan's in Lebanon, and Clinton's in Mogadishu and on numerous occasions thereafter. Osama bin Ladern surely is not, as he has so often stated.
By insisting on failure in Iraq, you invite consequences that will dwarf those of 9/11. The US has lost fewer men in this war than it lost in taking the island of Iwo Jima, where all we got was a sulphurous island. What we have achieved in Iraq is the elimination of an extremely hostile and aggressive, oppressive regime and its replacement by a democratic government struggling, with US help, to survive.
It has a chance, but you don't want to give it one--why not, one wonders? I can't say that you and those like you are cowards, since I know nothing about you personally. What I can say, with great confidence, is that you and your colleagues--and the Democratic congress--are urging a decidely cowardly course for the United States.
If you succeed with your efforts to steer this country on that course, you will reap a whirlwind that is beyond your comprehension. But it seems that you're more than willing to do that, if in the process you can avenge yourselves on George Bush. It is hard to escape the conclusion that you have simply lost your minds."
Posted by: Other Tom | February 17, 2007 at 06:38 PM