And the callous indifference towards the deaths of our troops -- the body counts, the push to show the bodies and coffins being returned?
Those were recycled leftist tactics used to demoralize the U.S. and secure its defeat during Viet Nam. You know, like John Kerry (P*ssy-MA)?
But now that Obama is President (and hasn't withdrawn the troops, nor yet closed Guantanamo, etc.), things are different.
Notice how Code Pink isn't in the headlines every day?
Notice how the 9-11 wives aren't making the rounds? You'd think *they'd* at least be topical, given the Northwest flight 953 FUBO. And where's Cindy Sheehan been? I've only seen one story about her in the last six months.
But suddenly -- let a journalist die, and the waterworks are in full flow. Oh, the senseless tragedy. The noble dedication and selfless sacrifice on behalf of lofty goals!
It's a shame the MSM can neither heap scorn on Obama for the deaths of these people, as they did to Bush every time someone was killed; nor yet celebrate the ongoing sacrifice of the troops (may they rest in piece), many of whose shoes the journalists are unworthy to lick.
Cheers!
Neither Canwest nor Sun Media can be lumped in with the MSM crowd that harassed Bush through his term of office. I do not know the Calgary paper but I subscribe to tne National Post, a Canwest publication and to the Toronto Sun, the Sun Media flagship. I will not have the Liberal rags the Toronto Star or the Globe and Mail in my home. I decline with thanks when the Toronto Star is offered to me free in rail stations and grocery stores
As to Lang, remember that she was not obliged to go outside the wire. She could have stayed in Calgary or even inside the wire at KAF. Instead, she chose to travel with the PRT and to run the same risks that the soldiers of that team run. She had the respect of the soldiers. The soldiers have learned how to spot a phony or someone who is not on their side.
As to Worthington, he has always backed the soldiers and supported Canada's deployment to Afghanistan. Worthington is well past normal retirement age and is a senior columnist, but he has paid his dues over the years. At a very young age he joined the Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve in time to get in on the end of WWII as a Fleet Air Arm air gunner, achieving the rank of Sub Lieutenant by the time of his discharge in 1946.
He joined the Princess Patricia's Canadian LIght Infantry in 1950 and served in Korea, first as a platoon commander and later as battalion intelligence officer, ending the war as a forward observation officer for USAF air strikes.
Reporters like Michelle Lang, Matthew Fisher and Christie Blatchford who have chosen to go outside the wire with the soldiers and to report the war from their perspective are entitled to our respect.
Worthington who has been a soldier and a war correspondent is entitled to write such a piece as he has done to commend a fallen colleague.
It is bad form to use this piece as an occasion to denigrate them merely for their membership in a once honoured profession.
People, let's not indulge in friendly fire. Take aim against those who deserve it, not against the likes of Worthington and Lang.
End of rant.