Forgotten soldiers

NY Post ^ | July 29, 2010 | Ralph Peters

[Scanian]

If we needed yet another example of Washington's self-absorption, we sure got it with the WikiLeaks dump of classified data on AfPak.

Government officials promptly freaked about the political consequences. The rush to insist that "there's nothing new here" and that the leaks "really don't change anything" was dishonest even by DC standards.

Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies!

The victims of this tragic event aren't punch-drunk White House staffers or members of Congress up for re-election. They're not the wed-to-Pakistan wonks at State or even the Pentagon's hide-the-bad-news generals.

The forgotten victims are our troops on the ground. And the Afghans who've risked everything to help them.

If I hear one more senator from either party tell us that the WikiLeaks betrayal won't make a significant difference, I'm going to violate security to puke on the Capitol's steps.

[livius]

Folks, don't be bamboozled: This leak is the biggest geo-strategic event in the short history of the Internet, potentially altering the course of a war and changing the dynamics of an entire region.

He's right. It makes me sick when I think how much damage is going to be done...and he's right about the fact that the only thing that bothers our "leaders" here is some possible political fall-out. It really makes me sick.

[yoe]

The man in the Oval Office even said “this is old news, not important...” Like Ralph Peters, I feel sick every time I hear our elected lie about this. I wonder if Mr. Peters feels as I do that Term Limits should be automatic - it would behoove the America People to just institute it in their states and like Obama skip congress and ‘all that unnecessary and time consuming, Constitutional drafting of bills etc. Or maybe we could get a few good X-Men to follow Vince Flynn’s type of Term Limits.........

[onedoug]

And democRATs trying to steal your votes....