Democrats should be held accountable!

Paperjam | Fri, 18 July, 2003 | Paperjam

[paperjam]

I haven't posted in quite some time and apologize if I have this in the wrong place. As an active duty military member, I felt compelled to get this off my chest. Thanks

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[JohnGalt]

Do you believe Freedom of Speech should be suspended in times of war?

[bmwcyle]

I think you mean, vote then out.

[Bluegrass Federalist]

Do you believe accountability of government elected officials should be suspended in time of war or otherwise? Do you belive that reading comprehension is a vital tool in digesting information, and would have helped you determine that nowhere in this exercise of an active duty military member is freedom of speech implicated?

[Wil H]

Do you believe Freedom of Speech should be suspended in times of war?

It's not about freedom, it's about accountability. They are free to say what they say but if it gets people killed they should face the consequences.

Giving aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war is treason. you can be executed for that.

[SolidSupplySide]

What is really upsetting is that Democrats are getting our guys in uniform KILLED!

This is an irresponsible statement.

I seriously doubt the Fedayeen pays close attention to the out-of-power opposition in the US. The Fedayeen would kill Americans regardless of what the opposition did in the US. While it is true that Democrats find opportunity on the corpses of dead American servicemen, Democrats are not causing their deaths.

Place blame where it belongs. Islamofascists are causing American deaths. Ba'athists are causing American deaths. Fedayeen are causing American deaths.

Your statement is the right wing version of "Why do they hate us?"

[paperjam]

No, but it seems to me that they have no regard for the effects of their words. If our guys are really in there for the wrong reason then we should do everything we can to get the job finished correctly and get our troops out before dismantiling a Presidency with flaming rhetoric.

[JohnGalt]

Seems Will H disagrees with you; I will await your reply to him:

"It's not about freedom, it's about accountability. They are free to say what they say but if it gets people killed they should face the consequences.

Giving aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war is treason. you can be executed for that."

[My2Cents]

Our action taking down Saddam has also been mispresented as "Gulf War 2," the "new war" in Iraq. The fact is, that "Operation Iraqi Freedom" was simply a decisive chapter in a war which had been going on for over 12 years. The original Gulf War was never completed. Saddam quickly broke the commitments he made in the ceasefire. His actions fully justified a resumption of Coalition conflict against the regime. What Bill Clinton was too much of a coward to do, George W. Bush was brave enough to do -- finally take down Saddam and end a war that had been going on since 1991.

[JohnGalt]

But that is the stupidity of political war, a warning many of us made prior to the Iraq adventure.

The funny thing is that Democrats probably are emboldening the enemy, but it was a Republican President that put them in harms way.

The best we can hope for is bringing the boys back home as soon as possible. Damn world opinion about unfinished work...

[Fee]

When Democratic politicians give the enemy the perception that the casualties they are incurring are having an effect on US public opinion, they are encouraged to fight on. That is what happened in the Vietnam War. The Dems will have their day. From the highest building on the campus and town square loyal Americans will ...........

[MEG33]

Piffle

[NJJ]

Do you believe Freedom of Speech should be suspended in times of war?

No, but they are only being held accountable for placing their party above their country.

[Protagoras]

They are free to say what they say but if it gets people killed they should face the consequences.
Giving aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war is treason. you can be executed for that.

Sounds like you think people should be executed for criticizing the government. Seig Heil.

[Tamzee]

The funny thing is that Democrats probably are emboldening the enemy

Nice of you to finally acknowledge this as it appears to be paperjam's original point. Whether or not you support going to war originally has no bearing on whether Democrat lies and innuendo give our foreign enemies ammunition to harm us further.

[Bluegrass Federalist]

I must be missing something. It does not appear to me that Wil disagrees with me, so I will not purport to speak for him. The point is that the original author has every right to criticize the Democrats for their use of their right to free speech. They have the right to speak as they will, but he has every right to criticize them for the effects of their speech, and the irresponsible, indeed immoral, exercise of that right. His criticism in no way curtails their right of free speech.

They have the right to be heard. They do not have the right to have their views respected or accepted. They are due no congratulations, rather the author's righteous indignation.

[nothingnew]

The funny thing is that Democrats probably are emboldening the enemy, but it was a Republican President that put them in harms way.

Is your screen name JohnGalt, or JohnGall?

Piffle.

FMCDH

[JohnGalt]

"Giving aid and comfort to the enemy in time of war is treason. you can be executed for that."

Did you think Wil H put this line as a random thought, or do you think their is a certain implication in mind?

[MEG33]

Well said.