They were missing and quiet. Their hyprocisy at work then doesn't mean they are wrong now,though. Only that their sincerity is a mile wide and a inch deep.
I can't speak for those people. I can only speak for me. *I* WAS and AM outraged over all those things,and was raising plenty of hell about them when Bubba-1 was president. So were many of the people here on FR who suddenly see nothing wrong with this type of thing now that a alleged Republican is in the White House.
No you are not a commie pinko SOB.
Thank you. Having the ability to see and understand that things aren't always black and white is becoming rarer and rarer around here.
I am speaking of the hypocrites that didn't Protest Clinton but are now protesting Bush.
Those people bother me not at all. I never expected anything better from them. The ones who make ME mad are the ones who are supposed to be conservatives who suddenly fell in love with federal power and political wars once Bubba-2 was sworn into office. And make no mistake about it,Bubba-2 is every bit the statist and "One-Worlder" Bubba-1 was.
I think the Gen was speaking as a man who has fought in a war before.
So am I and many others. In fact,Swartzkoph stated on tv that the majority of the combat officers he knew in the Pentagram were against this war.
He has also recently came out in support of Bush as well.
NOT true! I saw and heard the interview on Meet The Press. What he said was "now that the war is inevitable,I support it." He is supporting the soldiers and other military members who will end up doing the fighting and the dying,NOT Bubba-2 and the other politicians who are starting it. He is suppporting Bubba-2 by default,since he is the man in the White House. In other words,he is supporting the office,not neccessarily the man in it.
You served and you have the right to protest not just because of the 1st Amendment but also the fact that you served in the military.
Every American citizen has the right to protest any thing they want to protest,any time they want to protest it. You and I might or might not agree with the goals of the protestors,but I think we both agree they have this right.
I do see and understand your point,though. Taken to it's highest level,one would naturally pay more attention to Schwartzkoph's thinking on this that you would somebody who had never worn a uniform or heard a shot being fired.
The protesters are also now calling us baby killers like they did in Vietnam. What are your thoughts?
I don't like it,but the truth is that this is even truer now than it was in VN. Bombs are indiscriminate weapons. They kill anybody in their burst radius,and there were no doubt hundreds (maybe thousands) of babies killed in Bosnia and Kosovo by our bombs. Look at all the people killed when the bridge was bombed. The US military and political leadership (?) KNEW that bridge was crowded with civilians because it had been on all the European tv news broadcasts,and even mentioned in some US papers. In MY opinion,the pilot who dropped those bombs as well as the entire chain of command going all the way up to the White House who were responsible for those orders being issued deserves to be arrested for war crimes. That pilot had the option to refuse to follow a illegal order,and chose to save his career instead of his soul. And "Yes,a order to purposely attack and kill civilians is a illegal order.". That bridge was of no stragetic or military value,and there were no military personell or positions on it.