"That is the best you can do in response to the FACT this thread isn't about illegal immigration but about the WOT and the support our troops need to conduct it?? Call me a Traitor? "
OK, I apologize for calling you a traitor.
BUT, if you fail to see a connection between our open Mexican and Canadian borders and the WOT, you need glasses for your short-sightedness. I.E. What good is it to defeat them in Iraq if we're allowing them to stream across our own borders?
As far as supporting the troops goes, my wife & I help a Marine who's serving in the WOT with care for his family. Wife helped his family move into a new home last week and I email him regularly. It ain't much, but he's appreciative of it. I'd happily sacrifice in other ways for this WOT, but our President doesn't put much priority in self-sacrifice during this WOT. What are you doing to 'support the troops'? Just putting that temporary yellow magnet ribbon on one's car is doing nothing to actually "support the troops".
The President put his entire Presidency on the line for the WOT. He expends his personal time visiting them under condition those visits not be publicized. He seeks the funding for the equipment they need. He listens to the people in the field rather than to to micromanage every military action. Recognizing the need for a stronger PR offensive he has increased his speeches on Iraq the last few weeks. He has sent Cheney and karl out there. he is going to speak to the nation Tuesday. he is working to help speed the ability of Iraqi's to govern and defend themselves. All of this equates to actions that will lead to a stronger military, a military that knows it's C-I-C will back them even at cost of an election, a C-I-C that won't back down to polls but instead come before the nation to defend the work they have done. This is a man that has shown his personal and political support of the military at cost and shown NO regret for having done so.
For the record I have never stated I didn't see a connection between the WOT and immigration. You mistakenly believe my heated response is a reflection of a different attitude on that score. It is not. My response is inspired by witnessing a media and a political party attempting to dishonor these men and woman, a coalition attempting to create in Iraq what they did in 'Nam.
Support of this President in the offensive being planned to combat the actions of the Dems & the MSM I find essential at this period in time. It doesn't mean to support his immigration policy, it means in a thread such as this one the highest person advancing defense of our military and actions in Iraq NEEDS backup. On this there should be unity. Not distration with a side issue that can be addressed adequetely with heart in numerous other threads.
It's great what you are doing on your own in your personal life to help our troops BUT they need help in the PR war and that is not what they have received in this thread. The subject became about Bush and immigration, rather than the realities unreported in Iraq....the necessity of the mission..and attempts of certain party and newss to defeat them.
I sure hope you don't write letters to your marine full of these nasty remarks.
He might be better off without your "support" if you include this crap.
I'm sick and tired of all of you guys who insist on ruining every single thread on FR.
Nasty people. All of you thread hijackers. I'm glad I don't know any of you in person. Can't you leave this stuff on the threads it belongs on?
Don't even start with me, saying I'm a traitor or a liberal or a commie or any of the other shit you guys call everyone.
I care about the same issues, I'm just sick, sick, sick of all of you.