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04/29/2004: "Flight of Ideas"

Spainish Government Raises White Flag

To the Spanish Troops Who Are Returning Home:

Thank you for your service. I am sure that during the time you were deployed, you served well and honorably and you should be proud of that. There is no shame for you in the withdrawal that is currently taking place. There is only shame for the politicians who have chosen to fly a white flag of surrender and grant terrorists a small victory. May they rot in hell! But hey, what do you expect from a bunch of socialists?

CBS/New York Times Poll

A new poll put out by CBS and the New York Times has dramatically different conclusions from last week’s polls from somewhat credible sources. It shows John Kerry after two weeks of contortions ahead of the President and that Americans are losing support for the War on Terrorism. That’s funny; I just spent a week listening to every pundit on the talk shows across the political spectrum expressing their opinions on why after a month of comparatively high casualties in Iraq the President’s numbers were on the rise and John Kerry’s declining. Is it possible that these two pillars of unbiased journalism have an agenda? I can’t think of two less credible sources to team up together. If they concluded that the sky was blue, I would have to go outside and check myself before I would take their word for it.

Speaking of CBS, they are going to air a show that focuses on a few soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners. There are six soldiers awaiting court martial and the show is based on them. Can’t wait till Al-Jazeera picks up this one and flashes it all over the America hating world of the Middle East. This may be CBS’s best contribution to the antiwar effort yet!

ABC’s Contribution to the War Effort

Not to be outdone by CBS, ABC will air The Fallen. For thirty minutes, Ted Koppel will read the names of our soldiers and show their pictures as a tribute to them. I love this quote “The program's team had considered airing the special in conjunction with Memorial Day but opted to run it a month earlier. "Memorial Day might have been the most logical occasion on which to do this program, but we felt that the impact would actually be greater on a day when the entire nation is not focused on its war dead," Koppel said. (Nellie Andreeva)" Yes, they are right. The impact would be greater on a day when we aren’t focused on our war dead. On Memorial Day, numbers like 55,000+ for Vietnam and 300,000+ for WWII casualties come to mind. That might put some perspective on the 500+ deaths in Iraq. Now we wouldn’t want that, would we? (If the quote sounds unintelligible to you, I apologize. It is copied straight off this website.)

A little more perspective. 4/27/04 marks the 60th anniversary of a D Day training exercise that killed more soldiers in one night then the Iraq War has in a year.

The Second Time Around

Hillary pulls a Britney Spears “Oops, I did it again.” It was bad enough when Hillary showed up in Iraq and Afghanistan last November and made political points by demoralizing troops with her comments about doubts back home about the decisions that were being made by their Commander in Chief. When she does it a second time, no more excuses. Here's what the Iraqi Minister of the Interior had to say about the first trip. I picked this up on Scarborough Country last night and the transcripts aren't available yet out on MSNBC. The good Senator's office (I use the term "good" loosely here) placed calls to NBC's President yesterday demanding a retraction that she had spoken to an Arab newspaper giving comfort to the enemy. Scarborough said her office denied the interview even took place to begin with at 9 am and by 4 pm had a whole different spin on it. Here's the link to the original article I read about her most recent interview. The bottom line here is that Hillary is no idiot. She may be cold and calculating, but she is not an idiot. Once again, a US Senator has put politics ahead of the safety of our troops. Sedition at the very least.

I realize that this is an election year and that the opposing party has to distinguish themselves from the incumbent party to compete. My request is that you use an ounce of common sense and decency when you do it and not give comfort to the enemy during a war. How about something along these lines? "Our military has done a phenomenal job and continues to do so today and everyday. We are winning this war and we can accelerate that victory by doing it faster, better, and cheaper with my plan.”

The caveat here is that you must have a plan to do it faster, better, and cheaper that you can sell to the American voter. If your arsenal is empty on this point, SHUT THE HELL UP! All of our safety depends on it.

Replies: 2 Comments

The CBS/NYT poll had roughly 35% Democrat, 29% Republican respondants. The country as a whole is 36/36 (28% other).

Gary and the Samoyeds said @ 04/29/2004 04:18 PM MST

Gary,

Thanks, that helps put it in perspective and explains that strange skew.

Leslie said @ 04/29/2004 06:39 PM MST