Watching the local news
I am staying up too late, watching the local news, and I just saw a very offensive "special report" about some new marine recruits. The photogenic white reporterette seemed genuinely curious how anyone could voluntarily join the military during a time of war. And not with the respect or gratitude that you or I would have for these brave souls, just a sort of detached bemusement one might display over an animal behaving unexpectedly.
"Do you ever feel that the rest of America does not support the war in Iraq?" She asked condescendingly.
"All the time," the marine recruit said. He went on to suggest that a lack of support for the war in Iraq might be the result of forgetfulness regarding 9/11. Without having the courage to say it to his face, the reporterette suggested in a voice-over that "politicians might argue over whether the two are related." If she'd had the decency to stand up for her beliefs the way the recruit did, he might have had the opportunity to point out to her that Saddam harbored and trained Al Qaeda operatives, provided fuselages in which to practice the hijacking of airplanes, defied WMD inspectors, and openly opposed the U.S. in a region where we need all the allies we can get. Even though it would probably be impossible to convict Saddam of direct involvement in the 9/11 attacks in a court of law, we do have proof he was one of the world's top sponsors of Al Qaeda (remember: the people who did the 9/11 attacks), and the case for his removal was airtight - and the U.S. is safer now than in 2002.
It's sad that our men in uniform feel like Americans don't support the war they're (voluntarily!) risking everything to fight. It's even sadder that there are people in (somewhat) influential positions in the media who will go out of their way to make them feel that way, smugly quoting their regurgitated distortions all the while.
Hats off to all the men and women sacrificing for our freedom and that of Iraq. The strong right straight humbly and gratefully salutes you.
SRS
"Do you ever feel that the rest of America does not support the war in Iraq?" She asked condescendingly.
"All the time," the marine recruit said. He went on to suggest that a lack of support for the war in Iraq might be the result of forgetfulness regarding 9/11. Without having the courage to say it to his face, the reporterette suggested in a voice-over that "politicians might argue over whether the two are related." If she'd had the decency to stand up for her beliefs the way the recruit did, he might have had the opportunity to point out to her that Saddam harbored and trained Al Qaeda operatives, provided fuselages in which to practice the hijacking of airplanes, defied WMD inspectors, and openly opposed the U.S. in a region where we need all the allies we can get. Even though it would probably be impossible to convict Saddam of direct involvement in the 9/11 attacks in a court of law, we do have proof he was one of the world's top sponsors of Al Qaeda (remember: the people who did the 9/11 attacks), and the case for his removal was airtight - and the U.S. is safer now than in 2002.
It's sad that our men in uniform feel like Americans don't support the war they're (voluntarily!) risking everything to fight. It's even sadder that there are people in (somewhat) influential positions in the media who will go out of their way to make them feel that way, smugly quoting their regurgitated distortions all the while.
Hats off to all the men and women sacrificing for our freedom and that of Iraq. The strong right straight humbly and gratefully salutes you.
SRS
posted by weblogbob83 at 2:50 AM
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Too bloody right.
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