"We Support the Troops, Just Not Their Mission"
John Robinson delivers the perfect riposte.
Look, I spent 9 years in the Air Force. The truth regarding military service is this: it runs in families. My father served in the Navy and in the Army. My brothers served in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. What was true for my family was generally true of those with whom I served; there were comparitively few situations where someone was the first in their family to serve.
Most of the leftists spouting the "we support the troops, not the mission" line are liars. They detest the troops. During the first Gulf War, these people used to come out and protest cadets marching to meals. The message was a far cry from "We support you." It remains so today.
How many of these people even KNOW any troops? How many have done anything at all for them, from sending cards or care packages or donating to causes supporting troops and their families? How many have visited them, or talked with them for any length of time beyond hurling invective at their backs then running away?
We used to laugh at the lefties with their silly signs and their chronic hysteria. We stopped laughing out of sheer boredom. They are, after all, mindless parrots repeating what they're told to say, endlessly. You hear exactly the same songs and chants as were deployed during the Vietnam War, replaced Mad Lib-style with the dramatis personae of today. "Hey Hey ____ How many kids did you kill today?", etc.
It's pathetic that not only can the Left today not be bothered to actually think about these issues, they can't be bothered to create new slogans for them.
Fact is, they don't support the troops or the mission. They don't support America. The good news is their support is not needed nor wanted, and they do a great disservice to their own cause simply by pursuing it with their usual half-assed moonbattery.
The only danger lies in politicians believing a shrill caucus of hippie leftovers speaks for more than a handful of America-haters and jihadi tools in this country. The Dhimmicrats, as usual, have mistaken the clown chorus for the vox populi. If Bush does the same, real damage will be done not just to the mission, but to the troops tasked with carrying it out.
And where will the Left's vaunted "support" be then?
Look, I spent 9 years in the Air Force. The truth regarding military service is this: it runs in families. My father served in the Navy and in the Army. My brothers served in the Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. What was true for my family was generally true of those with whom I served; there were comparitively few situations where someone was the first in their family to serve.
Most of the leftists spouting the "we support the troops, not the mission" line are liars. They detest the troops. During the first Gulf War, these people used to come out and protest cadets marching to meals. The message was a far cry from "We support you." It remains so today.
How many of these people even KNOW any troops? How many have done anything at all for them, from sending cards or care packages or donating to causes supporting troops and their families? How many have visited them, or talked with them for any length of time beyond hurling invective at their backs then running away?
We used to laugh at the lefties with their silly signs and their chronic hysteria. We stopped laughing out of sheer boredom. They are, after all, mindless parrots repeating what they're told to say, endlessly. You hear exactly the same songs and chants as were deployed during the Vietnam War, replaced Mad Lib-style with the dramatis personae of today. "Hey Hey ____ How many kids did you kill today?", etc.
It's pathetic that not only can the Left today not be bothered to actually think about these issues, they can't be bothered to create new slogans for them.
Fact is, they don't support the troops or the mission. They don't support America. The good news is their support is not needed nor wanted, and they do a great disservice to their own cause simply by pursuing it with their usual half-assed moonbattery.
The only danger lies in politicians believing a shrill caucus of hippie leftovers speaks for more than a handful of America-haters and jihadi tools in this country. The Dhimmicrats, as usual, have mistaken the clown chorus for the vox populi. If Bush does the same, real damage will be done not just to the mission, but to the troops tasked with carrying it out.
And where will the Left's vaunted "support" be then?
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posted by Teflon at 8:30 AM
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Well said, Teflon.
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