How Else Can They Disgrace Our Military?
Sep 16, 2004 Military
I just got back in town after a few days on a business trip. I was catching up on the political news when I saw something at Drudge that made my blood boil. MoveOn.org Is putting out a commercial that shows an American Fighting Man in a position of surrender. I can not for the life of me figure out how many ways people can come up with to disgrace our wonderful men and women in uniform. I do not know if this is a staged picture but I would be surprised if it was from the war.
The second paragraph of the soldiers creed states:
I will never surrender of my own free
will. If in command I will never surrender my soldiers while they still
have the means to resist.
Now I know that John Kerry is going down faster than an intern in the Clinton administration but I can not imagine how desperate they must be to pull a stunt like this. Kerry had a definite impact on the war in Vietnam by protesting upon his return. He now claims to be a war hero and he is correct. To the Vietnamese he is.
His campaign is in disarray and he is losing states that have traditionally been democratic strongholds. In addition, he is losing the support of unions, something unheard of for the democrats. He just went to the National Guard Association Meeting in Las Vegas to address the troops and told them he wanted to thank them. He talked about how the troops needed the leadership that he could provide. Well, they certainly don’t need the leadership a traitorous war protestor can provide and they don’t need the leadership of a man who lets his surrogates air ads that present an unfavorable and humiliating picture of our service members.
Shame on MoveOn.org and the Kerry campaign. He has once again shown his disdain for the military and displayed them in an unfavorable light during a time of war. Once again he is providing our enemies with ammunition by fueling anti-war sentiment in the U.S. and abroad. How can anyone with half a brain actually believe this man can lead our wonderful country?
To their credit, our soldiers at the convention gave Mr. Kerry polite applause. However, it was not like the reception the president received and some of the troops actually left when he spoke.
I told you the second paragraph of the Soldier’s Creed, here is the first:
I am an American Soldier. I serve in the
forces that guard my country and our way of life. I am prepared to
give my life in their defense.
Unfortunately, Kerry and his surrogates do not understand this creed or the brave people who live by it. Now, because of them, our enemies will probably be inspired to take more of those lives.
We Don’t Exploit Our Dead, We Honor Them
Sep 9, 2004 Military
As everyone knows by now, the death toll in the war on terror has surpassed 1000 with regard to members of the military. We were well over 1000 dead on 9-11, but of course that goes unreported. Now we see that several newspapers have printed thumbnail pictures of all the service members killed in the Global War on Terror (GWOT). This is an election year and the stakes are high. The race is tight and the nation is divided. So what does the media wing of the democratic party do? They publish the pictures of our war dead. Now I know that there are many who would look at this as an honor paid to our troops. I would agree if the pictures were posted as they died. It is obvious to me that the media wing is trying to sway public opinion against the war and the president. They are shamelessly exploiting the heroes of this war to push a political agenda. There was so much outcry when George Bush used pictures of the aftermath of 9-11 early in the campaign. This was viewed as exploitive. Where are those same people now? Why are they not decrying the media’s obvious attempt to use our gallant service members who have paid the ultimate price and their families who have sacrificed so much in this war?
This is a blatant attempt to place dead service members in the consciousness of Americans and edge them toward voting for John Kerry. I think this is so vile it is beyond contempt. You do not see the pictures of the greater than 3000 people who were killed on 9-11 plastered all over the papers, now do you? And why? Because this would be viewed, and rightly so, as crass and contemptible.
I am glad that the right has taken the high road and avoided bringing pain to those who have suffered the most.
Isn’t it amazing? Over 30 years ago John Kerry disgraced our service members upon his return from Vietnam (he was there, in case you haven’t heard). Now, the media wing of the democratic party is doing the same thing hero John did, using our troops to further a political agenda.
May the souls of the men and women who have paid such a high price in this war rest in peace. I know they sit at the right hand of the Father and he is pleased with their work.
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