Can liberal elites — who view the US military (when not under their direct control) as a tool of destruction that spawns more evil than Islamic fascists, terrorists, and desperate Communist dictators combined — be trusted to assume the authorship and…

A few weeks ago, Newt Gingrich generated a great deal of criticism by suggesting that if Nancy Pelosi were to be elected Speaker of the House, she would bring San Francisco values to Washington DC. Liberals automatically assumed that Newt…

or the sake of this and future generations–vote. Vote as though your life depended on it – for it just might. Pelosi has said that this election “shouldn’t be about National Security.” If the Democrats retake the House, she will have been right…

Libs don’t get it, we join the service hopin’ we never hafta fire a shot, we are there to deter. Nobody hates war as much as those who do the fighting, but when our country is attacked, or in danger of being attacked WE KICK ASS so that those who can’t fight won’t have to. Why is that so hard for libs to understand? Why do they think we hope and pray for a chance to kill somebody? We’d much rather win a war the way we beat the Soviets, without shootin’ any of ‘em. But when you attack us or threaten to attack us we will ENJOY destroying your meager little army, air force and navy and we’ll cheer when we watch live footage of your million dollar tanks being knocked out by our thousand dollar bombs.

So if soldiers are drafted they are victims, but if they volunteer they are evil mercenaries. Absolutely no room for honor and character in left wing thinking.

Not only are they incapable of understanding things like honor and character, they refuse to believe that they even exist. Like someone else said, they hate us for the things they lack in themselves. Plus they hate us for our moral certitude–apparently there’s just not enough “nuance” in defending ourselves against people who are actively trying to kill us.

As long as you keep your thinking all mushy, you never have to actually do anything about anything. You can be like Constantine, who’s in essence saying (shrilly) “Just because we said we wanted regime change in Iraq doesn’t mean that we actually intended to do anything about it!” Can anyone read this passage and tell me that isn’t the gist of it?

Speaking of typical… the assumption that everybody who said Saddam was a bad guy was advocating invading and occupying the country.

“The United States is providing support to opposition groups from all sectors of the Iraqi community that could lead to a popularly supported government.”

Did you read that part? Because that’s the substance of the resolution. Not bombing campaigns, not invasion.

Oh yeah, the “substance” of the resolution was that we were going to talk a lot and not do jack shit. Because that’s what “working with opposition groups” means. It’s a codeword that liberals love because it sounds like doing something without actually doing anything. Unless one of those “opposition groups” had an army in its back pocket, it wasn’t going to remove Saddam from power. (He was a dictator, and dictators have this thing about liking to be in charge. Maybe he wasn’t hugged enough as a child, I don’t know.) This is why the U.N. is so utterly worthless these days, because aside from John Bolton no one there has a f*cking spine, and all they do is pass meaningless resolutions that no one even pretends have any substance.

The thing is, far as Iraq goes (or Afghanistan, or anything else in the War on Terror), it’s not like liberals were going to be doing any of the heavy lifting anyway. I think most of us in the military would be perfectly happy if they just got out of the way and let us get the job done, instead of obstructing us every step of the way. But of course, once all’s said and done, they’ll do everything they can to take credit for it. Worthless wastes of oxygen.

My father served from 1960-1988. He held a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering. He served because he felt it was a duty–turning down taking over the family business and a pay cut in order to serve. He served in Nam.

I served from 1988-1995. My father served as the commissioning officer and pinned my butter bars on. He got my first Silver dollar for being the first person I saluted. I graduated with a degree in Computer Science and Mechanical Eng. Later got my Master’s in Software Engineering. I served in the first Gulf War and in 23 humanitarian relief missions during my career.

My father and I together pinned the bars on my brother in 1994 and he just got out this past March due to medical retirement. He was a B-52 pilot and graduated with a degree in EE and a Master’s in Physics.

All of us turned down lucrative careers in order to do what we felt was a calling. For 46 years my family served continuously in service to this great country.

In 18 months my son will graduate with a degree in Mathematics from MIT. My father, myself and I will be there to pin his bars on.

We were not poor or rich.

We are not stupid.

Kerry and the rest of the elitist left wing dirtbags who have never truly accomplished anything or sacrificed anything and somehow think they qualify to look down on me can bite me.

I don’t hate them. I don’t pity them.

They aren’t worthy for me to waste one more single moment caring what they think, say, or do. they haven’t earned the right for me to care about them one way or the other.

An old E5 from ‘67

Thanks for keeping my home, my land, my country and my family SAFE!

Whereas the Left stands for whining, emotional, illogical, self absorption. You know, like little children who never grew up.

A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention….

Rodney Dangerfield could run for a mile with this shit. Small wonder that soldiers don’t vote Democrat.

“The United States is providing support to opposition groups from all sectors of the Iraqi community that could lead to a popularly supported government.”

Did you read that part? Because that’s the substance of the resolution. Not bombing campaigns, not invasion.

Of course you missed the point. Even in 1998, Clinton was in favor or removing Saddam. After 9/11 the situation was ratcheted up and a new response was required. (Save your “Saddam didn’t have anything to do with 9/11″ reply. I didn’t say that.) And there was BIPARTISAN support to have Saddam removed by military means as a part of the War on Terror. Your original argument that Republicans are the ones send our troops in to harm’s way is fallacious. Republicans are the ones who will make sure the job gets done, but there was Donk and Republican support for the invasion of Iraq.

We are loosing or country to fools.

Hey, liberty, former Missle Facilities Specialist (PMT) here… I’ll bet your wifes’ colleagues really hated what weapons system you worked on.

dalewalt on November 2, 2006 at 9:26 AM

I was at Grand Forks AFB from 1986-1990, and yes, when they found out I operated a nuclear weapon system, I got cold looks of disdain. One woman, who was very pleasant to me just before I told her what I did , swore at me and walked away. That was an eye-opener.