All the News that is Fit to Print

You have to love the New York Times, the bastion of Truth, Justice, the American Way and the First Amendment. In a fine example of journalistic integrity, they provided MoveOn.org a generous discount on a full page age that defamed the character of the US Commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus before he testified to Congress. This article was then used by hostile members of the Congress to call into question the integrity of the General during said hearing.

It seems obvious to me that this might indicate a slight bias to the left. Of course, I am certain that any self-respecting liberal would deny this and in fact pontificate on the fairness and in fact the courage shown by the paper in "printing the truth." Paid advertising by liberal special-interest groups are truth and paid advertising by anyone else is lies or at best and opinion. I wonder what would be said if one of Rupert Murdoch's outlets gave a similar discount to a conservative organization. I bet the outcry would be deafening. I also believe that the calls for a boycott and Senate investigation would follow immediately.

The fundamental truth is that liberals can't help but vilify the military. It is what they do best. While I think that mistakes have been made in the execution of the war in Iraq, I attribute most of this to the unpredictability of war and the law of unintended consequences, not some grand conspiracy of Bush, Cheney and Haliburton.

While it is perfectly acceptable to question the value of a war, it is entirely unacceptable to besmirch the integrity of the honorable men and women who are serving our country and are doing their best to accomplish their mission and survive. One of the first things that you learn in logic is the invalidity of ad hominem arguments. Ad hominem is the only tool to use when you have nothing better. It is obvious that this is the best that MoveOn. org and others can do when arguing against the war. MoveOn.org certainly has the right to run whatever ad they choose and the New York Times can charge whatever price for they wish for said ad. But, the hypocrisy should be noted. The NYT for the liberal discount they provided and to MoveOn.org for their true message. Liberals constantly say "We support the troops." The truth is that they do not. They pay lip-service to supporting the armed forces but in fact they despise them and everything for which they stand. Liberals learned a lesson from the Vietnam era, don't call the troops "babykillers" as that does not sit well with the majority of people. But, they are doing the same thing albeit with a better spin.

I do believe that it is possible to support the troops and perhaps not support the war. However, I have not yet seen an example that manages to accomplish that goal. What I do see is every effort to protest the war emboldens the people who are fighting against our troops and thus making their jobs more difficult. This in turn acts to demoralize the very same people that MoveOn.org and other profess to be supporting. With friends like that, who needs enemies?

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