I am a huge fan of football players. But I don't believe they should play football. In fact, I abhor the game and everything for which it stands. It is after all, discriminatory (only really big strong athletes can play), dangerous ( look at all of the injuries), and a useless outlet for excess testosterone. Besides, I think that the coaches are idiots who love to scream and yell at their players for no reason. However, I really do support those who choose to play the game and devote their life and risk their health to participate in this pointless pursuit. I even support the coaches who are wasting their time trying to get people to become the best football players they can be.
I imagine that you may be scratching your head and trying to figure out what I mean. I am merely applying the same concepts used by the left who say that they support the troops but not the war. Of course, it is the right of every American to express their opinion. But, you can't have it both ways. Either you support the troops and their mission or you don't. It is really very simple.
Democrats have been trying to "cut funding for the war" at the same time they claim "we support the troops". You can't have it both ways. That is in essence saying to the troops, "we love you but we are not going to give you what you need to do the job." Additionally, the enemies of our troops are emboldened as they see support for the troops (pardon me "mission of our troops") wane. I am sure that the semantic nuance is lost on the guys who are building bombs to kill our soldiers. This only makes it even more difficult for the American men and women who are serving their country.
Democrats want a timetable for withdrawal. Yet everything they do actually makes the job of our troops more difficult and less likely that the mission will wind down. So the very thing that they ostensibly claim to want is less likely to occur as a result of their actions.
Mistakes were made and nothing in life is certain. It is a rare occasion when outcomes can be known in advance. War is certainly no exception. I fully support the right of those who are against the war to speak out. However, I do expect them to honestly state their opinion. I also believe that actions speak louder than words and I only hear the actions of Democrats who are undermining our troops each time they open their mouths and follow it with "but we support the troops."
You can not say in one breath I support you and in the next do everything in your power to undermine those you claim to support. That would be like a person proclaiming undying love and devotion to their committed life partner while stepping out with a member of the opposite sex who also happens to be their partner's sibling.
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People that "support" the troops but don't support the mission and call for timetables for withdrawal should listen to Michael Durant speak. He was the surviving pilot in that debacle in Mogadishu that inspired the book and movie "Black Hawk Down". In short, he makes the point that terrorists/warlords/guerillas were VERY emboldened by their ability to drive out a relatively small force form the region. This failure was a result of a political failure on the part of William Jefferson Clinton and not in anyway a reflection of the bravery, skill, and dedication of the men who fought and lost their lives there.
If these terrorist maniacs are emboldened to continue attacks by driving out a few hundred soldiers, how much more so will they be if a force of nearly 150,000 surrenders….err, sorry…."redeploys"? Even if, for the sake of discussion, we accept all the liberal platitudes of "Bush's War For Oil" and "Bush Lied, People Died", given the lessons history has taught us, how can anyone not agree this needs to be seen through to a clear and concise victory, no matter how long it takes? You can grumble all you want that it never should have been started at all. Reasonable people can debate that and in many years history might have a verdict. But it has started and there are some stark realities that come with that reality - ones that bumper stickers are not well equipped to deal with.
This is another point of view from a Marine...he makes 5 main points for his support of the war in Iraq. 4 of the 5 you have never heard about if you only listen to main stream media and the one you have, mass graves, was really only glossed over.
So my liberal friends, if you won't support a mission to stop what this Marine describes, how bad does it have to get before you will?
One more thing. When you read his 4th point, ask yourself, what could have possibly caused what he is describing? Mmmmm…still so SURE Bush lied about WMD?
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/MarcoMartinez/2007/10/01/marine_hero_the_5_things_i_saw_that_make_me_support_the_war?page=full&comments=true
"Football and Life" . . .
Hey Tim, before you lay the Mogadishu fiasco at the doorstep of President Clinton, you must realize what the man had at stake when he made the decision to cut and run.
Bill Clinton had to consider his popularity with the far left, his legacy (smirk!), not to mention the "Presidential-grade wisdom" provided by countless focus groups -- also known as "checking to see which way the wind is blowing" at the moment. (Sorry for putting "Clinton" and "blowing" in the same sentence.)
After all, why should he risk a shred of his personal popularity in service to the future well-being of the United States of America?
Yes, his actions did send a message to our enemies -- that we are a bunch of cowards who can't stay the course -- but you will have to admit, Slick Willy's approval ratings were flying high, and that's what really counts when it comes to Presidential leadership. Right? --BJP
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