For what it’s worth, Joe Klein’s son Chris is a great guy. -ed
“Listening to the leftists, though, it’s easy to assume that they are rooting for an American failure.”
Ah yes…where have I heard that before? Let’s see…Hannity,
O’Reilly, Limpbaugh, etc? Outside of a few “I’m outraged Bush…” and
“I opposed the Iraq war…” you just parroted a bunch right-wing
extremist talking points about liberals. Saying I, as a proud liberal
or leftist even, am “rooting for an American” failure is an incredible
insult…much more than any juvenile name calling that takes place in
blog comments.
How’s this: You can support the troops, and also want them alive and
out of harm’s way. See how that works? It’s really quite a simple
concept if you think about it. We want our military strong so it can do
what it is supposed to do – defend our Republic. Most liberals I know
don’t feel the US Military should be invading countries that pose no
threat to us, and then stay there for 4, 6, 10+ years to nation and
base-build. God help us if an actual threat presents itself to America
while our troops are giving Iraq “peace and stability” through the
barrels of their guns.
So, does it ever cross my mind that General (du jour) Patraeus might
calm Baghdad? Of course that would be fantastic, and our troops can
come home and the Chimperor-in-Chief can eat pretzels all the way back
to Kennebunkport. Problem is…that’s not the point.
The point is that our troops are being killed everyday there. Do you
and Lieberman really think the McCain Doctrine can work? 140,000 troops
haven’t been even close to enough to bring stability to Iraq. Y’all
think 20,000-40,000 more will do it, and you’re willing to wager the
lives of potentially thousands more of our brave soldiers? Therein lies
the difference in opinion between “leftists” like me, and you Mr. Klein.
Notice how I haven’t questioned your patriotism. Please stop questioning mine.
::Tullycast:: 