Friday, November 18, 2005
The War In Iraq
I can hardly believe the nation discussion that going on right now concerning our presence in Iraq. First, there was the Senate vote this past Tuesday. Yesterday some Congressman I've never heard of before said some really ill-advised things. But this story absolutely galled me.
Let me get this straight -- we are having to defend ourselves concerning the legal use of legitimate weapons when every single move made by our enemy in Iraq is an illegal form of combat. Do you think booby-traps, IED's in military parlance, are within the Geneva Convention? Our men and women in uniform take much higher risks than would otherwise be the case in order to follow the conventional rules of war. This is just heinous.
Ah, but it all becomes clear:
Once his ugly mug is in the picture, it's pretty obvious what we are facing - political opportunism. (Just an aside -- there is that whole tradition of former Presidents keeping their mouths shut about policy matters) Anyway, the press, in its never ending campaign to find out what is wrong in anything, has succeeded in reducing the poll numbers concerning Iraq to the point that the Dems are jumping on it in an effort to recapture some political momentum. What's much worse though is that many Republicans seem to be playing along. They already have political momentum and are so afraid of losing it that they are failing to lead.
It's despicable. They play with the lives of our uniformed services when they do things like this. They don't support them, they take a very large (*&% on them.
Yeah, call your Representatives and Senators and tell them what you think. But tell the guy next door too. Introduce him to your favorite milblogger. Tell him about the good stuff that is happening. Make the case to everyone you know.
Let me get this straight -- we are having to defend ourselves concerning the legal use of legitimate weapons when every single move made by our enemy in Iraq is an illegal form of combat. Do you think booby-traps, IED's in military parlance, are within the Geneva Convention? Our men and women in uniform take much higher risks than would otherwise be the case in order to follow the conventional rules of war. This is just heinous.
Ah, but it all becomes clear:
Once his ugly mug is in the picture, it's pretty obvious what we are facing - political opportunism. (Just an aside -- there is that whole tradition of former Presidents keeping their mouths shut about policy matters) Anyway, the press, in its never ending campaign to find out what is wrong in anything, has succeeded in reducing the poll numbers concerning Iraq to the point that the Dems are jumping on it in an effort to recapture some political momentum. What's much worse though is that many Republicans seem to be playing along. They already have political momentum and are so afraid of losing it that they are failing to lead.
It's despicable. They play with the lives of our uniformed services when they do things like this. They don't support them, they take a very large (*&% on them.
Yeah, call your Representatives and Senators and tell them what you think. But tell the guy next door too. Introduce him to your favorite milblogger. Tell him about the good stuff that is happening. Make the case to everyone you know.
