The false outrage of Think Progress
Think Progress has their undies in a bunch because of this Rep. Allen West statement in the Miami Herald about a vote to end the Afghanistan War which failed by just 12 votes;
“Is the Taliban still fighting? I spent 2.5 years in Afghanistan. Just because you kill Osama bin Laden does not mean that the Taliban has stopped fighting,” he said. “Now can we fight a little smarter? Absolutely.”
Asked about efforts to curb U.S. involvement, West said, “I would take these gentlemen over and let them get shot at a few times and maybe they’d have a different opinion.”
Think Progress, of course, extrapolates West’s comments to the Gifford shooting in Tucson;
With the tragic shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) still fresh in Americans’ minds, West’s comments are especially irresponsible.
Can someone explain to me how West suggesting that his peers need a taste of war in order to rationally legislate it compare to Jarod Loughner’s shooting rampage? He’s only asking that they face the same realities their constituents stationed in Afghanistan face every day.
Category: Antiwar crowd, Congress sucks, Terror War
I can ‘splain that for ya, Jonn; they are morons with an agenda.
“Can someone explain to me how West suggesting that his peers need a taste of war in order to rationally legislate it compare to Jarod Loughner’s shooting rampage?”
Because that’s all they got.
In their minds, soldiers are for target practice; politicians are for adoring.
You’re asking us, Jonn? About the only one here that could rationalize that would be Obumblersnake. She could see it clear as anything,,,,,,,,,,
Someone needs to explain to the good Colonel that there’s no fixin’ stupid.
Personally, I could whole-heartedly support a total and immediate withdrawal from Afghanistan, provided that we redeployed all those troops to our border with Mexico with orders to shoot to kill anyone attempting to cross at other than authorized checkpoints.
Tim? I believe LTC West already knows you can’t fix that…lol
Got some news for “Think” Progress, no one on their side remembers that, they’re all busy tweeting and texting about the newest American Idol.
Tim, agree totally on your first point, as to your second? Obumbler will never agree to turn off the tap of dem voters wading the Rio Grande, or trekking across the desert.
Think Progress is designed for one audience: them that lack the capacity to think for themselves, and to discern.
But eventually those folks either go into teaching, or get married, have kids, and become Paulians.