How NOT to support the troops

Stevie Wunder could see it from space. Anyone who remembers the late 60s and early 70s can spot the signs. The Left is gearing up to go after the troops since they can’t change the course of the war in Congress in hopes to discourage a new, young generation from considering a stint in the military.

Of course, the early signs were that huge, stupid poster we all witnessed out in California or Oregon or some-damn-where hippies are allowed to be as stupid and smelly as they like that read “We support the troops when they kill their officers”. That was about as lame and intellectually vacant as anything the Left has ever written – encouraging soldiers to volunteer for life imprisonment.

Last year, Joshua Sparling, an amputee soldier, was spat upon by an anti-war protester in DC. They can’t even be original sometimes.

We’ve had politicians like Dick Durbin, John Murtha, John Kerry, John Edwards who have all taken turns slandering the troops and minimizing their sacrifice to this country. That sets us up for this coming weekend.

Crotchety Old Bastard reports that the whole Haditha thing might be a complete fabrication from the NCIS investigators. (I never trusted that Mark Harmon anyway) It was the whole reason Murtha used on ABC to justify bringing the troops home (or redeploying them to Guam or some-damn-where).

Robin at Chickenhawk Express has trolled the depths of the Democrat, anti-national security websites and assembled quotes from the various commenters that all seem to disparage General Petraeus – who, by the way is one of the troops. Notice his uniform? That’s how I recognize the troops whom I thank for their service around this town – regardless of their rank.

Dadmanly goes after the ACLU and Time Magazine for blowing US committed atrocities out of proportion to turn the public against our sons and daughter.

Gateway Pundit, Hang Right Politics’ Kathy and Michele Malkin catch MoveOn.org calling the good general a traitor. A traitor to what, for Pete’s sake? How utterly vacuous to call a general a traitor for merely reporting on the war. The same group of alleged people (alleged because I’m not sure they’re from this planet anymore) who were formed to prevent a president from being impeached on real and damning evidence has now stooped to calling a general a traitor BEFORE HE’S SPOKEN A WORD OF HIS REPORT!

Pete Hegseth at The Weekly Standard reminds us that no general is an island;

Let’s be clear: MoveOn.org is suggesting that General Petraeus has ‘betrayed’ his country. This is disgusting. To attack as a traitor an American general commanding forces in war because his ‘on the ground’ experience does not align with MoveOn.org’s political objectives is utterly shameful. It shows contempt for America’s military leadership, as well as for the troops who have confidence in him, as our fellow soldiers in Iraq certainly do.

General Petraeus has served this country for over 35 years with honor, distinction, and integrity. And this is not just about General Petraeus. After all, if General Petraeus is “cooking the books,” then the entire military chain of command in Baghdad, and all the staff, military and civilian, who have been working with General Petraeus are complicit, since Petraeus did not write his report in isolation. They are all, apparently, ‘betray[ing] us.’

They, the Left, just picked General Petraeus as their target because they think they did a clever job of misspelling his name so the sheep can bleat it in unison. They have trouble remembering stuff if doesn’t rhyme apparently. And he wears a uniform.

The Left likes to use the Old Europe concept of generals being rich, connected royalty-types, when in fact the United States armed forces has always been made up of the kids in your neighborhood, the kids who played with your kids, the kids who delivered your newspaper (the VFW has put together a video on that very same subject). There’s no secret farm somewhere upon which are bred secret super-soldiers. They’re bred in your hometown. 

Yeah, I see the Left getting ready for major league troop-bashing. Chickenhawk Express warned me to take my spit shield this weekend – I think I’ll bring my spit bat instead.

Category: Antiwar crowd, John Murtha, Politics, Support the troops, Terror War