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Posted on 08/04/2003 9:43:18 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Yeah, man, speak up.... you are freakin' me out!
Since I typically read the Times-Dispatch over breakfast or lunch, I tend to avoid reading Michael Paul Williams. Whine is best served with dinner. But when a friend pointed out to me that Williams confessed that Im not one of those Americans who understands, (Bush visit to Iraq just for show, 12/1/03) I had to take a look. Finally, Williams got something right.We'll see if it gets printed.What Williams doesnt understand is that our troops welcomed with great enthusiasm a Thanksgiving Day visit from their Commander-in-Chief. Williams obviously doesnt understand that the vast majority of our troops, while they would certainly prefer to be at home, know theyre there to do a job, and are determined to do it. Williams also obviously isnt hearing directly from the troops, and hes not receiving emails like this one I told him that had I known that I was the one talking to him I would have wanted my soldiers there and how much of a moral booster this was to the soldiers. He then said we support you, America supports you and we took some pictures It was so cool this has got to be the highlight of my career to be selected for such a great honor as this.
Thats an excerpt shared with me by a family member of one of the soldiers who dined with the President.
Instead, Williams gets his knickers all in a snit because the Presidents visit 1) interrupted his viewing of a dog show and 2) overshadowed the visits by Senators Clinton and Reed. A visit, I might add in which Senator Clinton issued the deplorable statement, We have to exert all of our efforts militarily, but the outcome is not assured."
The outcome is not assured? Way to boost morale Mrs. Clinton for the terrorists.
See, unlike Williams, Clinton and Reed, what most Americans do understand is that we are still at war. Most of us understand that indeed our troops want to come home (we want them home as well) but there is still work to be done.
Williams whines that the President waited until Thanksgiving. Of course, if the President had chosen any other day the whine would have been why couldnt he go boost morale on a holiday?
In his remarks to the troops the President said, You're engaged in a difficult mission. Those who attack our coalition forces and kill innocent Iraqis are testing our will. They hope we will run. We did not charge hundreds of miles into the heart of Iraq, pay a bitter cost in casualties, defeat a brutal dictator and liberate 25 million people only to retreat before a band of thugs and assassins. We will prevail. We will win because our cause is just. We will win because we will stay on the offensive. And we will win because you're part of the finest military ever assembled. And we will prevail because the Iraqis want their freedom.
Whats so difficult to understand?
Corin Stormhands
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Yes! And all my other errands too. The place was mighty picked over but I did manage to find Currier and Ives Christmas Cards! Wheee! They didn't have any of the wreaths I was looking for so I think I'm going to have to brave Bel Air ("Blair" as the locals say) and go to..*gasp*... Michaels. Ugh.
And what, pray tell, would that be? Plotting, I assume?
The configuration I'm trying to do is for different paper sizes
That's short notice, isn't it? In any case, good luck with the interview!
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