"PLAES DO NOT TOCH THE WAR"

http://annaz.blogspot.com/ ^ | 9/5/06 | AnnaZ

[AnnaZ]

 

 

When it comes to the War on Terror (and Bush and Condi and Rumsfeld...) oh-so-many people are experts, and everyone's a critic. Oh, of course it's usually couched as concern-with-furrowed-brows, but the upshot is the same and you'd have to be a fool today to see anything more benign than a spite-filled desire for America's demise.

Jay Leno, a week or so back, while on the topic of the capture of suicide-liquibombs-on-planes planners, quipped in his opening monologue: "British authorities said they were able to detect the terrorist plot using a surveillance program that the "New York Times” hadn’t got around to exposing yet."

Chortle.

"Oh," an acquaintance of mine pooh-poohed me after I'd quoted it through giggles, "you just believe that's true because you're pro-war." No, frankly I'm simply pro-victory, and only sometimes but not always are they the same thing.

I saw a picture of Cindy "Peace Mom" Sheehan the other day embracing some poor AWOL sucker who was on his way to turn himself in and meet his comeuppance. Isn't there somewhere she can turn herself into? She was wearing an American flag hat and, yet again, a black t-shirt with Arabic writing on it. A young Iraqi was allegedly denied boarding a flight a little while back for wearing the same shirt, yet somehow Jihad Cindy can move about the globe and country in it unimpeded. She wears it often, and I shouldn't know that, but since I do can't we at least get her on some kind of photo-op fashion violation? It makes me think of a bumper sticker I saw last week -- What Would Jackie Wear? Certainly not the same lousy t-shirt over and over again.

Fortunately, however, the act, like the outfit, is getting old. Yes, certainly, Cindy, we got the message... you "will not be silent", and apparently neither will your Islamic brethren whom you not-so-subtly endorse. Doesn't matter though. Less people are listening.

A couple of weeks back, again in reference to the British would-be-bombers, a witty FReeper wrote: "As the Prophet used to say, 'If the shoe fits, there probably aren't enough explosives in it.'" It doesn't matter who I quote that to, it gets a laugh, without qualifying it or explaining it, without preamble. I wonder why that is? Perhaps it's because these things do not happen in a vacuum.

Folks can stutter all they want about peace and protest being patriotic, but when Jay Leno has your number, the punchline is the zeitgeist is you. (Don't go hunting with Dick Cheney and the New York Times aids and abets terrorists.)

The media keeps telling us that a decent percentage of Americans are buying the Bush-brought-down-the-towers conspiracy (talk about vacuum-dwelling... did none of these folks own TVs in September of 2001?) but eventuallly those numbers will dwindle as well, except for the "true believers", of course. Let's face it, there's only so much greedy oil barons can do while still having enough time left over to count all their by-product of gouging whilst still managing to take over Somalia and gang-rape in Australia and disembowel in Nigeria and stone in Iran and behead in Indonesia and burn in France and intimidate in Belgium and murder in Holland and plan commuter carnage in England and Germany and Spain. What stamina.

I'm no expert, but I'm at least smart enough not to criticize that which I know little of and so the best I can contribute is hope and prayer that those in charge can bring about peace through unequivocal victory. Besides, I hate vacuuming.

This morning I was cleaning up in my boys' room after an action-packed long weekend. One whole side was taken up by what appeared to be nothing more than a jumble of stacked books covered with my six-year-olds army toys -- tanks, helicopters, soldiers large, small and Risk-sized, with a few cowboys and Vikings thrown in for good measure. To me, a nonsensical disaster.

I began separating them all into their requisite bins and boxes, clearly, it "felt" to me, the right thing to do. I spotted a scrap of paper next to it all and was already crumpling it and heading towards the trash can when I noticed, on the back of it, some writing. Smoothing it out I read, in all-capital-letters that virtually screamed at me:

PLAES DO NOT TOCH THE WAR

Sometimes, in all our earnestness, we just might not have a clue.

[Lazamataz]

I love you.

[sauropod]

Good to see you around Anna.

"Oh," an acquaintance of mine pooh-poohed me after I'd quoted it through giggles, "you just believe that's true because you're pro-war." No, frankly I'm simply pro-victory, and only sometimes but not always are they the same thing.

You need to change acquaintances. Relatives you are stuck with.

You should ask my SO about "Chomsky House."

[AnnaZ]

The problem in the Middle East is that one party (Islam) hasn't made any preparations for peace during this war.

This is an excellent point, and one that never comes into the debate. It's the old "it takes two to make peace but only one to make war" adage wrought stark and chiding. Yet the critics will not even approach the fruit of this fact, and remain unhumbled by reality. And the blahblahblah goes on and on and on.

Interesting how that which is so simple is somehow so difficult for some to grasp. Peace means submission to the enemy, and we're just not all Centanni.

[AnnaZ]

Aloha, Ronnie.

No, never ever forget.

[AnnaZ]

I've found my "calling" in what I do for our country's security.

Have not missed one single week since Oct 4 2001

I, and a grateful nation, thank you and all your brethren, Tonk.

xo

[AnnaZ]

...we are really fortunate to have so many good people willing to fight to protect our freedom.

Without question. It's humbling. May they be granted safety and swift victory.

[AnnaZ]

Thank you for stopping by.

(And how about dem 'Noles. = )

[AnnaZ]

You're too kind. Miss you! Call me!

= )

[Dust in the Wind]

"I'm no expert, but I'm at least smart enough not to criticize that which I know little of and so the best I can contribute is hope and prayer that those in charge can bring about peace through unequivocal victory. Besides, I hate vacuuming."

Me too, on both counts. I know "peace through unequivocal victory" will happen on that fine day then every knee shall bow. . .till then we soldier on. Thanks Anna.

[AnnaZ]

How you been, kiddo? :-)

Superbusy, but not half bad. And you? Feel free to FReepmail me details.

smooch

[AnnaZ]

Awwwww! Spoilsport! You left the tale unfinished. He had to have given you "the look", or something, when he found out you put his war away. {;^)

LOL. What do you think happened? Just what always must happen in such a situation. He paid my heedlessness no mind and set about rebuilding.

To quote Squidward: "Why do I even bother?"

[AnnaZ]

We must win this. That means that as a nation we should ideally be united. Instead those who think Bush is the devil incarnate, incessantly tear away at the effort, doing their best to demoralize everyone but the terrorists.

Whether Bush is the Great Satan or not, whether Cheney is really Beelzebub, whether Rumsfeld is the Grinch Who Stole Christmas, there is one thing that rises above it all. We either win this and put and end to the notion terrorists can reign supreme, or we surrender our futures once and for all.

...

It is important this issue is kept in front of us. It's important we ponder what the stakes are. It's important that we be determined to win. It's important for us to resolve to drag the Katie Courics, the Cindy Shehan's and the rest of the fruitcakes along with us to victory. It's that important.

Thank you so much, D1, as always, for taking the time to contribute your thoughtful and helpful commentary. It brought to mind this all-time-fave t-shirt:

[AnnaZ]

It gives me no solace from my bleecher row seats to question the powers that be, however I can't but help wondering if those powers and the nation at large has the hutzpah to do it?

We have no choice, and, therefore, must do whatever we can to ensure that we overcome the obstacles, both within and without.

[AnnaZ]

I also think the media's incessant attempts to depict even the smallest setback as just another step to our inevitable defeat is wearing thin.

Cindy Sheehan, Howard Dean, all of them - the more these crazy aunts are let out of the attic, the better.

Most of us will never forget.

"Peace" protests have generally trickled off leaving mostly just the sam ol' hippies to carry the silly signs. In all of Ms. Sheehan's latest photo-ops one cannot help but notice the scores of empty chairs in the background.

Bill Maher might think we're all stupid, but I know we ain't all that dumb.

I'm hopeful.

Thanks for stopping by.

[AnnaZ]

xo

[AnnaZ]

I love you.

You must mean it. There was not one chainsaw reference in your post.

;^)

[Lazamataz]

You, I'd never hack into pieces and immerse in large lye containers that are shipped to the Lawrenceville, GA trash dump.

Not that I'd know anything about that.

[AnnaZ]

Not that I'd know anything about that.

Oh, of course not. And thank you for sparing me from that which you know nothing of. I feel special.

= )

[AnnaZ]

You need to change acquaintances.

Perhaps. But then who would goad them, and trick them into thinking? (I love a challenge!)

[AnnaZ]

. . .till then we soldier on.

Exactly. Onward. And upward.