Posted on 05/28/2006 2:57:12 PM PDT by primer4500
This is now the 4th Memorial Day since the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Many people and media outlets are looking back at the war. And with that, comes the criticism. Now, I haven't spent much time on FR, but I am suspecting that most FRers are still in support of President Bush's policies. I consider myself a moderate and am critical of many things he has done since taking office. I don't know whether many conservatives feel it is unpatriotic to protest the President, but keep this in mind:
"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants. He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct, his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the Nation as a whole. Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts, and this means that it is exactly necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right. Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile. To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public. Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth, pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else." -Teddy Roosevelt 5/7/1918
Now, before everyone gets all up in my grill about posting this, I will tell you that I also did not support a lot of what Clinton did. He did lie and he did do a lot of wrong. And the accusations against him are true. And the accusations are unpleasant. And if you can't look at both sides of an issue, then you should be criticized as well.
A guy I know from both here and another forum recently self-immolated here...and I wish I knew why.
For all the failings of some of the Mods (too quick to pull the trigger, somehow-inconsistent application of the rules, and acting out others' grudges,) I think FR is one of the best forums (forae??) of the web. It certainly lives up to its conservative origins, and that is how it should be. JimRob has provided us with a great forum...and a way to smack around Lefty trolls!
I may have to try it...I just need to figure out exactly how much to lower my IQ to be an effective troll at DU.
We all have plenty of disagreements with the president, but only a moron goes out of his way to find fault with the CIC in a time of war.
I've talked to a lot of soldiers who've been to Iraq. None of them thought their fallen comrades had died in vain.
IATZ.
Ummm I didn't read past that because you are obviously retarded.
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