Posted on 08/05/2005 10:33:33 PM PDT by WackySam
WE DON'T SEND KIDS TO FIGHT. WE SEND MEN AND WOMEN
I recently watched Michael Moore bait Bill O'Reilly on O'Reilly's TV show into answering the emotionally charged and completely beside-the -point question, "Would you send your child to fight this (Iraq) war?" O'Reilly squirmed and aimlessly pointed his pencil, knowing he had been asked something "every mother and father worry about." He had to scramble fast to the high ground on this one and since he's "looking out for you" he sputtered something about how he would never send his kid but that it was really "the President's call."
I screamed the only truthful answer at the television, knowing no one would hear it and, worst of all, no one would be figuring it out for themselves anytime soon.
To call the great professional men and women who serve in our armed forces "kids" is a common semantical tactic employed by my Poseur Leftist friends. They know that by tossing this little hand grenade the hope one would have for a debate on fact, as opposed to hysterical rumor, flies right out the window. Who can not, at a moment like that, bow their head, and ponder ever so deeply, the meaning of children dying in a war.
Ladies and Gentlemen, calling these great people, part of the best trained and best equipped military in the history of the world, "kids" is an obscene insult.
It is, frankly, intended as one.
It implies that these volunteer men and women are unable to decide for themselves their choice of career and unable to understand the mission they are on. It also sets up the "baby-killer" and "torturer" posit, should my phony-left, anti-war friends choose to use it. And finally, it allows my Posing Left pals to pretend solicitude and sympathy for these poor, unfortunate, thoroughly manipulated-by-George Bush "kids." Then they combine the term "kid" in relation to our soldiers with a tireless search of the Internet for pictures of dead Iraqi babies. They put the two together and, for the brain-dead, have successfully inferred that our men and women in uniform are, in fact, war criminals. And they did it all without having to think or reason through anything. This is what is called propaganda, a sort of slap-dash Fahrenheit 9/11.*
Calling professional and very adult American soldiers "kids" is only one component of the emotional ammo dump the Poseur-Left keeps in supply. Unsubstantiated but oft-repeated and provocative charges of war crime, torture and over-kill keep the easily confused all the more easily confused. The very people who ask for infinitesimal and undeniable proof of WMD's and terror links offer nothing but ludicrous rumor and gossip to bolster their arguments. I will now defuse the more popular hysterics my Phony-Leftist friends engage in:
There is no proof that 100,000 Iraqis have been killed by coalition fire since the beginning of the war contrary to claims. The Johns Hopkins Report is flawed and "incomplete" by the admission of the very people who compiled it. Maybe the people who cite it should read it
There is no proof of a cover-up at Abu Gharib. This is still being jaw-jacked. In fact, the Army press release announcing its investigation was out three months before the press picked it up. You know, press release...press? Get it?
There is no proof that MURDER or RAPE was committed at Abu Gharib, a charge made early and often. We were promised pictures, testimony, the whole enchilada. Nothing.
There is no proof that torture has been used at Guantanamo, despite, as one e-mailer said to me, it was "undeniable and fully substantiated." The Geneva Accords are very clear as to what constitutes torture. Among techniques ALLOWED under the Geneva Accords are sleep deprivation and the use of lights. Again, the people that cite them ought to read them.
Guys like Moore keep meticulous records and files on every soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan that ever sent an e-mail expressing fear, doubt and loneliness. Unquestionably, these are the moods, however vacillating, of the soldier. For Moore, they represent a new tune to jam in the juke box. It's called "Our Soldiers Are Afraid And Don't Like George." It's actually a re-recording of one done in 1970 called "Our Soldiers Don't Believe In This Bull Crap War No More." Play it loud and often and this minority of depressed and frightened soldiers becomes a Vietnam-style majority. All we need are hundreds of thousands of mothers marching in the streets of Iowa with coffins containing their dead sons for the whole "Power to the People," glory-of-it-all to kick in.
After asking us to swallow these boatloads of horse dung, wipe our mouths and smile, the Posers on the Left are not near finished. They can now solemnly claim they "support the troops." Or maybe it's "support the kids?" Ask the professional men and women who are our pride and honor in Iraq if they buy it. Their answer is to support the troops you must support their mission. So Poseurs, you can step off with that baloney too.
Since the beginning of the war in Iraq, our country has lost IN COMBAT 1449 men and women. (I took that from Anti-War.com. It might be bull crap but I figure they have no interest in revising the number DOWN. The more dead for them, the better) That is roughly 700 men and women a year. The Vietnam war took around 3,000 soldiers a year. In World War Two, we would lose up to 2,000 soldiers in one battle. That was the same World War Two embraced by liberals and leftists.
Never has a war been prosecuted in a more moral fashion, from the attempt at taking Hussein out early, before the commencement of hostilities, with sea-based missiles to the rules of engagement card that every American soldier carries with him to the open prosecution of the Abu Gharib principles to the humanity of our great men and women handing out candy or providing medicine to the Iraq people.
And never has an American soldier been more misrepresented, exploited and belittled by a so-called anti-war movement than today's American soldier in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Phil
Cool to see Phil, who claims to be a lifelong democrat, chime in. His show is sometimes hilarious as well.
If you can't stand behind our troops, STAND IN FRONT OF THEM! Maybe that's where Moore and his ilk should be standing......in front of "the kids".
bttt
Just damn, Phil. Didn't know ya had it in ya. Ping and bump!
Dems can't understand maturity beyond dressing up. If they wear nice clothes, then they feel soooo grown-up...
Oh, and drink wine, not beer. That'll help.
Yeah, "kids, or boys & girls." This terminology irks me to no end. I have heard this bs, from left and right media, for the last 40 yrs. Although, President Ronald Reagan, never used those denigrating terms, not once.
I remember seeing that program with BOR and Michael Moore.
The guys was a frigging slob. The kind you would like to walk up to when he is talking his garbage and punch in the throat.
Like I always say about sending "children" to war:
If they cannot be trusted to make mature decisions on the battlefield or with their lives, why are we letting them cast ballots?
This is followed by...
By law, someone 18 or older is not a "child". If you disagree with the legal limit, petition your legislator to get it changed.
Phil's show is hilarious! I've never laughed so hard...it's therapudic. He's a comic genius, and a respectable Democrat (old school).
BUD!
What children are you talking about?
I've never had more rage at someone than when Michael Moore whines about Bush 'sending our kids' into battle. The disrespect and ignorance it shows is incredible.
That is my point. They aren't. Moore uses the word for emotional appeal. The folks fighting in Iraq are not "Children". Sorry for any confusion.
Did I think I was a child then?...No.
Do I now think a 19 or 20 yr old is an adult?...No.
No biggie. I am a grumpy VFW/DAV bastard about some points of view. Thanks for the clarification.
Hey Michael, they are warriers you puke!
Exactly: They are... PROFESSIONAL... WARRIORS!
Awesome! Thanks for the ping!!!!!!
No, I would never send my child to go fight in any war, but if he or she should join one of our armed forces of his or her own volition, then I would be one very proud parent.
.
Great big thanks for your service!
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.