Wednesday, December 07, 2005
Trashing Military Service
Where does the Right Wing get off anyway? Ever since Iraq and attack and war have been brought up, the right wing message which is echoed loudly by the MSM is "support the troops" (code for I love bush). Bill O'Reilly told everyone who disagreed with the war to "just shut up!" when the first missles were fired ito Baghdad in March of 2003. But what troops do they "support" and how do they measure military service?
Prior to this, think back to before the 2002 mid-term election and the trashing Max Cleland took, or back even further to the trashing of John McCain' service during the Presidential race in 2000. And 2004, what a disgrace it was to see military service trashed by the Right Wing in America. (You know who you are). And what about Paul Hacket, just this year, 2005, the Right Wing was degrading his service in Iraq as simply a "paper pusher". (Rush)
Now I have never met a veteran of the military who does not support the right to speak out against government policy. Most will tell you they have fought for that right and strongly support it today. Yet the Right Wing would have you believe that by doing so, you are "underminging the troops".
Today we have John Murtha, a highly respected veteran of service past. He's been demoted to a "cut and run coward" and wack job.
It's obvious by the actions and shouting of the Right Wing, that it is NOT the military service of a veteran they admire, it IS their politics and whether or not they still "fall in".
Now imagine a soldier today serving in Iraq or Afghanistan or anywhere who is fulfilling their commitment of duty, if they agree or not with American policy and today's wars. Do they ever wonder if down the road be it tomorrow or next year or 10, or 20, or 30 years that their military service will be be-littled and degraded to a farce? Do you think that a soldier who supports bush fully would offer any less cover fire to a soldier who doesn't? Or the other way around for that matter. Do you think soldiers sit around their quarters calling each other cowards or yellow or commie or liberal or terrorist supporter just because of their politics? What type of cohesiveness would this cause amongst "brothers" in battle?
I am dreading to hear what the Right Wing has to say about young soldiers like Tomas Young, who was paralyzed in the same battle in which Casey Sheehan died, and is hoping to campaign across America for stem cell research with others like him. You see, Tomas is only 22, and he would love to be able to walk again one day if at all possible, he told me in DC. Will they say things like "oh he was too stupid to take cover during battle"... or "he wants to kill babies cuz he can no longer shoot randomly at innocent children in Iraq"? Sick I know, but I put nothing past the hate of the Right Wing towards people that disagree with them.
It is the rhetoric of words that have spewed from the Right regarding military service that guarantees "spitting on the troops" is not over. For them anyway.
update. today, Jan. 18th, buzzflash.com (my favorite web site) linked to this article.
Purple Heartbreakers - New York Times
Prior to this, think back to before the 2002 mid-term election and the trashing Max Cleland took, or back even further to the trashing of John McCain' service during the Presidential race in 2000. And 2004, what a disgrace it was to see military service trashed by the Right Wing in America. (You know who you are). And what about Paul Hacket, just this year, 2005, the Right Wing was degrading his service in Iraq as simply a "paper pusher". (Rush)
Now I have never met a veteran of the military who does not support the right to speak out against government policy. Most will tell you they have fought for that right and strongly support it today. Yet the Right Wing would have you believe that by doing so, you are "underminging the troops".
Today we have John Murtha, a highly respected veteran of service past. He's been demoted to a "cut and run coward" and wack job.
It's obvious by the actions and shouting of the Right Wing, that it is NOT the military service of a veteran they admire, it IS their politics and whether or not they still "fall in".
Now imagine a soldier today serving in Iraq or Afghanistan or anywhere who is fulfilling their commitment of duty, if they agree or not with American policy and today's wars. Do they ever wonder if down the road be it tomorrow or next year or 10, or 20, or 30 years that their military service will be be-littled and degraded to a farce? Do you think that a soldier who supports bush fully would offer any less cover fire to a soldier who doesn't? Or the other way around for that matter. Do you think soldiers sit around their quarters calling each other cowards or yellow or commie or liberal or terrorist supporter just because of their politics? What type of cohesiveness would this cause amongst "brothers" in battle?
I am dreading to hear what the Right Wing has to say about young soldiers like Tomas Young, who was paralyzed in the same battle in which Casey Sheehan died, and is hoping to campaign across America for stem cell research with others like him. You see, Tomas is only 22, and he would love to be able to walk again one day if at all possible, he told me in DC. Will they say things like "oh he was too stupid to take cover during battle"... or "he wants to kill babies cuz he can no longer shoot randomly at innocent children in Iraq"? Sick I know, but I put nothing past the hate of the Right Wing towards people that disagree with them.
It is the rhetoric of words that have spewed from the Right regarding military service that guarantees "spitting on the troops" is not over. For them anyway.
update. today, Jan. 18th, buzzflash.com (my favorite web site) linked to this article.
Purple Heartbreakers - New York Times
