War of Wits

If I hear one more politician tell me how much they care for and support our veterans, I’m going to hurl.

While spending nearly six months in Balboa Naval Hospital in the early 1990’s, they brought me in a “roomie”. He was about 19; a young Airborne Private who was on a night training jump. His parachute did deploy, but he thinks someone else’s chute underneath him stole his air. He fell pretty hard from about three thousand feet. They brought him in late at night and after determining there was no paralysis or other serious injury, decided to transfer him the next day. But it was late, he was hungry and the galley was closed. The nurse told him he’d have to wait until breakfast to eat.

Absolutely fuming, I shot her a death glance and I then took it upon myself to walk -IV pole trailing- to the base McDonald’s to buy that kid a cheeseburger and a Coke®. I came to the cold realization that this country will never do enough to repay it’s veterans; that we’d have to take care of ourselves. He left the next day. I never saw him again. We shook hands as he was wheeled out and that was it. I never caught more than his last name - now long forgotten. It didn’t matter. I knew if we ever crossed paths again, that he was good for it.

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The United States is well on its way to Marxism and may be further along than many people thought. It is well known that there are many professors in American universities that espouse Marxist, collectivist viewpoints. They do so openly.

But how far does this go? How harmful is a bunch of hippie Marxist rhetoric? Aren’t these just the rantings of some isolated loons? The argument I will put forth says that it is all around us. It permeates everything. It influences our thoughts and deeds. It is used by the UN. It is used by Democrats. Hell, it is even used by Republicans in the Senate. It is used by anyone pushing any sort of globalist agenda. Karl Marx would be proud.

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Early indications are that John Edwards is having a spot of trouble.

After hiring, supporting, and then finally accepting the resignation of Amanda Marcotte -a vitriolic Christophobe- as his campaign blogger, he went on television trying to argue that Jesus would be offended at the greed and indifference of the average American. Now it seems that several key endorsements from his home state of South Carolina are slipping away. And thus begins a case study in hypocrisy.

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deploy [v] de – ploi (Fr.) déployer, literally, to unfold.

1). to extend (a military unit) especially in width. to place in battle formation or appropriate positions. 2). to spread out, utilize, or arrange for a deliberate purpose <deploy a sales force> <deploy a parachute> 3). to move, spread out, or function while being deployed <the troops deployed along the front> <the parachute failed to deploy> © 2007 Merriam Webster Inc.

I’m sick and tired of this debate. I’m sick and tired of watching while a bunch of defeatists determine the fate of this nation based on their contortions of the English language. Conservatives have –for far too long– allowed liberals to define the terms of the political debate. Case in point: This notion of “phased redeployment”. Democrats have seized on this term. It is painfully obvious that the definition of “deploy” means that you are going to use something for the purpose it was intended. In the military’s case, that is to blow things up and kill people.

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moderate - mod? er ? ate (’mä d(&) r&t - 1). [adj.] Avoiding extremes in behavior or expression. Observing reasonable limits. 2). [v.] Tending toward the mean or average amount or dimension. Having average or less than average quality. Mediocre. 3). [n.] Professing or characterized by political or social beliefs that are not extreme. © 2007 Merriam Webster Inc.

When examined in gross detail, the English language is one of rich expression. But it can also be used in many negative ways. One can use it to misinform and therefore to manipulate people. One can also use it stroke one’s own ego into erroneously thinking that their belief systems represent the values of the vast majority of Americans. Take the word “moderate” for example. John McCain (R.I.N.O. - AZ) is a self-professed “moderate”. But in whose opinion? There is nothing moderate about a sitting United States Senator conspiring with other Senators to circumvent the will of the overwhelming majority of Americans by rewarding millions of foreign criminals with coveted US citizenship.

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“The tears sliding down my face are not a sign of weakness - they affirm a father’s love for his Marine son” - Darryl Sharratt on his son, USMC Lance Corporal Justin Sharratt

* Photo of Justin in Fallujah, Iraq - courtesy of the Sharratt family

 Lance Corporal Justin Sharratt is a decorated United States Marine. He fought in the battle for Fallujah, modern urban combat at it’s worst, involving house-to-house and hand-to-hand fighting that killed some of Justin’s fellow Marines. But for Justin, Fallujah was only the beginning.

Justin’s father Darryl wants the world to know that although Justin is home from Iraq, he’s still fighting for his life. Justin is charged with three counts of unpremeditated murder during an ambush followed by a ferocious firefight in Haditha, Iraq in November, 2005. When we spoke last Saturday, Darryl sounded upbeat. He had just gotten off the phone with one of his attorneys, while his wife Theresa was one the line with another. He explained that the attorneys seemed satisfied with the progress of defense discovery.

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Last week, I made the case that liberals lacked the will and the spine to fight when necessary. Liberal opposition to that column was minuscule but very loud, which is in and of itself, stereotypically liberal. There is yet to be one cogent, coherent liberal argument why we should allow Iraq to fall under the control of al Qaeda, because a US withdrawal could mean just that.

All they can muster is some name-calling and emotional arguments that we are the aggressors who bombed the hell out of innocent Iraqis. Oh yeah, they also love the troops and want them to come home. That and some nutty conspiracy theories that the US wants Iraqi oil or permanent bases so the neo-conservatives can take over the world is all they’ve got. The reason why John Murtha’s treasonous strategy is a non-starter and the reason why liberals are now beginning to lose momentum on the debate over the war, is that they are –once again– appealing to emotion instead of reason and ignoring the real central issues of the Iraq debate. The truth and consequences.

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