During his weekly radio address the President took a deserved opportunity to tout a few of the successes our brave soldiers have accomplished on the battlefields of Iraq. He trumpeted the state of Ramadi and Anbar as signs that the tactics are working and Al Qaeda is off balance and on the run.I expected the Democrat Response to his message to be some scathing denial of the progress and how we have "lost" this conflict and nothing can be done to change that. Instead the Defeat-o-crats roll out Ellen Tauscher, D-California, will a rambling statement about how the war has depleted our military and only "her bipartian" legislation can save the military from the insane policies of this administration.
It amazes me how these fruits speak about military matters as experts and authorities having never once served a single day in a combat zone, but they have all the answers. Rubbish, the only thing this Democrat Congress has is an ever growing problem with their surrender policy in a conflict that obvious isn't lost after all.
As a retired military man who has served in a war zone and dozens of other less than desirable places I can say this. When in uniform I understood as my compatriots did, there were going to be times we had to put aside ourselves for the good of the mission. Liberals will never ever understand the mind of the common G.I. because they can't get themselves out of the way long enough to see that there are indeed times when the good of the many outweigh the good of the few.
A soldiers indoctrination in the military is about driving this point home. Transforming selfish motives into selfless actions. Its a part of that "brainwashing" we in the military are forced to endure, yea right. As aforementioned, it is idiotic notions like this that prevent these liberal geniuses from seeing the truth.
If you ask a G.I. in Iraq if he wants to go home what do you expect him or her to say? No, I really like it here, I hope I can come back to visit. I do not think so. If you go to South Korea and ask a G.I. serving there the same question you would get the same answer as from the one in Iraq, Hell Yes, get me out of this God forsaken hell hole!
Families of soldiers, sailors and airmen are hit hard by these deployments, I am not denying that. But unlike the liberals in Hollywood and San Francisco these patriotic people understand the necessity for sacrifice. They understand and believe in duty, honor, country. DO they like having their loved one in harm's way, of course not. But, they know its part of serving.
When you serve you know these types of missions can come along. And if you don't or just want game the system for educational benefits or enlistment bonuses then you don't belong in the uniform. The U.S. military is an entity founded and sustained by honor. When you join the military expects you uphold the oath you take when you are sworn in. They expect you to have made the decision to serve for the correct reasons. That oath says you will serve where and when needed by the President. And that often means where bad guys are shooting at you. It goes like this:
"I, (NAME), do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
And the part that liberals really love; "So help me God."
So really what was Ellen Tauscher's point? Nothing, it's just another political smoke screen to hide their idiotic stand on the Iraq War. An attempt to shift focus away from the encouraging news coming out. The fact is that the ground is crumbing from beneath their collective liberal feet each time another word of progress leaks through the press. And the ruse that public opinion supports them is evaporating daily.
