I'll answer your question this way Ed, depending on how a question is asked and what group it's targeted towards, a majority of Americans probably believe Bill never stained that dress, or O.J. is innocent, or the Soviet Union fell because of the good natured intelligence of Michael Gorbechev, or Global Warming has caused the spike in Hurricanes, or Dan Rather and CBS news actually conducted an investigation instead of a Demolib Gotcha piece before the Presidential election.
What's important is not what you believe, or what some poll might suggest, or what some recent talking point memo from DNC headquarters says, what's important is how many of those Americans cared enough to vote, and whether they factored those decisions into their voting process during the Presidential election. And the answer to that question is; you nor I nor anyone else has any idea!
In other words, what you pretend to believe is a known fact is nothing of the sort. It's idle speculation on your part, conjecture, and in many ways wishful thinking after the ball has been snapped. All we know for sure is how they voted on election day. All we know for sure is who they elected to put in office and what platform they ran on. And it's as clear as the words on this screen to anyone with an objective view of the Presidential campaign, those people who were a serious candidate for the Presidency, ran on a platform of continuing the course in Iraq, finishing the mission and defeating the terrorists. NO ONE who was a serious contender ran on a platform of pulling the troops out immediately. *no one*!
Therefore, the question you should ask yourself is this; should our government run its foreign policy decisions related to war based on polls, or DNC talking points, or minority opinions? or should it instead be run based on the vision the candidates put forth while they are a candidate for office?
Before I close this post, let me add one last thing related to Vietnam, because, I believe it causes you a great deal of introspection and difficulty when thinking about this issue. It was horrible how many people died and suffered in Vietnam, but I think the real regret many Americans have is it was seen as a waste. In other words, they died in vein, for no real purpose, goal or vision. In many ways, the mainstream liberal media and posters such as yourself are attempting to paint that same picture in Iraq. Instead of 2000 dying in vein, let's honor their sacrifice by doing everything we can to bring their vision to a successful conclusion. Far more died in WW2, however, their sacrifice is viewed as a noble cause. I think the same could be true in Iraq and Afghanistan if enough Americans put the country before politics.
That's been the real tragedy of this war. Watching party politics take priority over the morale, lives and goals of our country and the free world. It's in no ones interest to see the United States walk away from Iraq with its tail between its legs like we did in Vietnam (except the terrorists). It's in every free nations interests to see us and the free people of Iraq succeed and built a prosperous, free and democratic nation in the heart of the middle east.
So, my question to you and the ones who support your point of view is, who's team are you Ed? |
