Hope Rides Alone.

This made me feel very sad and powerless. We write what we write, we say what we say. Some of us take more tangible action. I make bawdy jokes about my support of the troops. But in the end, I don't see us stemming the the flow of anti-war sentiment. Of protecting the military from the slings and arrows of the MSM and the moonbats. We will never change the minds of idiots who will use their precious freedom of speech to bash the very people that are willing to die to preserve it. I am angry when I listen to Sen. Dodd, Sen. Collins, Sen. Hagel, etc. But reading this just makes me sad. Still, it was well written and worth reading.

Excellent letter from SGT Jeffers. Unfortunately, it will fall on too many deaf ears. Bill Arkin's article illustrated how almost one half of America truly feels about this war and about the US military: The Arkins, Sheehans, Moores, et al first claim that only those serving in combat or who have lost loved ones in this "senseless" and "illegal" war have any right to voice an opinion on the subject. Anyone else who does is nothing more than a "chickenhawk", "Chairborne Ranger", or member of the "1st Keyboard Division". But as soon as active-duty military members serving in Iraq voice their opinion, and merely ask for the American public's support and understanding, the Arkins / Sheehans / Moores / Kerrys / academics condemn them as murderers and rapists, living opulent lifestyles with obscene amenities in the war zone. And HOW DARE THEY contradict our view of how this war is being conducted!!! Besides, 9/11 was not that big a deal, and did not justify all this war-mongering and oppression of innocent Muslims! America is a hateful, bullying, international pariah!

Maggie – The sad truth is Liberalism is a belief system, the same as choosing to be Christian or Jewish, or whatever. However, unlike Christianity, which places it’s faith in the undisputed truth of the Empty Tomb; liberals place their blind faith in “truths” that have been disproved over and over; the most world-shaking disproof and disavowing of those “truths” was when we all saw Germans taking their sledge hammers to the hated wall (but liberalism won’t stay defeated unless good men and women ride out every day to rid the kingdom of the dragons). Since it is a belief system, everything they see is filtered through the lens of those beliefs, just as everything I see is filtered through the lens of Evangelical Christianity (with a lot of military experience thrown in). One of the basic tenets of modern liberalism (also referred to as Secular Progressives [SPs]) is the Marxist concept of: we are all either Bourgeoisie or Proletariat and all proletariats are victims and pawns of the Bourgeoisie. Therefore, if a person who is well-educated and rich decides to server the United States of American, that person is an unenlightened bourgeois brute. If a person decides to serve who is from the farms and small towns (fly-over people) and his/her family has a middle to working class income, then they are duped victims of the ruling class. If a person decides to serve, who is from the inner city and not white, then they are poor ignorant escapees from the ghetto. How can you use logic to argue with that kind of belief system? Especially when in the SP belief system, to suggest that any of the three aforementioned individuals were serving because they love their country, is considered heresy.