We talked about anti-war protesters spitting on, cursing,
flicking cigarette butts at Pfc
Joshua Sparling on the show this week, as well as...
William
M. Arkin's article, "Early Warning" in the
Washington Post last week. No matter what spin
he tries to put on why he wrote the article...it is
Absolutely unbelievable!
Talk about turned completely upside down! Thinking that
instead of Americans needing to stand with our troops, our
troops should be grateful that Americans have continued to
stand with them through Abu Ghraib and Haditha, etc. Just take
a look at some of what he said as a result of "mulling
over an NBC Nightly News report by Richard Engel from
Iraq"...
"I'm all for everyone expressing their opinion, even
those who wear the uniform of the United States Army. But I
also hope that military commanders took the soldiers aside
after the story and explained to them why it wasn't for them
to disapprove of the American people."
"Troops here say they are increasingly frustrated by
American criticism of the war. Many take it personally,
believing it is also criticism of what they've been fighting
for."
In response to what some of the soldiers said such as...
21 year old Tyler Johnson, who Engel said "was frustrated
about war skepticism and thinks that critics should come over
and see what it's like firsthand before criticizing. 'You may
support or say we support the troops, but, so you're not
supporting what they do, what they're here sweating for, what
we bleed for, what we die for. It just don't make sense to
me.'"
And Staff Sergeant Manuel Sahagun on his second tour in
Excuse me...complained???
And Specialist Peter Manna who said, "If they don't think
we're doing a good job, everything that we've done here is all
in vain."
Arkin then writes:
"These soldiers should be grateful that the
American public, which by all polls overwhelmingly disapproves
of the
The Washington Post, and Arkin, are so out of touch!! Case in
point Pfc Joshua Sparling to name just one.
Arkin goes on to write:
"So, we pay the soldiers a decent wage, take care of
their families, provide them with housing and medical care and
vast social support systems and ship obscene amenities into
the war zone for them, we support them in every possible way,
and their attitude is that we should in addition roll over and
play dead, defer to the military and the generals and let them
fight their war, and give up our rights and responsibilities
to speak up because they are above society?"
Absolutely unbelievable!! The
liberals not only don’t get it...but their attitude is
reprehensible!
Does this sound to you like an attitude that supports our
troops? Ah, absolutely not.
Sharon Hughes
is Founder and President of The Center for Changing Worldviews
and a radio talk show host on KDIA AM1640 in San
Francisco, RIGHTALK.com, and
online at Oneplace.com. Her column appears in many
recognized news sites and publications, most recently FRONTPAGEMAG.
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