In preparation for a BC FIVE radio interview tonight, BlackFive has been gathering thoughts about tomorrow’s elections from the US Troops who are boots-on-ground in Iraq.
He’s published several of them, and states that they represent a majority (over a hundered) of the voices he’s heard from.
Voices such as this US Army Infantry Sergeant First Class in Iraq:
First, the obvious, is the fact that when the enemy’s propaganda matches the talking points of a political party, there is something wrong. The fact that so many, especially those in positions to influence voters (think MSM here), have no problem using enemy propaganda or will gleefully cover enemy activities while glossing over the hard, diligent work of their own military should be a giant red flag waving in the face of voters. I am dismayed that any campaign races are even slightly close when one of the candidates presents a position even mildly against the war.
I don’t think that his first point can be overstated enough.
One of my commentors on this post recently lambasted me for saying that “The Left still doesn’t get it: The military hates them almost as much as the Left hates the military.”
But the truth is — even though not every single person on the Left hates the Military — the perception of the majority of the men and women in our armed services feel the same as this US Army company commander in Iraq:
But whatever the sins of the GOP are they pale in comparison to the Dems. John Kerry’s latest gaff only reinforces what I think many of us know to be the truth; the Dems and the Left in America have nothing but disdain for those of us in uniform.
The Left might really love and support the military, but until they are able to actually show and convince the soldiers themselves of this…then the soldiers’ perceptions will remain much stronger than the Left’s stated reality.
First, the obvious, is the fact that when the enemy’s propaganda matches the talking points of a political party, there is something wrong.
You mean the ‘war of civilizations’ rhetoric that is trumpeted by both the GOP and al Qaeda?
Preston be honest. You know that OBL is praying to Allah for the Democrats to sweep the election.
Jim-
Why did Osama bin Laden broadcast a last minute message before the 2004 election that any two-bit observer would predict as helping the GOP?
It doesn’t sound like a fear of Republicans. In fact he and George Bush both benefit politically from the West and the Muslim world divided in a clash of civilizations.
i have a really hard time understanding this view. i was a soldier, and i guess unless someone is some kind of rambo i was happy i didn’t have to go into combat, especially after seeing what it did to some of my friends. what the democrats are doing is asking questions if the soldiers should really fight this war in iraq, this has absolutely nothing to do with supporting troops. the republicans which it sounds are so soldier friendly sent soldiers into combat without the right armor, without enough forces, with no exit strategy … i am sorry, but they can say that they support soldiers but if they don’t act on it then this support is useless. i rather have a democrat asking questions about a mission or a war and the troop readiness, than a republican who “supports the troops” but has no problem sending the troops into a war with careless planing.