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Anti-War Protesters:
Hateful and Ignorant
The Fifth Column/Frank
Salvato, Managing Editor |
August 26, 2005
- If there is one thing that I have come to know
through all of my years working in politics it is that liberals will always
accuse their opposition of precisely the actions they are undertaking. I
suppose this could be viewed as some sort of convoluted effort to inoculate
the issue which they are attempting to manipulate but the fact remains, if
liberals are accusing a group of doing something chances are they are doing
it themselves; the louder they protest, the more they are involved.
Recently my sister, a good hearted, open-minded city-dweller, forwarded an
email to me she had received from an acquaintance. This email cited a
left-wing web site that called the "femanistas” to arms over the "fact” that
the new Iraqi government had ceded all elements of women’s rights to the
rule of Islam and that the Bush Administration had endorsed the move. Of
course, this propaganda is about as accurate and truthful as Scott
Peterson’s story about going fishing.
The truth of the matter is that the new Iraqi government is still struggling
to achieve a draft of their new constitution so there haven’t been any laws
passed or any rights rescinded. In fact, one of the stumbling blocks keeping
the new Iraqi government from achieving the goal of a new draft constitution
is the role of Islam in their new government, an issue directly related to
women’s rights in that country. The issue of whether Islamic Law should be a
component of government is a contentious topic among the Shiite, Sunni and
Kurds, not to mention that there are quite a few elected women sitting in
the new Iraqi congress, the very body creating the draft constitution.
I noted these facts when I replied to my sister and added that if her
"friend” really wanted to help the women of Iraq preserve and perhaps
increase their rights under the new Iraqi system of law, she would have a
better chance of doing so if she pried her ass out of the couch at
Starbucks, stopped laying blame at the feet of our government for what other
sovereign governments are doing and started her journey to Baghdad to
protest outside of the Iraqi Congress where her mouthing off would be more
apropos.
The
reply I received to my comments was typical of the liberal mindset. It
completely ignored the truths that were presented in rebuttal and ignored
the fact that not one statement posited in the initial email was based in
truth. Instead it addressed my "hateful tone.”
The irony that a self-righteous demagogue armed with half-truths and
innuendo, who was herself spreading what can only be described as
hate-filled speech about our country and our president, was pointed. It
added credence to my theory about liberals accusing their opponents of doing
exactly as they are. The reality of the situation is that this disingenuous
and inaccurate message is out there, adding to the misinformation that is
fueling the partisan atmosphere in which we currently exist.
Until recently I was fairly comfortable believing that the disinformation
campaign of the liberal left, at its highest levels, was well organized and
conceived by a keen and intelligent, albeit deceitful foe. Whether the
target was the War on Terror, judicial nominations, the economy or whether a
fetus feels pain, I felt confident that the assassination of the truth for
political gain being perpetrated by the Carvilles, Begalas, Clintons, Exleys,
Ickes and Neas’ of the world was a conflict that could be quelled by tactics
of a cerebral nature, a high-stakes game of political chess, as it were.
Silly me, it looks like we’re playing checkers.
The radically-leftist, femi-Nazi group Code Pink Women for Peace – the same
group that supported the inane shrieking of Cindy Sheehan – has taken to
sponsoring anti-war protests directly outside the front doors of the Walter
Reed Medical Center in Washington DC. Walter Reed is a primary destination
for those who have been wounded in battle and home to many soldiers who have
suffered life-altering injuries. It is a place for healing and transition,
at least it was before Code Pink decided to exploit wounded soldiers for
political gain.
The anti-war activists of Code Pink assemble every week with their props and
propaganda to literally harass those who have given of themselves to provide
the very freedoms that those of Code Pink use to hate. They assemble with
signs that read, "Maimed for Lies” and "Enlist Here and Die for
Halliburton.” They line up fake caskets draped with American flags just
outside the doors to the medical center tormenting soldiers who have lost
brothers in arms. They chant slogans like, "George Bush kills American
soldiers,” while recuperating soldiers and their families enter and leave
the facility.
One protester, too much of a coward to give his real name, said to a CNS
News reporter, "We know most of the George Bush supporters have never spent
a day in uniform, have never been closer to a battlefield than seeing it
through the television screen." Evidently this stunted intellect, who
probably has never worn a uniform except perhaps that of the International
Union of Socialist Youth, hasn’t the cognitive skills to recognize the very
real and overwhelming support for the president that exists in the Armed
Forces, both active and retired.
That a group of people can be so narcissistic and narrow in their thinking
as to invade a medical facility to abuse and mentally torture soldiers
recuperating from the damages of war is despicable. But even more pathetic
is the blind hatred that burns deep within their souls. The ruse that the
liberal left is displaying anger based in superior morality and intellect
has been "outed” as the hate-filled ignorance it is. The tolerance of the
left is dead.
So, if I had the chance to add one last thought to the comments I offered my
sister’s "friend” it would be this: The glory of freedom is not based in
hate, it is based in opportunity. If you want to change the world, here’s
your opportunity, don’t waste it promulgating lies.
Related Reading:
Anti-War Protests Target Wounded at Army Hospital
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewSpecialReports.asp?Page=/SpecialReports/archive/200508/SPE20050825a.html
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