Submitted by Nate, Apr 28, 2007 18:13

Andrew-

A couple of things come to mind from reading your comment.

I'm not exactly sure what you were responding to in your insightful little piece: I never once said that I supported the troop withdrawal--hell, I never even said I supported the Democrats. I said that partisan bickering was a useless waste of time, and it does nothing but set our country back. Further, I implied that Giuliani is a hack, employing base strategies to get a rise out of his opposition and wiggle his way higher on the front page of the newspaper.

I'm not quite sure what you meant by "you're criticizing the very thing you're saying" (spelling errors removed)... I was criticizing politicians saying whatever we want to hear--and Giuliani was saying what most of the conservative base wants to hear: that Democrats are soft on defense. Giuliani did not say "we need a strong leader"--which we do--he said "we need a Republican because Democrats can't fight." Which is partisan hackery.

In truth, I think the withdrawal deadline is a stupid idea, and one that will only make life harder on the troops, and for that I think the Democrats are just as bad as Giuliani is: they're playing politics, nothing more. However, the fact of the matter is that a Republican got us into this mess. There is a real disgusting trend going on in this country where somehow being thoughtful and careful and being strong on defense are seen as mutually exclusive. We cannot win in Iraq; we're in the middle of a civil war in which we are outnumbered, and both sides want us dead. Iraq has become a haven to terrorists thanks to the Republicans, and our military is now stretched so thin that if a dictator who actually DOES have weapons of mass destruction feels the need to come at us--we don't have the manpower to defend ourselves by conventional means.

The point of my whole comment, if you'd been so kind as to finish the third grade before reading it, was that our leaders are playing politics with the lives of our troops, the lives of the citizens of this country, and the lives of every person on this planet. I'm not sure how that translated into my not being grateful for who we are or what we offer the world. Though, really, thanks so much for trying.

And before I forget, just for the sake of clarification: our president is the son of a Connecticut oil magnate, not a Colorado brewmaster; maybe before you go around telling people to leave the big decisions up to those of you who "know reality," you may want to make sure you can type a complete sentence without sounding like a moron, or at least learn how to spell the name of the leader of the war you are so attached to. Furthermore, Andrew, if you are so convinced that this "real" war on terror is neccesary (again, nimrod--Congress never declared war. It is a military action at best, and a borderline treasonous occupation at worst. Read your constitution, little Andrew); If you are so convinced that this is the path we need to follow, then you'd better be writing these little comments from a notebook on the back of a Humvee somewhere with a flak jacket on your back, bub, or you're just as hypocritical as the morons you want to vote for.

Thanks for your time and consideration.

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