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Patriotic "Liberals" |
by
Col. Robert Pappas, USMC, Ret.
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04/07/2004 ) |
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Patriotic "Liberals?"
by Col. Robert Pappas, USMC, Ret.
The "mainstream" media wrings its hands daily and wails with increasing
crescendo about combat casualties that continue during the Occupation Phase
of Operation Iraqi Freedom. They do this in a transparent and concerted
effort to over blow problems and create the perception of a "Vietnam
syndrome," with the ultimate objective of labeling the Iraqi Freedom anti
terrorist action a failure, discredit the President and propagandize the
citizens for an election defeat.
The writer is not an apologist for "GW" Bush and has considerable heartburn
with his backhanded treatment of Veterans and other political failures such
as "out-democrating" the democrats on a wide array of domestic social and
economic issues. However, in totally false spin, the "liberal" leftist
mainstream media and democrat presidential candidates state as gospel that
the President and Administration officials have declared the war as won,
then point to ongoing casualties in horror.
Truth bears only vague similarity to their assertions. No responsible person
has stated that the war was won. What has been said is that, "major combat
is over," and "The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that
began on September 11th, 2001, and still goes on." In typical "liberal"
leftist spin the media attributes the word "victory" to the entire operation
but neglects to point to the phrase at the end of the statement, "still goes
on."
Given that there is continued "resistance" in Iraq, hardly well organized
and hardly perfectly executed, rather, more like a mosquito attacking an
elephant, it would be useful to put casualties in perspective: Note: Killed
in Action (KIA), Wounded in Action (WIA), Non Battle Death (NBD).
x Revolutionary War: 4,435 KIA 6,188 WIA NBD Not Available
x War of 1812: 2,260 KIA 4,505 WIA NBD Not Available
x Mexican War: 1,733 KIA 4,152 WIA 11,550 NBD
x Civil War: 214,938 KIA 281,881 WIA 283,394 NBD (Union only)
x Spanish/American War: 385 KIA 1,662 WIA 2061 NBD
x WWI: 53,402 KIA 204,002 WIA 61,114 NBD
x WWII: 291,557 KIA 671,846 WIA 113,842 NBD
x Korean War: 33,741 KIA 103,284 WIA 2,835 NBD
x Vietnam War: 47,415 KIA 153,303 WIA 10,785 NBD
x Persian Gulf War: 147 KIA 467 WIA 235 NBD
x Iraqi Freedom: 176 KIA 1570 WIA 104 NBD (as of 092503)
By comparison there were 45,815 killed on US highways in 2002, or and
average of 128 each day. From 1990-2000, 1,054 police officers died in the
line of duty for an average of about one every third day. There is an annual
average of 4,000 civilian fire deaths and some 22,000 fire injuries with
75,000 fires of suspicious origins.
In the grand scheme of things US loses in Iraq are relatively small when
compared to losses in other wars and fades even more when compared to
violent death in the US on a daily basis.
This is not Vietnam, the US is not bogged down no matter how much the
so-called "mainstream" media and leftist "liberals" would have one believe;
and President Bush has done the right thing. To argue otherwise reveals
blind partisanship, ignorance and self-hating, unpatriotic motives. As for
"liberals" and our "friends" worshiping at the altar of the United Nations,
well there's a phrase for them, but it isn't suitable for print.
"Liberal" leftists partisan bitterness and vile rhetoric is befitting the
enemy not patriotic Americans, as "liberals" secretly pray for increased
casualties, political failure, and military defeat. How sick, disgusting,
vile and treacherous! If they had any integrity they would admit their
allegiance to bin Laden and other Muslim extremists.
Patriotic "liberals?" That's an oxymoron if ever there was one.
Semper Fidelis
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