The occassional rant....

Names have been changed to protect the guilty.
In a message dated 5/1/2006 7:06:10 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, xxxxxx.net writes:
Happy third anniversary Mr. Mission Accomplished... since that time there have only been 2,258 US service personnel killed, 17,000 wounded, who knows how many innocent Iraqis, and zip-zero-nada progress toward that new Iraq thing... a record of pride? Help me, I’m confused... Al

Al,
Confused you certainly are.
Seems you forgot to count the thousands of suicide murderers who met their "virgins" compliments of our President Bush's Coalition.
But thanks, anyway, for the well deserved congratulations for our spectacularly well done results in Iraq. Kind of amazing when you review the predictions of the pre-war liberal media and their appeaser cronies in the democrat party.
What the Bush administration has accomplished is truly amazing given the anti-American solidarity of the democrats, the drive-by MSM and the few pandering RINOs.
One quakes to think that their same Quisling mindset might have prevailed in 1776, Gettysburg, Marne, Dunkirk, Midway, Pork Chop Hill or the Cold War.
Or United Flight 93! (oh my gosh! Imagine if United 93 was loaded with a bunch of libs coming back from today's "new immigrant" parades!)
We've all read or lived through Vichy France, Saigon, 1978-79 Tehran, Beruit, "unilateral disarmament".
My gosh, the "peace" years while Clinton's minions gutted our military were an exact copy of Jimmah's cowardly disassembly of our nation's defense. Look to the grand "successes" of Haiti, Rawanda, Palestine, "Oil-For-Food". And let's not forget that "heaven-on-earth", Saddam's Iraq.
Wow, let's get that crowd back in charge again!
Yes, a record of honor, of pride and of unpredicted success in our mission.
And a commitment to finish the job.
No matter how loudly the defeatists bleat.
Thank you, again for your kind thoughts. And your for support for our valiant soldiers and the brave freedom lovers of the new Iraq!
Gordo
PS: Is the "war against poverty" over because it's gone on too dang long? Just wonderin'.