Barbara J. Stock
When does free speech become treason?
By Barbara J. Stock
At almost the precise moment that some leftists were proclaiming Iraq a total loss, a plane carrying the newly printed ballots and ballot boxes for Iraq's first true, democratic, and free election were being unloaded in Baghdad.
As the Iraqi Stock Exchange opened with all the chaos and excitement of the New York Stock Exchange, Rep. Nancy Pelosi was making the statement that our military had made no gains at all in Iraq and that the troops should be pulled out immediately.
When Senator John Kerry sought out a microphone to babble nearly incoherently about benchmarks versus timetables, it was noted that weddings in war-torn Baghdad are on the rise as young couples find they now have the hope of a future in a free Iraq.
Congressman Henry Reid claims the fledgling Iraqi military and police are just using our troops and we should "remove their training-wheels." Reid believes that if left to the Iraqis, American troops would be in Iraq forever protecting them because the Iraqi people are apparently too lazy to protect themselves. Reid simply ignores the thousands of Iraqis that have died trying to do that very thing.
Other leftists claim our troops are seen and hated as an "occupying force" and want us to leave now and never return.
Just a few months ago, the mantra of the leftists was that there were not enough troops in Iraq to do the job, now they say there are too many.
The Iraqi people are used to chaos. For them, life goes on. Yes, there are bombings and kidnappings, murder, mayhem, and death in some areas, but according to Senator Lieberman most Iraqis seem to believe Iraq is better now and will be even better next year. One would never know this by listening to Nancy Pelosi or Congressman John Murtha. For people who think as these two leftists, winning is not an option. In fact, winning is impossible.
Congressman Murtha has declared our military broken and living "hand to mouth." This was news to the U. S. Marine who did a radio interview after returning from his usual Friday night supper of steak and lobster at the Halliburton-run mess hall.
The father of a Marine serving in Iraq stated in an e-mail message that the only piece of equipment his son purchased for himself was his sunglasses because the ones issued just weren't cool enough for Marines. Other than that, he apparently had everything he needed.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean made the statement, "The idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong." This statement was made on the very day that Saddam Hussein's trial began in earnest in Baghdad, presided over by men possessing unbelievable courage that the pampered Howard Dean could never understand.
At Saddam's trial, a distraught and crying witness related seeing babies born in prison only to die and be thrown away like garbage. He states that he saw the remains of some poor souls who had been put through a meat grinder and all the while, an American, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark took over Saddam's legal defense urging disruption and chaos in the courtroom.
Ramsey Clark is on record from the 1990's as believing that Saddam was innocent of any the crimes for which he now stands accused. Ramsey claimed the charges were "garbage and propaganda." Even now, Clark claims that since an attempt was made on Saddam's life, he had every right seek out the guilty parties. Clark had no comments on the torture and rapes. Perhaps he feels that was Saddam's right as well.
Senator Kerry accused our soldiers and Marines of carrying out terror attacks on innocent Iraqi women and children. Old habits die hard.
Another leftist, Senator Charles Schumer of New York, spoke on television about how the elections in Iraq are being "sort of being imposed" on the Iraqi people. Schumer predicts failure in Iraq. Forgotten, or ignored, are the pictures of the Iraqi people, one woman arriving to vote for the first time at the age of 90 in a wheelbarrow. Gone is the memory of the Iraqi people proudly holding up their purple fingers in defiance of the Islamic terrorists who threatened to kill them for voting.
Article III of the United States Constitution declares that treason against the United States consists of: levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort.
The following declarations that were made by American leftists become even more serious because of the responsibility they bear as leaders of the Democratic Party and members of the Senate and House of Representatives. Their words are like swords in the backs of our soldiers, sailors, and Marines who are on the ground risking their lives. These people bring nothing but shame to an outstanding military and a great country.
"They're (the Iraqi people) going to have these elections but that's sort of being imposed on them." Senator Schumer.
"The idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong." DNC Chairman, Howard Dean.
"...young American soldiers (do not) need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children..." Senator John Kerry.
"The Army is broken, worn out, and living hand to mouth." Congressman John Murtha.
"The President has dug us into a deep hole in Iraq; it is time for him to stop digging." Congresswoman and Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi.
"Iraq has become an intractable quagmire." Senator Kennedy
"The war in Iraq was as bad as the Holocaust." Congressman Charles Rangel.
"If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings. Sadly, that is not the case. This was the action of Americans in the treatment of their prisoners." Senator Richard Durbin.
If one did not know these statements had come from American men and women in political office and high visibility, it would seem the remarks were lifted off the pages of Al Jazeerah or an Al Qaeda web site. Of course, each statement has been broadcast by Al Jazeerah and repeated throughout the Arab/Muslim world many times. These leftist politicians are probably held in high esteem — by the enemy. Democrats have compared our soldiers and their "tactics" to Nazis and Pol Pot. Democrats have called our soldiers everything from losers, too weak and incompetent to win the war in Iraq to being terrorists who use Nazi-like tactics.
When is the line between legal objections to the war and treasonous statements crossed? When does "free speech" begin to give aid and comfort to the enemy? When American troops are on the battlefield, is it treason to refer to their actions as terrorist acts? Does it give the enemy hope when powerful people declare that the war all but lost and that our troops are criminals? Of course it does!
Many leftists are either oblivious to the aid and comfort they give to the enemy or they no longer care. Sadly, it seems to be the latter. Their hatred of Bush overrides all else. No rational mind could believe leftists any longer when they claim to love their country or support the troops. How can leftists support troops that they claim torture and terrorize innocent people? How can leftists support troops that they claim are losers? How can anyone believe a man who claims that the Iraq war is as bad as the Holocaust? Is he insinuating that Americans have murdered 6 million Iraqis? What are the leftists trying to say?
What the leftists are saying to our enemy is this: Islamic terrorists — here we are. America is weak and broken. You have won the war. Contact the leaders of the Democratic Party and let us know to whom we should submit our total surrender. Our only request is that you allow us to blame our shameful and total defeat on President Bush. If you allow us that one victory, the country is yours.
© Barbara J. Stock
At almost the precise moment that some leftists were proclaiming Iraq a total loss, a plane carrying the newly printed ballots and ballot boxes for Iraq's first true, democratic, and free election were being unloaded in Baghdad.
As the Iraqi Stock Exchange opened with all the chaos and excitement of the New York Stock Exchange, Rep. Nancy Pelosi was making the statement that our military had made no gains at all in Iraq and that the troops should be pulled out immediately.
When Senator John Kerry sought out a microphone to babble nearly incoherently about benchmarks versus timetables, it was noted that weddings in war-torn Baghdad are on the rise as young couples find they now have the hope of a future in a free Iraq.
Congressman Henry Reid claims the fledgling Iraqi military and police are just using our troops and we should "remove their training-wheels." Reid believes that if left to the Iraqis, American troops would be in Iraq forever protecting them because the Iraqi people are apparently too lazy to protect themselves. Reid simply ignores the thousands of Iraqis that have died trying to do that very thing.
Other leftists claim our troops are seen and hated as an "occupying force" and want us to leave now and never return.
Just a few months ago, the mantra of the leftists was that there were not enough troops in Iraq to do the job, now they say there are too many.
The Iraqi people are used to chaos. For them, life goes on. Yes, there are bombings and kidnappings, murder, mayhem, and death in some areas, but according to Senator Lieberman most Iraqis seem to believe Iraq is better now and will be even better next year. One would never know this by listening to Nancy Pelosi or Congressman John Murtha. For people who think as these two leftists, winning is not an option. In fact, winning is impossible.
Congressman Murtha has declared our military broken and living "hand to mouth." This was news to the U. S. Marine who did a radio interview after returning from his usual Friday night supper of steak and lobster at the Halliburton-run mess hall.
The father of a Marine serving in Iraq stated in an e-mail message that the only piece of equipment his son purchased for himself was his sunglasses because the ones issued just weren't cool enough for Marines. Other than that, he apparently had everything he needed.
Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean made the statement, "The idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong." This statement was made on the very day that Saddam Hussein's trial began in earnest in Baghdad, presided over by men possessing unbelievable courage that the pampered Howard Dean could never understand.
At Saddam's trial, a distraught and crying witness related seeing babies born in prison only to die and be thrown away like garbage. He states that he saw the remains of some poor souls who had been put through a meat grinder and all the while, an American, former Attorney General Ramsey Clark took over Saddam's legal defense urging disruption and chaos in the courtroom.
Ramsey Clark is on record from the 1990's as believing that Saddam was innocent of any the crimes for which he now stands accused. Ramsey claimed the charges were "garbage and propaganda." Even now, Clark claims that since an attempt was made on Saddam's life, he had every right seek out the guilty parties. Clark had no comments on the torture and rapes. Perhaps he feels that was Saddam's right as well.
Senator Kerry accused our soldiers and Marines of carrying out terror attacks on innocent Iraqi women and children. Old habits die hard.
Another leftist, Senator Charles Schumer of New York, spoke on television about how the elections in Iraq are being "sort of being imposed" on the Iraqi people. Schumer predicts failure in Iraq. Forgotten, or ignored, are the pictures of the Iraqi people, one woman arriving to vote for the first time at the age of 90 in a wheelbarrow. Gone is the memory of the Iraqi people proudly holding up their purple fingers in defiance of the Islamic terrorists who threatened to kill them for voting.
Article III of the United States Constitution declares that treason against the United States consists of: levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid or comfort.
The following declarations that were made by American leftists become even more serious because of the responsibility they bear as leaders of the Democratic Party and members of the Senate and House of Representatives. Their words are like swords in the backs of our soldiers, sailors, and Marines who are on the ground risking their lives. These people bring nothing but shame to an outstanding military and a great country.
"They're (the Iraqi people) going to have these elections but that's sort of being imposed on them." Senator Schumer.
"The idea that we're going to win the war in Iraq is an idea which is just plain wrong." DNC Chairman, Howard Dean.
"...young American soldiers (do not) need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children..." Senator John Kerry.
"The Army is broken, worn out, and living hand to mouth." Congressman John Murtha.
"The President has dug us into a deep hole in Iraq; it is time for him to stop digging." Congresswoman and Minority Leader, Nancy Pelosi.
"Iraq has become an intractable quagmire." Senator Kennedy
"The war in Iraq was as bad as the Holocaust." Congressman Charles Rangel.
"If I read this to you and did not tell you that it was an FBI agent describing what Americans had done to prisoners in their control, you would most certainly believe this must have been done by Nazis, Soviets in their gulags, or some mad regime — Pol Pot or others — that had no concern for human beings. Sadly, that is not the case. This was the action of Americans in the treatment of their prisoners." Senator Richard Durbin.
If one did not know these statements had come from American men and women in political office and high visibility, it would seem the remarks were lifted off the pages of Al Jazeerah or an Al Qaeda web site. Of course, each statement has been broadcast by Al Jazeerah and repeated throughout the Arab/Muslim world many times. These leftist politicians are probably held in high esteem — by the enemy. Democrats have compared our soldiers and their "tactics" to Nazis and Pol Pot. Democrats have called our soldiers everything from losers, too weak and incompetent to win the war in Iraq to being terrorists who use Nazi-like tactics.
When is the line between legal objections to the war and treasonous statements crossed? When does "free speech" begin to give aid and comfort to the enemy? When American troops are on the battlefield, is it treason to refer to their actions as terrorist acts? Does it give the enemy hope when powerful people declare that the war all but lost and that our troops are criminals? Of course it does!
Many leftists are either oblivious to the aid and comfort they give to the enemy or they no longer care. Sadly, it seems to be the latter. Their hatred of Bush overrides all else. No rational mind could believe leftists any longer when they claim to love their country or support the troops. How can leftists support troops that they claim torture and terrorize innocent people? How can leftists support troops that they claim are losers? How can anyone believe a man who claims that the Iraq war is as bad as the Holocaust? Is he insinuating that Americans have murdered 6 million Iraqis? What are the leftists trying to say?
What the leftists are saying to our enemy is this: Islamic terrorists — here we are. America is weak and broken. You have won the war. Contact the leaders of the Democratic Party and let us know to whom we should submit our total surrender. Our only request is that you allow us to blame our shameful and total defeat on President Bush. If you allow us that one victory, the country is yours.
© Barbara J. Stock
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