Rudy Takala
Liberals ain't got no manhood
By Rudy Takala
Lieutenant General James Mattis recently made comments at a forum in San Diego that are now pervading the news; he said, "It's fun to shoot some people... You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."
So of course, liberals have now become frantic in their revolted outrage. As the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Nihad Awad, said, "We do not need generals who treat the grim business of war as a sporting event. These disturbing remarks are indicative of an apparent indifference to the value of human life."
The characteristics of this incident are similar to the one in late 2003, when Lt. Gen. William Boykin told audiences that terrorists hated America because it was a nation of Christian believers and that the enemy in the war on terrorism was Satan. Nihad Awad was rampaging then also, saying, "Putting a man with such extremist views in a critical policy-making position sends entirely the wrong message to a Muslim world that is already skeptical about America's motives and intentions."
While American generals may treat war with terrorists as a sporting event, CAIR disparages generals like it's a sporting event. What exactly are mass murderers whose goal is the annihilation of America? Saints? To some liberals and their cohorts, perhaps, yes.
It is fascinating to contrast the opinion anti-American leftists express toward terrorists with their opinion on anything favorable to America. After the president's State of the Union address, Janeane Garofalo made an appearance on MSNBC to compare the inked fingers of Republicans, who dipped their fingers in ink prior to the State of the Union, to the Nazi salute and call it "disgusting." "The inked fingers and the position of them... as if they have solidarity with the Iraqis who braved physical threats against their lives to vote as if somehow these inked-fingered Republicans have something to do with that."
Amidst the numerous "as ifs," she attempted to call Republicans Nazis who had nothing to do with the Iraqi elections. Apparently, CAIR did.
The revulsion of liberals at the pro-American statements made by these generals is only accentuated by the generals' insinuations, or in some instances explicit statements, that some people are evil. It flies in the face of their theories on moral relativism; the essence of a military is in contradiction with relativism, as it is with most of socialism's other doctrines. Considering that, it's not hard to understand why leftists have struggled for so long to attenuate America's forces of defense and besmirch its leaders.
When Lt. Gen. James Mattis said, "guys like that ain't got no manhood left," he could have been speaking of American liberals. They've devolved to a point where they're incapable of distinguishing between good and evil, or even caring whether or not they are able. They instead denigrate the people who can, calling them "disturbing" and demanding apologies for their hateful beliefs.
It's reminiscent of a recent incident in Tampa, Florida. When a 14-year-old girl told her father and uncle that a man was stalking her, they accompanied her to the bus stop and found the man waiting there. When they told him to wait for the police, he attempted to leave and a scuffle ensued; the man was shoved to the ground. Neighbors saw the man being kicked when he attempted to get up; when one neighbor later discovered what it was about, he said he'd "have probably been out there kicking him too if I'd have known what was going on." Liberals were upset, but the father and uncle were not arrested. Considering how frequently victims are arrested in similar cases, they were lucky.
The point derived, however, stands; liberals will do whatever they can to ensure that quaint notions of "evil" and "Satan" remain on footing equal to their contradicting notions, such as virtue and God. They'll fight the military and its head figures most conspicuously, but if they must invade American neighborhoods and persecute individuals in order to promote the utter acceptance of their ideals, they're also willing to do that.
It's the willingness to destroy evil that allows virtue to exist and liberty to perpetuate. Without men like James Mattis and William Boykin, America's existence wouldn't be possible, and the preservation of harmony would be impossible.
© Rudy Takala
Lieutenant General James Mattis recently made comments at a forum in San Diego that are now pervading the news; he said, "It's fun to shoot some people... You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil. You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them."
So of course, liberals have now become frantic in their revolted outrage. As the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Nihad Awad, said, "We do not need generals who treat the grim business of war as a sporting event. These disturbing remarks are indicative of an apparent indifference to the value of human life."
The characteristics of this incident are similar to the one in late 2003, when Lt. Gen. William Boykin told audiences that terrorists hated America because it was a nation of Christian believers and that the enemy in the war on terrorism was Satan. Nihad Awad was rampaging then also, saying, "Putting a man with such extremist views in a critical policy-making position sends entirely the wrong message to a Muslim world that is already skeptical about America's motives and intentions."
While American generals may treat war with terrorists as a sporting event, CAIR disparages generals like it's a sporting event. What exactly are mass murderers whose goal is the annihilation of America? Saints? To some liberals and their cohorts, perhaps, yes.
It is fascinating to contrast the opinion anti-American leftists express toward terrorists with their opinion on anything favorable to America. After the president's State of the Union address, Janeane Garofalo made an appearance on MSNBC to compare the inked fingers of Republicans, who dipped their fingers in ink prior to the State of the Union, to the Nazi salute and call it "disgusting." "The inked fingers and the position of them... as if they have solidarity with the Iraqis who braved physical threats against their lives to vote as if somehow these inked-fingered Republicans have something to do with that."
Amidst the numerous "as ifs," she attempted to call Republicans Nazis who had nothing to do with the Iraqi elections. Apparently, CAIR did.
The revulsion of liberals at the pro-American statements made by these generals is only accentuated by the generals' insinuations, or in some instances explicit statements, that some people are evil. It flies in the face of their theories on moral relativism; the essence of a military is in contradiction with relativism, as it is with most of socialism's other doctrines. Considering that, it's not hard to understand why leftists have struggled for so long to attenuate America's forces of defense and besmirch its leaders.
When Lt. Gen. James Mattis said, "guys like that ain't got no manhood left," he could have been speaking of American liberals. They've devolved to a point where they're incapable of distinguishing between good and evil, or even caring whether or not they are able. They instead denigrate the people who can, calling them "disturbing" and demanding apologies for their hateful beliefs.
It's reminiscent of a recent incident in Tampa, Florida. When a 14-year-old girl told her father and uncle that a man was stalking her, they accompanied her to the bus stop and found the man waiting there. When they told him to wait for the police, he attempted to leave and a scuffle ensued; the man was shoved to the ground. Neighbors saw the man being kicked when he attempted to get up; when one neighbor later discovered what it was about, he said he'd "have probably been out there kicking him too if I'd have known what was going on." Liberals were upset, but the father and uncle were not arrested. Considering how frequently victims are arrested in similar cases, they were lucky.
The point derived, however, stands; liberals will do whatever they can to ensure that quaint notions of "evil" and "Satan" remain on footing equal to their contradicting notions, such as virtue and God. They'll fight the military and its head figures most conspicuously, but if they must invade American neighborhoods and persecute individuals in order to promote the utter acceptance of their ideals, they're also willing to do that.
It's the willingness to destroy evil that allows virtue to exist and liberty to perpetuate. Without men like James Mattis and William Boykin, America's existence wouldn't be possible, and the preservation of harmony would be impossible.
© Rudy Takala
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