David Laudedale wrote:
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This garbage is absolutely typical of the left-liberal elite in the US!
You should be ashamed to call yourself a US citizen. Our country and our
President deserve our support and loyalty at times of war.
No matter how bad their reasons for going to war are? If that's your
definition of patriotism, then what you call patriotism is a sometimes
a vice, not a virtue. A loyal citizen has not only the right, but in
fact a moral obligation to oppose his country if it is currently
engaged in immoral activities.
I fear for our country if our next President is a wet Democrat following
the failed policy of appeasement. Al Quaeda must be rubbing their hands
with glee at the thought of Bush going and being replaced by a puppy dog
who'll be scared to take the tough decisions needed to meet the
terrorist threat.
I have no objections to making the "tough decisions" needed to meet
the terrorist threat. It was the use of the terrorist threat as an
excuse to commit immoral acts that had nothing to do with fighting
terrorism that I want George and his administration to stand trial
for.
I don't see how fighting for freedom and democracy and opposing
terrorist violence conflicts with any of our country's ideals.
Attacking a country with no just cause.
Holding people (some of them US citizens) against their will, without
bothering to charge them with anything, without giving them a fair
opportunity to present relevant evidence and arguments that their
detention might be unjustified. Specifically, not allowing them to
face their accusers, or even know what the evidence against them was;
denying them right to independent counsel; in many case giving them no
opportunity for judicial review of any kind. I don't doubt that many
the accused are in fact guilty - but it is not any part of the
American ideal that I know of to punish them without a fair
opportunity to prove that they don't deserve to be punished.
Violating international law and even our own laws by torturing
prisoners, and then making bald-faced claims that what is obviously
torture isn't torture.
Executing the occupation with levels of incompetence and corruption
rivaling those of the previous government, including the award of no-
bid contract to political supporters.
I see a few conflicts with our country's ideals. If your vision of our
country's ideals are compatible with these events, I pity you.
Being a traitor and opposing the brave men and women in our armed forces
on the other hand... I don't see any American ideal in that!
Brave men and women can be and often have been given orders to commit
illegal or immoral orders, such as the invasion of a country without
just cause. Opposing such activities may qualify as treason in your
mind; but if so, then what you call treason is sometimes a virtue, not
a vice. I will follow the path of what I consider virtue, regardless
of whether you (or the US government) consider it patriotism or
treason.
