That’s It, I’m Joining Up

Liberal Idaho, that grave mainstream blog, went ahead and inferred that yours truly is the typical Idaho Chickenhawk who supports the war, but won’t go fight it.

I’m tired of liberals and their attacks on my patriotism and character. They’re upset I’m not in a fighting unit, well fine! They win! I’m joining up!

At 1228 hours, I reported to Captain Ed Morrisey of the 101st Fighting Keyboarders Brigade, who will be processing my enlistment papers shortly. Hopefully, I’ll be accepted, though compared to some of the other bloggers out there, mine is overweight, but you go to war with the media with the army you have, not the one you want or would like to have.

You go to the war with a bunch of petty, mean-spirited liberals who think name-calling is an argument and don’t understand the meaning of “all volunteer.” In the 21st Century, wars are won and lost, not on the battlefield, but in the media. The United States military is second to none in the world, we lose only through the tireless efforts of those who attack and malign our armed forces as a matter of practice, weaken support for our soldiers at home, and embolden our nation’s foreign enemies. Today, we are blighted by those who cannot wrap their mind around the fact we have one president at a time to fight our nation’s wars.

As for this absurd ad hominem, even the standards set by their own leadership bely the silly argument. John Kerry observed regarding Vietnam protests and Vietnam vets:

We do not need to divide America over who served and how. I have personally always believed that many served in many different ways.

While, unlike John Kerry, we won’t be honored by our nation’s enemies in a museum, we do provide a valuable service in refuting the lies about this war and fighting the attempts to paint the bleakest, blackest picture to bring down this president no matter what the price. It is that effort we stand against.

Call us Chicken Hawks if you will, as IMAO explains a Chicken Hawk is really a hawk that eats chickens and rats. I just hope I don’t get KP Duty.

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