I just heard Rush Limbaugh parroting President Bush’s standard rhetoric on Americans needing “resolve” to deal with the situation in Iraq. Limbaugh was saying we need to show the backbone of the troops (and their families), the ones who are actually paying the price for our militarized foreign policy experimentation.
How does Limbaugh show his “resolve”? What does he have on the line in this fight? What kind of sacrifice has he been willing to make? The only effort Bush has requested of Limbaugh or anyone (outside the military) during the “war on terror” is that he spend his tax cuts rather than hoard them. What a burden he is shouldering. What fortitude. What courage.
I wonder how long Limbaugh and company would support the war in Iraq if the government did now what it has done in every previous war–raise taxes to pay for it. How tough do you think Limbaugh’s “resolve” would be if Bush asked him to help foot the bill?
One wonders.
Greetings,
You must be joking, we all know that fortitude and courage will be demonstrated in the next round of Bush tax cuts… (assuming he -sigh- wins the next election). I mean to Bush, showing strength is to cuts taxes for the rich and have our children pay for our “resolve.”
I am about as cynical as they come, but Rush puts me to shame. To him reality is the poor and working class go off to die in war, and their family and friends back home pay for it, the rich (i.e. anyone making more than 100k a year) should just sit back, laugh, and reap the profits of death and war. I think cemetaries and morticians are the next big “growth” markets in the U.S. according to the likes of Bush and Rush.
–jeff-perado
Hey, the soldiers can take comfort in the fact their commander-in-chief is fighting for them, too–no more “death tax,” should they have an untimely meeting with their maker!
It cracks me up when people comment about “the poor and working class who go off to war.” I don’t make $100K a year, but I’m pretty comfy, and wouldn’t be that way without having served in the Air Force. There are all types in the military, but it makes a better point to make it into a class issue. While I was in the AF, I was on an Army post and worked with Army, Navy, and Air Force folks equally.