I recently visited Carly's journal where she had an entry entitled You Look Marvelous. She included a picture of President Bush and her text amused me. She had received a couple of comments expressing their disagreement with her assessment of the president's performance and I left her a comment indicating my agreement with her point of view. To read Carly's original post, follow the link above. Following is my comment to Carly:
I agree with you. I love the "coo-coo for coco puffs crazy!" I can't stop laughing. I was a teenager doing (during) the Vietnam War and I had friends who died in the war and others who came back so emotionally damaged that they never were the same. I don't understand how anyone could think that we should have stayed in that war. We never had a practical strategy for how to win the war and we had no exit strategy. Sounds familiar, huh? I read the other comments and I don't respect their opinions, not unless they are willing to strap on military hardward, climb on a plane, and go to Iraq to support this "good" president.
Today, I received an email from the author of one of the comments who took issue with my comment in Carly's journal. Following is the comment that she had left in Carly's journal prior to my visit.
I totally disagree with your opinion of him, and find it more and more disheartening that people think it's ok to belittle him, but then ask for prayers for him it seems rather contradictory. He's not perfect, but neither am I..the difference is I don't have the whole world judging me on every word I say and every decision I make. Most of us will NEVER know that kind of pressure and stress, yet those who take on this job will never be able to explain that all the ugliness and stress they go through with this job.
Not so long ago, the American public actually respected the position of this job, too bad it's not still that way. Doesn't mean we can't disagree withOUR President, but to show it some respect would be nice.
I give President Bush kudo's for being able tocontinue to stand up for what he believes, even when it goes against the popular opinion, most would have folded a long time ago. Of course the majority of American's are happy to sit in their living room and listened to what the MSM aka LIBERAL media shoves down their throats and take it as the God's honest truth, when quite often it's full of lies and injustice.
My comment was in response to Carly's post and only peripherally to the comments. I wasn't really addressing the comments as much as letting Carly know that I supported her point of view. However, in hindsight, I understand why my comment would not be well received by the others. Following is the email that I received today from one of the commenters.
You commented in Carly's journal and I could be wrong, but figured your comments were towards my comment..My HUSBAND is in the Army and HAS went to war not once, but TWICE so far and we know he'll be going again.So maybe I'm not personally the one as you said "strapping on the military hardware, climbing on a plane, and going to Iraq" but the love of my life has and does, and I stay home, support him, raise our children and teaching them to be proud of their Daddy, Love Jesus, and Respect those who deserve and earn respect. So I DO respect OUR President, even after having my husband away from our family twice for THIS war, which if all you do is watch the liberal media and read the liberal newspapers (which is the majority of National Papers and almost every news affiliate except for Fox..then you're simply getting fed what the liberals want you to know), you get about 1/8 of what is ACTUALLY happening in Iraq and Afganistan. We've lost more friends than I like by far, yet their deaths ARE NOT in VAIN. I just showed this to my husband and he said he's so sick and tired of people who make comments like yours. As he said, it's NOT support, it's the opposite..but what's he know...he's just a SOLDIER. The WAR is not about supporting our President, supporting our President, praying for him, realizing that he's a HUMAN being...and remembering that he did NOT send us to WAR...but CONGRESS...it's time the American public remembered their education...it's takes an ACT OF CONGRESS to declare war, and THEY DID!
I respect that her husband is in the military and has seen combat duty. I felt that she deserved a thoughtful response from me. When I was done with my response, I decided to share it here. I have provided you with the background to provide some context for my piece. I've been in a rather flippant mood as of late, and most of my posts have been for amusement. But as some of you who have been with me for a while know, I don't believe in pulling punches about issues that I feel matter. I don't much care for labels, but there are some that I wear proudly, with no apologies--liberal, feminist, supporter of human rights, believer in justice--to name a few. Following is my response to the email that I received.
You are entitled to your opinion, but no one, not even the so-called liberal media tells me what to think. My opinions are based on my own observations and beliefs. The beauty of this country is that each of us is entitled to express our opinions because of a little document called the Constitution of the United States. You don't have to agree with me but neither do I have to agree with you. If we are only allowed to have the same opinions, then what does this freedom that we are allegedly fighting for really mean?
Bush is just a man who was elected, by some of the people, to the office of president. I don't think that he is doing a very good job in fulfilling the duties of that office. I am not awed by any human being, regardless of his or her title. In my book, respect has to be earned; I don't confer respect on anyone just because of his/her office or position. I don't respect George W. Bush because I think that he has betrayed and abused the office of the president. I don't expect you to agree but if you believe that you have a right to tell me what I may believe, then it doesn't seem to me that you have much respect for the principles of freedom of speech that this country espouses in its constitution.
September 11 was a horrific attack on this country and I was just as saddened as any other person in this country. But, in spite of the war in Iraq, the main person responsible for orchestrating 9/11, Osama Bin Laden, has never been captured. There were no weapons of destruction in Iraq, even the president has publicly conceded that. In spite of the beliefs of many Americans, Saddam Hussein was not behind 9/11. Again, the president and Congress have made that clear. The death toll to American soldiers has been high, and there have also been Iraqi civilian deaths numbering in the thousands, men, women, and children who have been innocent victims of this war. Many of our military leaders have publicly questioned the wisdom of this war.
By the way, there was no declaration of war by Congress in Vietnam nor has there been one in Iraq. Both conflicts were military engagements authorized by congress, but stopped short of being official declarations of war. Our last official declaration of war under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution was WWII. It's a minor point; people are still dying. Please don't take my word regarding the declaration of war, look it up for yourself on the Internet, or call your congressman's office or ask any member of the military leadership.
What I'm tired of is people at home sending men off to die in a war that our leadership has no executable plan for ending. I respect your husband; he is in danger and I do not blame the soldiers fighting this war for the policy mistakes of our leaders. I pray that he and all the other soldiers return safe and unharmed to their loved ones. I pray for the president and for congress, that they may use wisdom and temperance in making their decisions. But when I pray, I can't help but think that many of the people in Iraq must be praying too. No doubt, mothers and fathers pray for their children, wives pray for their husbands; the Iraqi people pray to God, whether they call Him Allah or by some other name, they pray to the Creator. I also cannot help but think that the Creator of all things is saddened to watch us continually engage in war with one another. I don't believe that God chooses sides; we are all God's children, so most of all, I pray for an end to war; I pray for peace.
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Now, I must select my five award winners. It's a hard task. There are so many mentally stimulating 
