Gosh, thanks for the condescending response.  It’s funny how you find it necessary to preface your answers with pages of text trying to discredit me before you, ‘like a fool’ respond.  I’m sure it’s easier to just dismiss the points I bring up and try and couch them in the context of words spoken by a deranged lunatic but anyone with a reasonable amount of common sense can see you for what you are…a person who quite likely enjoys listening to himself as he rambles on and on and also a person who likely doesn’t really listen to what is being said in opposition.  We’ve all known people like you.

Yes, David was right in that Bob Kerrey also committed war crimes.  I also remember when news of that came to light.  But we’re talking about John Kerry here and I watched a few Sunday mornings ago as Tim Russert asked him about a video in which he talked about he himself committing war crimes.  Hey, they all did it he said so I suppose that made it right.  Had this been Bush who had acted this way you can bet the press would’ve sustained a steady drumbeat of requests for more information.  The fact that Russert actually brought it up was surprising to me but the fact that it died there was no surprise at all.  You guys hadn’t even heard about it until I brought it up.  I suppose it was old news though so it really didn’t matter.  Right?  Go ahead and sugar coat it any which way you like but the man admitted to being involved in war crimes and I don’t think we’re talking about stealing from the local exchange. 

But getting back to my question which you found ‘kind of ridiculous’.  Your response reminds me of a movie where the defense team needs a bit of exculpatory evidence from the prosecution.  Rather than just give them the information, the prosecution loads them down with a truckload of bs in hopes that the real evidence will never be found.  Maybe you’re missing my point so I’ll write it again…slower this time just for you.  If the photos taken of the Iraqis are so disgusting (and I’m not saying they’re not) then, when you compare that crime to the crime of a person who actually killed people because they got in the way, why aren’t you upset more by the latter?  This has nothing to do with having given the Iraqis a choice of one over the other.  This is about you being outraged at photos of humiliation but giving a pass to real cold blooded killing.  Simple, is it not?  Maybe I’m wrong in assuming that you’re outraged.  Are you outraged, Reg?

What am I supposed to think about a man who indiscriminately shot his 50 caliber machine gun in the vicinity of women and children and then torched their village(s) but who wants me to believe he served his country honorably?  Bush didn’t do this.   What am I supposed to think about a man who thinks it’s okay to kill a baby days/moments before it would be delivered because the mother wants it that way?  Bush doesn’t embrace this.  I’m just curious…that last sentence…was that one of those lunatic remarks I’m being accused of making because if it is, I beg to differ with you about who the real lunatic is.

You go on to say that “it’s important that the media inform us of these issues because the idea is to educate the public about the situation there.”  I couldn’t agree with you more.  So, where is the balance in the coverage?  I had a great day yesterday; I hammered out 131 miles on my bike and loved every mile of it.  If I came home and only told my wife about the soreness in my quads, the stiffness in my neck and about how exhausted I was she would wonder why I’d ever want to ride my bike again.  That same sort of thing is happening with the coverage of the war.  We’re only hearing the bad stuff and very little of the good which is occurring throughout the country.  If we took a vote of the Iraqi people and asked them if they wanted us there or not what do you think they would say?  Based upon the news coverage I’d say they’d overwhelmingly vote to have us out.  But I have a suspicion that that may not be the case.  All we have to work with are the sore quads and stiff neck…none of the good.  The people who have bought into the lies ‘hook , line and sinker’ are those on the left who can’t or don’t want to get beyond the negative reporting.  Garbage in, garbage out.

Sorry, but the war on terror is more than just a catchy slogan.  Bush is actually doing something that Clinton never had the will to do.  While Clinton schemed about how he was going to get his next blow job the terrorists of the world were scheming to attack us.  Could he have been more ineffective as C.I.C.?  I don’t think so.  I’m sure Roger Moore will tell you about all the blue ribbon committees Clinton created to discuss the problem but anyone who works in government also knows that blue ribbon committees aren’t worth a hill of beans.  Leadership and action are what’s needed to cause change.  This isn’t a case of if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.  It was a mess when Bush took office and it’s most likely going to get worse before it gets better.   Sitting back, pretending you’re somehow winning their hearts and minds is also a recipe for disaster.  You see, I don’t buy the argument that there are no terrorist ties to Iraq.  Says who?  Our intelligence?  I thought we could all agree that our intelligence was dubious at best.  For anyone to think that Saddam wasn’t working in conjunction with other terrorist networks is to be a complete fool.  Take a look around.  Did you not see what Osama was able to do from the luxury of low tech caves?  Doesn’t it stand to reason that Saddam was in a much better position to reach out and strike others?  You don’t think Saddam was interested in striking at us somehow?

Reg, you really should do something about your preoccupation with Karl Rove.  Your rantings sound a lot like the red neck guy who hates queers but actually has some homosexual tendencies he’s trying to suppress with his mock disdain.  I’m beginning to think that there’s actually a conservative within you who you’re trying with all your might to suppress and so you lash out at Karl.  It’s mostly a subconscious thing at this point but you’ll notice it move into your conscious psyche as the months/years progress and the thoughts begin to overwhelm you.  Don’t fight it Reg.  Wasn’t it Churchill who said something to the effect that if you aren’t a liberal when you’re young you don’t have a heart but if you’re not a conservative when you’re older, you don’t have a brain?  Mid 30s?  I’d say it’s beginning to happen.

Oh, one last thing, Reg and then I’ll let you go about suppressing your conservative tendencies.  If you’re going to quote me please do it accurately.

I'd like to see the people that promote that idea subjected to this kind of treatment and then question them afterwards if they thought it was a "Big fucking deal" to quote you Kevin G the mighty Christian.

Would you mind showing me where I said these words?  Sorry to trouble you.  Hey, maybe I should just own them as John Kerry seems to think it scores points with the people.  What a poser.

Kevin g