A piece called "War Mom vs. Peace Mom" by Dan Froomkin was
part of Washingtonpost.com today. At first glance I thought "well
maybe he's saying an anti-military mom's position would lead us to more
war and loss of life, and a pro-military mom's point of view will bring us peace
through strength...yeah right!
Froomkin is paid to write for a liberal newspaper and skillfully feeds his
propaganda hungry readers what they need to smugly tout that Bush is dumb, evil
and/or hypocritical. President Bush spoke to a group
of military families in Idaho who are proud of what their sons and daughters
are accomplishing, afterwards nudging them toward the press. Is the press corp embarrassed they need guiding to someone supportive of the war on terror? Instead there is
focus on the staged aspects of Bush's response while trying to make
Sheehan and company look like a natural groundswell.
But this article isn't as tilted as many are in the Post. Froomkin
mentions military mom Tammy Pruett's response to Paula Zahn's tilted
questioning.
"ZAHN: There are so many things that must keep you awake at night. What
is your chief concern as your son[s'] service continues over there?"
(aha! I've got you now! You will have to whine about the fear of
losing a son. Will it be fear of snipers? Fear of improvised bombs?)
"T. PRUETT: My greatest concern is that we stand firm, that we stand behind
the president, that we continue this battle until it's done and we bring all of
our boys and women home safely, but not until it's (the Iraqi government and
infrastructure) ready."
What a War Mongering War Mom!
Wow! But seriously...this is the crux of the matter. The
left in it's hatred for the president can only focus on the losses, real
or perceived, claiming they were misled into taking these risks. While the
majority of military families see a job that
needs doing, and respect the President along with the men and women who
are doing that job.
Imagine the mother of a fallen firefighter saying "The Fire Chief
told us fighting fires would be easy and tricked my son into going."
"We should pull out of all firefighting and leave fires alone so no more
firefighters are lost" "Actually it's the fact that we are
fighting these fires that is causing them!" A woman like that of
course would be dismissed as being understandably confused in her grief.
...unless the President were to start trumpeting the virtues of firemen; then
the media no doubt would find such a woman and a "Let it burn!"
movement would be driven by the media and funded by moveon, George Soros and the
like.
