I read some local northeastern print media today, and saw it was peppered with letters and articles ranging from accusations Bush has let the nation's oil supply get very low and has been using it to sell at pumps, to some professor droning on and on how Blackwater is made up of mercenaries so what can you expect but indiscriminate shootings...in a word, all misrespresenting, distorting, or outright ignoring facts, and this isn't the first time by any scale I've mentioned every ignorance being indulged to shoo the USA into a cowed, cringing land that, okay, would only LOOK like it has no farming, privately held enterprises or housing, or borders from immigration to food and drug saftey. Goodness, the Herald is among those now opining General Petraeus was attacked by an "obscure" Leftist group, MoveOn, and that the Senate portrayed him as a boo-boo lipped boy scout who can't defend himself...even though he has, and the actual Congressional question is: do YOU stand with him or not?
 
Okay, so why do some seem bent on always leaving out the collective context of ALL Bush nagging as the reason they hope to give enough rhetorical fires to distract Conservatives from good 2008 campaigning?
 
Never once do I see a Democrat or nagging GOP or media member or celebrity grab a camera, waltz over to our troops, call them Nazis who "you know, Bob, should never be" raping Iraq or accusing al-Qaeda of 911 involvement, say they represent some 1960's-style industrial-military complex where most people smoke and are dominated by abusive, omni-racist white and non-white males, say that only dummies would enlist to support such an establishment, then conclude with that if they had ANY sense, they'd roll over on Laden's or any Socialist/Collectivist tunes of Hitlerian Caesarism by their Commander In Chief, accept a borderless and poorly merchandised/fed/medicated USA driven mostly by State officials and collectivized gambling, healthcare, and housing in surrender to the propriety of dictators' claims, then respect that some folks just don't need ability to vote in Vietnam or Iraq or even in the USA and that whoever's now in office can best dictate terms at home.
 
Nope, never see that happening, not even on the vaunted youtube. And yet, just the other day MoveOn itself alleged to me our troops in Iraq have begun emailing them to say "right on!". Next President Bush or Vice President Cheney or Secretary Gates visit Iraq or heck, even the VFW or Roswell, it might be nice to run a montage video of all Iraq critics from Ron Paul to Kucinich to Kaptur to Kerry and Durbin, then invite same out to have equal time before such audience to explain why they strongly feel that way, so that America could better see what some sell as palaver for foreign political consumption and what those who defend the USA and ALL wanting free trade, democracy, or both actually think of say MoveOn, rather than take anybody's word for it.  Heavens, some also tell us they'll pay for SCHIP just by raising tobacco taxes while taobacco use is at an all-time low and smoking bans continue to pop up like wildfire.
 
In the meantime, I continue to support acceptance and Congressional funding of Petraeus observations as same are thereafter requested by President Bush and some omnipartisans in Congress, as I personally find no evidence in majority or clear and convincing amount(s) that MoveOn is correct re troops siding with them.