Oof. And to think - that's a short firefight.

Wow. That is the kind of thing that should be on the news. Seeing something like that really gives those of us who haven't served in the military or been in combat a bit of perspective on what those soldiers must face every day. I imagine I would be about as scared sh!tless as that cameraman seemed. Your point is well taken Bill.

yeah.....it really bothers me that that stuff took place, and that a man that is so close to becoming our president led the charge.

oh....i was talking about Kerry's after action report on the evils of the American military in Vietnam

Courage seems to be a word that liberals use very infrequently these days.

Also, notice this on the campaign trail: Bush spends much of his time talking about defeating the terrorists; Kerry spends most of his time talking about defeating Bush.

That's the problem with Kerry and the rest of the liberals: for them, the real enemy is Bush and not the terrorists.

Kerry spends most of his time talking about defeating Bush.

Bingo.

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Bush spends much of his time talking about defeating the terrorists; Kerry spends most of his time talking about defeating Bush.

That's the bingo.

I echo Willow's 'Bingo.'

Kerry and the Democrats see the WoT as a sidenote to their removal of George W. Bush from power. That, not winning the war, is their primary focus of the moment.

Courage seems to be a word that liberals use very infrequently these days.

Balderdash. They use it all the time. For example, if you wear your Kerry button in downtown SF, that's "courage". If you put up a blog post criticizing Bush, this is also "courage". In fact, any kind of "dissent" whatsoever from the Administrations policies is courage. I mean, you're running the very real risk someone might yawn in your face! Courage!

That, not winning the war, is their primary focus of the moment.

I don't know if you noticed but there is an election in a few days, and I think I see plenty of activity on the right and words from Bush's mouth devoted to defeating Kerry and not fighting the war on terror. I have no doubt someone will respond that defeating Kerry is fighting the WOT, cause he would weaken us...blah blah. That same is being said about Bush.

We really should have a democrat dictionary:
lie- something said that democrats disagree with
courage- tearing up a little girl's Bush/Cheney sign, or shooting at GOP headquarters
patriot- someone who never misses a chance to criticize the military
fairness- claiming disenfranchisement where none exists while making every effort to exclude military ballots
freedom- a government given right, limited by political correctness
heroics- running away as fast as you can....

I think it is hard to deny the courage and fortitude of our soldiers, unless of course you are Kerry, then you like to accuse them of being incompetent, but keeping true to your character, you deny doing it.

If John Kerry were in the video, he'd be up the street 2000 yards waiting for the firing to stop, then he'd come back looking to pluck somebody from the water, once it was safe... uh... where's the water?

mistercalm, I may disagree with 90% of your posts but you do present them in a persuasive way that makes me think. You should have a blog yourself.