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If there is one thing that I have come to know through all of my years working in politics it is that liberals will always accuse their opposition of precisely the actions they are undertaking. I suppose this could be viewed as some sort of convoluted effort to inoculate the issue which they are attempting to manipulate but the fact remains, if liberals are accusing a group of doing something chances are they are doing it themselves; the louder they protest, the more they are involved. Recently my sister, a good hearted, open-minded city-dweller, forwarded an email to me she had received from an acquaintance. This email cited a left-wing web site that called the “femanistas” to arms over the “fact” that the new Iraqi government had ceded all elements of women’s rights to the rule of Islam and that the Bush Administration had endorsed the move. Of course, this propaganda is about as accurate and truthful as Scott Peterson’s story about going fishing. The truth of the matter is that the new Iraqi government is still struggling to achieve a draft of their new constitution so there haven’t been any laws passed or any rights rescinded. In fact, one of the stumbling blocks keeping the new Iraqi government from achieving the goal of a new draft constitution is the role of Islam in their new government, an issue directly related to women’s rights in that country. The issue of whether Islamic Law should be a component of government is a contentious topic among the Shiite, Sunni and Kurds, not to mention that there are quite a few elected women sitting in the new Iraqi congress, the very body creating the draft constitution. I noted these facts when I replied to my sister and added that if her “friend” really wanted to help the women of Iraq preserve and perhaps increase their rights under the new Iraqi system of law, she would have a better chance of doing so if she pried her ass out of the couch at Starbucks, stopped laying blame at the feet of our government for what other sovereign governments are doing and started her journey to Baghdad to protest outside of the Iraqi Congress where her mouthing off would be more apropos. The reply I received to my comments was typical of the liberal mindset. It completely ignored the truths that were presented in rebuttal and ignored the fact that not one statement posited in the initial email was based in truth. Instead it addressed my “hateful tone.” The irony that a self-righteous demagogue armed with half-truths and innuendo, who was herself spreading what can only be described as hate-filled speech about our country and our president, was pointed. It added credence to my theory about liberals accusing their opponents of doing exactly as they are. The reality of the situation is that this disingenuous and inaccurate message is out there, adding to the misinformation that is fueling the partisan atmosphere in which we currently exist. Until recently I was fairly comfortable believing that the disinformation campaign of the liberal left, at its highest levels, was well organized and conceived by a keen and intelligent, albeit deceitful foe. Whether the target was the War on Terror, judicial nominations, the economy or whether a fetus feels pain, I felt confident that the assassination of the truth for political gain being perpetrated by the Carvilles, Begalas, Clintons, Exleys, Ickes and Neas’ of the world was a conflict that could be quelled by tactics of a cerebral nature, a high-stakes game of political chess, as it were. Silly me, it looks like we’re playing checkers. The radically-leftist, femi-Nazi group Code Pink Women for Peace – the same group that supported the inane shrieking of Cindy Sheehan – has taken to sponsoring anti-war protests directly outside the front doors of the Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington DC. Walter Reed is a primary destination for those who have been wounded in battle and home to many soldiers who have suffered life-altering injuries. It is a place for healing and transition, at least it was before Code Pink decided to exploit wounded soldiers for political gain. The anti-war activists of Code Pink assemble every week with their props and propaganda to literally harass those who have given of themselves to provide the very freedoms that those of Code Pink use to hate. They assemble with signs that read, “Maimed for Lies” and “Enlist Here and Die for Halliburton.” They line up fake caskets draped with American flags just outside the doors to the medical center tormenting soldiers who have lost brothers in arms. They chant slogans like, “George Bush kills American soldiers,” while recuperating soldiers and their families enter and leave the facility. One protester, too much of a coward to give his real name, said to a CNS News reporter, "We know most of the George Bush supporters have never spent a day in uniform, have never been closer to a battlefield than seeing it through the television screen." Evidently this stunted intellect, who probably has never worn a uniform except perhaps that of the International Union of Socialist Youth, hasn’t the cognitive skills to recognize the very real and overwhelming support for the president that exists in the Armed Forces, both active and retired. That a group of people can be so narcissistic and narrow in their thinking as to invade a medical facility to abuse and mentally torture soldiers recuperating from the damages of war is despicable. But even more pathetic is the blind hatred that burns deep within their souls. The ruse that the liberal left is displaying anger based in superior morality and intellect has been “outed” as the hate-filled ignorance it is. The tolerance of the left is dead. So, if I had the chance to add one last thought to the comments I offered my sister’s “friend” it would be this: The glory of freedom is not based in hate, it is based in opportunity. If you want to change the world, here’s your opportunity, don’t waste it promulgating lies. Related Reading: Anti-War Protests Target Wounded at Army Hospital

Copyright © 2005 by Frank Salvato. 

Frank Salvato is Managing Editor of The Rant.us.

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