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Friday, October 07, 2005

Whining at the Student Union

From Operation Yellow Elephant, a blog dedicated to exposing Hypocrisy.

From the Rocky Mountain Collegian:

The second lie liberals have been spouting lately is that conservatives, most notably the College Republicans, are being hypocritical for supporting the war in Iraq/on terror and the troops serving in those wars without enlisting themselves. This is ludicrous. Supporting the troops means letting them do their jobs and praying for their safety, NOT saying you support them and then holding a rally damning the cause they are fighting for. Also, where exactly do the people spreading this garbage think the military gets their officers and best leaders if not from the ranks of college graduates?



I reply:

As the founder of Operation Yellow Elephant, the movement that popularized the hypocrisy of College Republicans who refuse to fight in the war they demanded, I find it amusing to watch them justify their refusal to match their words with actions.

The College Republicans were among the most vocal proponents of this war. They characterized it as one of the greatest struggles of all time and made ludicrous comparisons to WWII and the Civil War. Yet, at a time when the military faces its greatest recruiting crisis in decades, they hold affirmative action bake sales and attack those who want to bring our soldiers home.

If you really believe in the rightness and the importance of this war, put off college for a couple of years and sign up. Otherwise, shut up. Your whining is pathetic.

2 comments:

gberke said...

"Supporting the troops means letting them do their jobs and praying for their safety"

Yeah, man, let they do they jobs! Cain't yo see dem boys gots a job to do? We gots other tings to do so we cain't hep jus now, but we bes' let dem boys git on wit they work! Stop makin' all dat troubl! Gitten' dem boys all riled! It ain't like dey ain't gittin paid or nuttin. Besides, gittin killed and such, dats part o de job! Damn!

gberke said...

If it's the soldiers job to kill and win and everyone else's job to support the soldiers whose job is it to see that the battle is just?
Most anything that is "just" is going to be a disadvatage (killin-wise) to the party that adopts it.
eg, Kerry in testifying against the Vietnam War surely didn't help the killing, maybe got some guys killed? Maybe helped end the war and save lives, enemy lives too? And what of the failed outcome?
Ah, we lack skills in anthropology...