Support the Troops and Screw the Spineless

Gaius posts a letter from his son which speaks of the the grass roots support for the troops and how much that means to the soldiers who volunteered to do a dangerous job. And how much the lack of respect makes them sad.

My post today involves the myspace phenomenon. Whatever your feelings on the website that purports to be “a place for friends,” I’ll admit that it’s a handy way to keep in touch with and rediscover old friends. Today a friend pointed out a group on myspace that is anything but friendly, a veritable slap in the face to the men and women of the U.S. armed forces. In a search, the name of this group shows up as “Hug the Troops,” but upon clicking the link one finds a giant yellow ribbon with the words “F*** the Troops” on it. There follows several anti-U.S. videos borrowed from YouTube and a line of text accusing U.S. troops of being “responsible for the slaughterings [sic] around the world.” I am sad to report that at the time of this writing, this group had 109 members.

But if there is anything worse than the rat bastards who do this kind of nonsense on MyS[pac it is the actions of supposed leaders who should know better.  I’m speaking of the spineless weasels who call themselves Republicans yet vote for the Non-binding Resolution to Screw the Troops. If they really think that trying to wint he war inat his time is a losing proposistion then they should have the guts to call for Cutting and Running.

But instead the gutless scumbags try to play it so that they can appeal to those who oppose the war and yet still claim to support the troops.

This cannot be tolerated.  Canservative and right of center voters have been screwed long enough by a Republican leadership that says one thing and yet does another.  It’s time to stop this crap RFN!

Take the pledge to not support any Republican Senator spineless enough to vote for the Non-binding Resolution to Screw the Troops.

If the United States Senate passes a resolution, non-binding or otherwise, that criticizes the commitment of additional troops to Iraq that General Petraeus has asked for and that the president has pledged, and if the Senate does so after the testimony of General Petraeus on January 23 that such a resolution will be an encouragement to the enemy, I will not contribute to any Republican senator who voted for the resolution. Further, if any Republican senator who votes for such a resolution is a candidate for re-election in 2008, I will not contribute to the National Republican Senatorial Committee unless the Chairman of that Committee, Senator Ensign, commits in writing that none of the funds of the NRSC will go to support the re-election of any senator supporting the non-binding resolution.