Thursday, March 16, 2006
Did not like Allan Winkler commentary
I got a good chuckle from Allan Winkler's opinion piece. The problem with what he says is that it's straight rhetoric from the pessimistic left's play book. Words like 'quagmire' and 'Vietnam' were obviously going to show up, and they did. Views and comments meant to discredit and pollute the history of the United States were sure to be voiced, and sure enough, they were. The thing that discredits him the most, though, is when he tries to convince us that nothing is going well and Iraq is about to collapse into civil war.
The fact remains, stories from soliders coming back from Iraq and stories from people still over there, except those coming from the major news agencies, paint a very different picture. While things aren't great over there, they are hopeful. There is hope and a light shining brightly at the end of the tunnel. Iraqis don't want a civil war, the American left wants a civil war over there to prove they were right.
I refuse to give into this defeatist, pessimistic attitude and I want to challenge other listeners to do the same. So, in the future, when I hear that Alan is about to give his opinion on something that is going on halfway around the world from him, I'll respectfully choose to turn the radio down for a few minutes and not partake in the desparate Bush bashing, spiteful view of the world that will inevitably take place. And I'll go about my day knowing that a liberal professor's depressing view of the world, a world that I want to choose to have hope for, hasn't affected my day.
--Jeff via email
The fact remains, stories from soliders coming back from Iraq and stories from people still over there, except those coming from the major news agencies, paint a very different picture. While things aren't great over there, they are hopeful. There is hope and a light shining brightly at the end of the tunnel. Iraqis don't want a civil war, the American left wants a civil war over there to prove they were right.
I refuse to give into this defeatist, pessimistic attitude and I want to challenge other listeners to do the same. So, in the future, when I hear that Alan is about to give his opinion on something that is going on halfway around the world from him, I'll respectfully choose to turn the radio down for a few minutes and not partake in the desparate Bush bashing, spiteful view of the world that will inevitably take place. And I'll go about my day knowing that a liberal professor's depressing view of the world, a world that I want to choose to have hope for, hasn't affected my day.
--Jeff via email
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