How would George S. Patton feel about today's liberals?
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He would be thoroughly disgusted at their cowardliness.
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Honestly, when discussing the war with liberal friends, they honestly believe that soldiers are stupid, misinformed or dirt poor. They don't come out and say it like that, but its obvious they struggle with the fact that people enlist for a lot of reasons including sense of duty and calling. I don't know if it will hurt them or not but I think it shows Kerry's and other Democrats true colors.
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I think he deserves what he gets! The liberals in the USA will be crying for a long time though. He was thier hero!
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Bill Clinton answered that when he basically did nothing about the attack on the USS Cole. Liberals hate anything military (more or less)
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I am a liberal. Do I hate America? Of course not! I love America as much as you do, maybe more. I love the ideals of the Declaration of Independence where it states that all men are endowed with the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I cherish the Constitutional notions of checks and balances. I worship the freedoms laid out in the Bill of Rights. I take seriously the welcoming call of the Statue of Liberty to give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.\n\nWhat you see as "hate" would be more properly described as "disappointment". I am disappointed when our leaders and our nation stray from these sacred American ideals. If there is any hate, it is not for America or Americans, it is for the leadership that betrays America.\n\nI say that if you love something or someone, then you are particularly concerned when that something or someone turns out to be broken or sick. When your child has a fever, you don't waste time bragging to everyone that he's an honor student, you take him to the doctor. And you don't accuse the doctor of hating your child when he points out that he has an infection. You thank the doctor, you get the prescription antibiotics, and you work hard to heal your child.\n\nFurthermore, you aren't "blaming the child first" by noticing that the child is sick. There's nothing wrong with pointing out America's problems. If you can't identify the problems, you can't begin to solve them. When America has done something wrong, however, I'm more than happy to blame America first. For example, America illegally invaded, occupied, and tortured the people of a sovereign nation that was no threat to us. Who am I supposed to blame for that, Zimbabwe?\n\nI have no intention of moving to France, the country that gave us modern democratic political philosophy, crucial military support in the Revolutionary War, that big green lady in the New York harbor, and steadfast alliance for our entire existence. As I've already pointed out, I love America, too, so there's no reason I should leave. Loving America means staying here and putting in the hard work needed to see America live up to her ideals.\n\nIf I see a friend doing something that could hurt him, I don't cheer him on and tell him he's doing the right thing. Admittedly, that would be the easiest (or most amusing, in a sick kind of way) thing to do. The harder—and more responsible—approach is to warn my friend of the dangers of his actions. It might piss him off, but I have to be willing to take that chance.
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Liberals will go to great lengths to avoid being cornered and made to answer for anything. They will skirt around an issure for days if they can't answer in 3 worded sentences. Well before getting into office they'd shoot their mouths off every 60 seconds about how the Bush adm is doing the war thing all wrong. Well now they are in and they will have to eat their words and it will be sweet to have them take the blame now. Except for the fact it could be the death of us.
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I am a liberal.\n\nDo I hate America? Of course not! I love America, probably more than Conservatives do. I love the ideals of the Declaration of Independence where it states that all men are endowed with the unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. I cherish the Constitutional notions of checks and balances. I worship the freedoms laid out in the Bill of Rights. I take seriously the welcoming call of the Statue of Liberty to give us your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.\n\nWhat Conservatives see as "hate" would be more properly described as "disappointment". I am disappointed when our leaders and our nation stray from these sacred American ideals. If there is any hate, it is not for America or Americans, it is for the leadership that betrays America.\n\nIf you love something or someone, then you are particularly concerned when that something or someone turns out to be broken or sick. When your child has a fever, you don't waste time bragging to everyone that he's an honor student, you take him to the doctor. And you don't accuse the doctor of hating your child when he points out that he has an infection. You thank the doctor, you get the prescription antibiotics, and you work hard to heal your child.\n\nFurthermore, you aren't "blaming the child first" by noticing that the child is sick. There's nothing wrong with pointing out America's problems. If you can't identify the problems, you can't begin to solve them. When America has done something wrong, however, I'm more than happy to blame America first. For example, America illegally invaded, occupied, and tortured the people of a sovereign nation that was no threat to us. Who am I supposed to blame for that, France?\n\nIf I see a friend doing something that could hurt him, I don't cheer him on and tell him he's doing the right thing. Admittedly, that would be the easiest (or most amusing, in a sick kind of way) thing to do. The harder—and more responsible—approach is to warn my friend of the dangers of his actions. It might piss him off, but I have to be willing to take that chance.\n\n\nThe danger of all these displays of false patriotism is that they emphasize "American Pride" over any attempt to find solutions to our nation's problems. Those who point out flaws in our way of life do so because they want to see our country live up to the promise of democracy laid out in our Constitution.
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if you ripped the brain out of a liberals head and shoved it in a gnats as* it would be like throwing a BB into a boxcar.
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Lazy, uncritical thinkers make this comparison, but history will show otherwise. Many democracies have shaky starts, it just takes awhile for things to settle out. Germany was in a state of chaos for awhile after WW II - similar to what we are seeing in Iraq... Not all the Nazi sympathizers wanted to go quietly...\n\nFrom reading history, all the whining and bellyaching by liberals are just like all the anti-war, pro-slavery Democrats during the Civil War, who hated Lincoln and considered him the worst president this country ever had. They said that the war was not winnable, that we should look to make peace with the Confederacy and just leave them alone... Democrats and liberals think that being anti-war is some kind of great virtue. They would rather slink away with their tails betwixt their legs than stand up for what is right. Iraq will get it right, and will be a beacon of hope for the rest of the Middle East. \n\n2,500 soldiers killed is a steep price, and I salute their sacrifice and mourn their loss. They have not died in vain, and their sacrifices will help to build a more stable Iraq, which will lend itself to stabilizing the entire Middle East. The media and liberals (sorry, that was redundant) only want to focus on the negatives, so a lot of what has already been accomplished is being overlooked or ignored.\n\nHistory will record that George W. Bush made the right choice to invade Iraq, and the naysayers will continue to hate him regardless of the outcome.
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Many folks in these parts think that it would be just fine if there were no more liberals around, anywhere. They see liberals as anti-religion, anti-American, and anti-anything that they believe in. People develop these attitudes as they are brought up. They get their viewpoints from their parents, their friends, their ministers, and others in their circle of acquaintances. People develop their attitudes irrationally and, unfortunately, not with their own minds. In other words, people do not think for themselves very much.\n\nOne night many years ago, William Jennings Bryan was speaking before a crowd of mostly farmers in Omaha, Nebraska. Afterwards, a young farmer came up to Bryan and earnestly inquired. "Why did God make conservatives?"\n\nBryan replied with another question, "When you want to plow a field, what kind of horses do you use?" The farmer replied that he used his strongest team.\n\n"Well," replied Bryan, "So what kind of plow would you use?" The farmer said he would use the best he had, the one that would plow the deepest and hold fast in the ground.\n\n"Well," said Bryan, "God made strong horses and stubborn plows and that way you get your field cultivated. So God made liberals--they are the strong horses--and conservatives--they are the plow--and if the liberals pull and the conservatives hold on, the work gets done. We need both."\n\nToday most people are quick to claim that they are "a conservative". Fewer claim to be liberals. Some call themselves "progressives", which I take to be a code word for liberal. The word liberal is spelled with four letters in the minds of many Southerners. But how many of us actually know anything about liberalism, or even conservatism, and the respective histories of these traditions? When we say that we are one or the other, what are we really saying?\n\nLiberals and conservatives historically differ in style and in temperament; and where they differ particularly is in their attitudes toward change. "The castle which conservatism is set to defend," said Ralph Waldo Emerson, "is the actual state of things, good and bad." Against this view the liberal urges the wisdom and the feasibility of change in order to improve the human and social condition. The conservative supposes that human contrivance is so treacherous a guide that efforts at making things better will generally produce more grief than good. The liberal, while he does not believe in the perfect nature of man or the infallibility of reason, does contend that intelligent decisions by mankind can improve individual opportunity and security. The conservative is the traditionalist; the liberal, the experimentalist.\n\nA society made up exclusively of conservatives or of liberals would be too dismal to contemplate. A good tension between the two camps provides fertile ground for society as a whole. "Each half is great," wrote Emerson, "but an impossible whole."\n\nWhile the liberal says, "Let's get going," the conservative says, "Wait a minute," and both are essential to progress. The job of innovation is usually performed by the liberal. The job of restraint is held by the conservative. While the durability of our society can be broadly attributed to conservatives, its creativity is the main province of its liberals.\n\nMost people, most of the time, are conservative for the same reason that they are conventional and accept and abide by the customs of their neighbors. They conceive of progress as a series of slow and relatively minor adjustments; drastic change almost always alarms them. The liberal is less patient in his search for remedies for the faults and failures he sees. He is prepared to accept change in larger doses. Both groups are always with us, and the political history of our country is mainly an account of the shifting strengths and weaknesses of these elements. From
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JOHN 16... are you dyslexic ?  \nYou said, "Liberals always say he is a "bad guy" --- then defend him."  \nIn my language, english, he wasn't defending him... he was saying it's not about him.\nI am a Liberal... and I have never defended him nor have I heard any liberal defend him either...  \nDo you stay up all night making this bush-it up ?\nWhat scares me isn't that you vote... it's that you breed !!!\nNow that's a crime against humanity !
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Amen!!!  I am a moderate liberal, but some of the crazy people in here scare me!!  also, my spouse is in the marine corps.... so the military is definitely a good thing!
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No, in fact quite the opposite. He was a classic liberal who believed very stongly in the values of honesty and integrity as the basis of government. In fact with his 14 points and the setting up of the League of Nations, he hoped to extend this to international relations, replacing the old system of balance of power and secret alliances with one that was based on open, honest relations between states.
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I agree. He understands the historical perspective. He views politics as history. Although he has baggage, his ideas for fundemental reform of our governmental institutions are worthy of discussion. As to the idea of blowing Liberal BS away, I believe that he has the ability to confront it and provide an alternative that large segemnts of the population agree with already.
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That is a very good question! I have wondered that my self. Be careful now, you know their gonna get mad. I feel I must walk on eggshells around those Libs. But I don't.
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First of all, if you have never served in the military since the war in Iraq, then I don't think that you would be in a position to judge the calibre of todays armed forces. Now since I served 4 1/2 years in the army, in the grunts, and 20 months in Iraq, I will comment on the possibilities of your question. \n \nWWII was a clearly defined war. Everyone was aware of what was at stake. We knew that civilization as we knew it was either going to prevail, or that the dark fascists states of Germany and Japan were going to rule the world, exploiting whatever and whomever they wanted. I'm sure that if the conditions were right the US would rise to the occasion once again. Remember, this war is not even in the top 3 as far as unpopular wars that the US has been involved in. The first was the Mexican American war, second was Vietnam, and believe it or not, the war of 1812 became so unpopular that we almost lost it. It's okay to have differing opinions, that's what makes this country great. I don't care if you're a liberal or a conservative, all I care about is that you're a concerned citizen. As long as we have concerned citizens, then this country will continue to prosper.\n\nNow, as far as the comment made about "We can't even win the war in Iraq" I suggest to that person that they inform themselves on some history, and try to grasp the complexity of a guerrilla war. The British citizens said the same things about their military during our Revolution because we employed guerrilla tactics against an Army that by all means should have beat us within a fortnight. They didn't understand how to fight an insurgency much the same way we didn't understand how to in Vietnam. If you are implying that we are not "winning" in Iraq because of the quality of our armed forces them I must veheamently protest. The soldiers and Marines that I worked with in my time in the service were by far the MOST proffesional people I have ever had the honor of meeting. I think that they have made our forefathers proud THROUGH this proffesionalism. \n\nFinally, I think you should apologize to the men and women of the armed forces forces for your blatent ignorance, disrespect, and utter disregard for the price that warriors like us pay so that you can remain in the pitiful world you know as your life. In other words, SHUT THE FVCK UP.
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It is a knee jerk reaction from the liberals to hate President Bush;)\n\nThough I do not like everything my President is doing, I do like him and I know he is a good Christian man doing the best he can in a very difficult job.