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Fox News' Sean Hannity demanded in 1999 when troops were preparing to go into Kosovo --"Explain to the mothers and fathers of American servicemen that may come home in body bags why their son or daughter have to give up their life..."Cal Thomas, another super-duper-uber patriot pundit similarly raged at Bill Clinton's action in the Balkans:
"Americans are a generous people, and few would turn a blind eye to the death of innocent children and other civilians. But feelings alone are not sufficient reason to dispatch someone else 's sons and daughters to new killing fields. And for this president part of a generation that thought it was too good to fight and die in a war it didn 't like now thinking it OK to send someone else 's children possibly to their deaths., well, that 's a lot to overcome morally and politically."For some reason, Hannity and Thomas feel no compunction to repeat these "patriotic" sentiments, even as we are losing the sons and daughters they were so concerned about earlier at a clip of nearly four a day. Last night, the total number of American citizens slaughtered in Iraq was 1,868. We have lost five more this morning. I guess these two have successfully "overcome" their moral and political hang-ups, eh, Scoob? THOSE PESKY DOTS... When you stop and think about it, this nation's zaniest, hard-right-wing Christian fundamentalist, the cloven-hooved Pat Robertson, may be doing nothing more than providing cover for Stinky W's burgeoning problems with a distraught mother of a slain soldier who just won't go away. I mean, what's the media doing this morning -- talking about whether Stinky W. will talk to Cindy Sheehan, or are they jonesin' out on Pat Robertson's comments that we need to assassinate Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez? On Monday, Robertson said to his panting, target-eyed "700 Club"...
"We have the ability to take him out, and I think the time has come that we exercise that ability." Robertson went on to say, "We don't need another $200 billion war to get rid of one, you know, strong-arm dictator. It's a whole lot easier to have some of the covert operatives do the job and then get it over with."Also, bear this in mind -- and don't pay any attention to Donnie Rumsfeld's vague denial -- we have tried (unsuccessfully) two, maybe three times to assassinate Hugo Chavez. We're beginning to piss Chavez off. This last week Chavez threatened to cut off our oil and, since we get 10 percent of all our oil from Venezuela, that could create quite a sticky-wicket. But Robertson says taking Chavez out is "...a whole lot cheaper than starting a war ... and I don't think any oil shipments will stop." This comment of Robertson's gives the vacuous media an opportunity to discuss how close Chavez and Fidel Castro are; to "frame" the public opinion by saying over and over -- Chavez/Castro....Chavez/Castro...you are getting very sleepy...repeat after me... And, wouldn't you know, by coincidence, CNN had a neat little special on the Hugo Chavez/Fidel Castro relationship all ready to go! They even dress alike! Hey, that oughta tell you something. But then, that's just me. I could be wrong. Every time I run out there and grab a couple of dots and get too enthusiastic when I'm trying to connect them, I usually end up smashing them into my forehead...
