In an exchange with an MSNBC Military Analyst Tfucker Carlson proceeded to toss a bucket-full of salt onto the tale of 7 members of the 82nd Airborne who published an Op-ed in the New York Times this week that completely eviscerated the claims of dog and pony pundits such as Micheal O'Hanlon and Kenneth Pollack.
Showing just how much he respects the troops opinion on how well the surge is working and how most Iraqis feel about it, Tfucker claimed - "How the hell would (they) know?"
Before I get into the meat of this particular story, I just want to remind my gentle readers of why I call Carlson - Tfucker. Besides the fact that it's funny, Carlson happens to be the son of one of the managers of the Scooter Libby defense fund and has stated - from his highly neutral position - that "the Plame Controversy is Bullshit".
So it doesn't matter that Gen Hayden said she was covert, and that Patrick Fitzgerald said she was covert - and that Valerie herself testified under oath that she was covert. Carlson simply doesn't believe it. It's right there in front of his eyes - but he simply refuses to see it.
Yeah, so we now know how much we can trust his judgment and how much he respects the statements of those who have dedicated themselves to serving our country.
And of course, Tucker is now very concerned - like many of right-wing have suddenly become - that our military is becoming "politicized."
When Sgt Aguina came to Yearlykos in full dress uniform and attempted to make statements that "The Surge is Working" - the right-wing was all in his corner.
Rick Moran on The Factor: He's a very earnest, very honest young man who takes the idea that "the surge is working" seriously.
Pajamas Media : He didn't say anything political.
So Aguina says the surge is working and he's not being political - but when 7 others point of the fact that it's not working (which most of us who realized that Baghdad isn't in Al-Anbar province already knew) - they've crossed the line into politics?
Yeah, right - sure they did. Flip-Flop much?
Naturally Col Jacobs offered some "balance" to Carlson's statements.
Jacob's doesn't make a ton of sense here unless you feel that those who gripe from the front-lines don't have valid points and even if they did, and they did, that it's a good thing to censor them because it might "hurt morale" if people kinda like - knew the facts and stuff.
MSNBC’s Tucker Carlson, whose father, Richard Carlson, is on the advisory committee of Scooter Libby’s legal defense fund, spoke to Salon today about Valerie Plame’s covert status: “CIA clearly didn’t really give a sh*t about keeping her identity secret if she’s going to work at f*cking Langley.” Carlson then added “I call bullsh*t on that, I don’t care what they say,”
So it doesn't matter that Gen Hayden said she was covert, and that Patrick Fitzgerald said she was covert - and that Valerie herself testified under oath that she was covert. Carlson simply doesn't believe it. It's right there in front of his eyes - but he simply refuses to see it.
Yeah, so we now know how much we can trust his judgment and how much he respects the statements of those who have dedicated themselves to serving our country.
And of course, Tucker is now very concerned - like many of right-wing have suddenly become - that our military is becoming "politicized."
Tfucker: I'm uncomfortable with it since there has been this separation between active duty military and politics. That the service members kind of act out the policy of the U.S. Government - right or wrong - but they don't comment on it because you want civilian control of the military and that has always been our tradition and 2: I wonder if weighing in on a political question such as this doesn't squander the awesome moral authority that these guys already have.
When Sgt Aguina came to Yearlykos in full dress uniform and attempted to make statements that "The Surge is Working" - the right-wing was all in his corner.
Rick Moran on The Factor: He's a very earnest, very honest young man who takes the idea that "the surge is working" seriously.
Pajamas Media : He didn't say anything political.
So Aguina says the surge is working and he's not being political - but when 7 others point of the fact that it's not working (which most of us who realized that Baghdad isn't in Al-Anbar province already knew) - they've crossed the line into politics?
Yeah, right - sure they did. Flip-Flop much?
Naturally Col Jacobs offered some "balance" to Carlson's statements.
Col. Jack Jacobs: I do think there is some detriment to the moral authority you're talking about. I think that these soldiers thought were performing a public service by making the public aware of what they see is happening at the lowest possible levels, but of course we only see a broad brush of the strategy, we don't see what happens tactically. So I think they thought they were performing a public service - and in a certain respect they are - don't forget now, that we're in an environment that you can get information in a wide variety of ways. No longer do you have to watch the news, or to you and me. (THANK GOD!) There are soldiers all the time, sending back dispatches from the forward edge of the battle area - on the net. Now it's difficult to police.
Jacob's doesn't make a ton of sense here unless you feel that those who gripe from the front-lines don't have valid points and even if they did, and they did, that it's a good thing to censor them because it might "hurt morale" if people kinda like - knew the facts and stuff.
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