This Date in Lying History

Twenty-five yrs. ago today, Ronald Reagan's stupidity led to the deaths of over two hundred AmeriKKKan Marines, sailors & soldiers. An idiot on The New York Times op-ed page claims that if only we'd stood up like men, instead of pulling out like sissies, we might not have had the attacks of 11 September 2001.

Had we stood our ground 25 years ago instead of pulling out after the bombing, it is possible that 9/11 would not have happened. Likewise, anyone who thinks we can pull back into a shell now and hope terrorism will go away simply isn’t looking at the lessons history offers. People ask if we are accomplishing anything in Iraq and Afghanistan. I say yes. Terrorists no longer have a safe haven in Afghanistan. If we pull out of Iraq before the time is right, guess who moves in: Iran. The same Iran that trained the Hezbollah bombers who killed 241 of my comrades on that October morning in Beirut. Do we want to look back 25 years from now and regret not having stayed the course again?

Oh, stay that course. Does it occur to this ninny that if the AmeriKKKan gov't. hadn't stuck its nose into Lebanon, or stationed troops in Saudi Arabia, or any of the many other foolish things done in the Middle East in "our" name, we might not have to deal w/ any of this crap? The concept of "fighting them there, so we won't have to fight them here" is absurdly stupid. And rather offensive, in that somehow foreign countries should be militarily attacked merely so so-called terrorists won't threaten our precious country. The very assault on a Moooslim country makes for more terrorists & more likelihood that we will be fighting "them over here." Afghanistan no longer a safe haven for terrorists? What? No mention of Pakistan right next door, we see. Should we pull out of Iraq next wk., or in a hundred yrs., there'll still be tribal & religious bloodshed, & Iran will still want to (& probably be able to) fill any power gap that exists there. An opportunity handed to Iran by the Bush Admin., by the way. Al Qaeda managed to bring down the Soviet Empire by bogging it down in Afghanistan, where AmeriKKKa certainly seems to be bogged down now. And were caught in the quicksand of Iraq as well. How much longer is the Bush Empire going to last, what w/ two wars & global financial meltdown? The author of the op-ed piece, Randy Gaddo, is the director of Parks, Recreation and Library Services for Peachtree City, Ga. We can only fear for the young people of Peachtree City, that a violent, blood-crazed ignoramus like Mr. Gaddo is in anyway in charge of their futures. We must ask ourselves, does Mr. Gaddo like to keep the coloreds out of the public pools so he won't have to fight them in the honky parts of town? Assuming that the coloreds are even allowed in Peachtree City, of course.