Let's Get One Thing Straight Here

Any United States Senator who wants to visit wounded American troops in a military hospital can certainly do so.

Barack Obama says he "got wind" that his visit to the military' regional medical center in Landstuhl, Germany might be considered political. Not only is that a strangely vague way of dodging the issue, it's also.....let's see, what's the word?

Oh, yeah.....disingenuous.

General David H. Petraeus

You know just how low the left has sunk when they disparage a man like Gen. Petraeus.

Even before he gave his report to Congress, the democrats were announcing that his report was a whitewash. How can they look themselves in the mirror?

Prior to his testimony on Monday, the dishonorable democrat congressmen running the inquisition essentially dismissed Gen. Petraeus' report before even hearing it.

Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL), in her opening statement, suggested that democrats distance themselves from the MoveOn.org ad in the New York Times that accused Gen. Petraeus of betrayal. Unfortunately, the democrats failed to do so. Their earlier comments had already confirmed that MoveOn.org was merely stating the position of the democrat party.

Disgraceful.

Like some people are saying: "I don't question their patriotism. I know full well that they have none."

Marine Captain Robert Secher

I've just read the story of CPT Robert Secher, killed by a sniper in Iraq on October 8.

His emails to his family were published in Newsweek and give his personal insight into the situation in Iraq.

Although he was apparently not optimistic about the outcome of the war, he believed in what he was doing there - training Iraqi soldiers to take over the fight against the terrorists who are trying to destroy that country.

Click on the link and read his words for yourself.

Captain Robert Secher - a true American hero.

H/T: Michelle Malkin

Korea

My last overseas assignment was in Korea. Things were pretty humdrum then, and I wondered why U.S. troops were even there. I gather that we still have about 37,000 troops in South Korea, and I'm still wondering why we're there.

South Korea is an economic powerhouse in Asia with a high standard of living and a dedicated military. North Korea, from what we're told, is a backward, impoverished country hobbled by a communist dictatorship.

Does South Korea really need the U.S. to protect it? I don't think it does, and even if I'm wrong, I think it's time for the South Koreans to take care of themselves.

In addition to the cost to the taxpayers, stationing American troops in another country during peacetime creates enormous PR problems. Local sentiment regarding our troops is divided, of course, between those who make money off of the GI's and those who's nationalistic pride is at stake.

My experience in Korea convinced me that the Koreans' gratitude for the U.S. having saved the country from a communist takeover has worn very thin over the years since 1953. Every time our military activities interfere with the daily lives of Koreans or even when a GI misbehaves in public, that gratitude gets a little thinner.

There have been reports of serious demonstrations against the U.S. presence in South Korea for many years now. Young Koreans can't relate to the fear and suffering their parents and grandparents experienced over 50 years ago.

It's time for us to leave. If the South Koreans can't defend themselves from the North Koreans....well, maybe they don't deserve the freedom we've provided them all these years.