A reply to Bob Herbert - NY Times
I want to thank Bob Herbert for his editorial opinion on this Memorial Day. It is with great spirit and respect for the freedom earned for him by the barefoot men at Valley Forge that he writes about his great love for his country. He takes the deaths of the Civil War that granted freedom to slaves and mocks the worth of such foolishness. He skips over two world wars as if saving the world from dictatorship is meaningless. He views fighting to defend against attacks on soil of the United States, "America is increasingly being seen as a dangerously arrogant military power that is due for a comeuppance."
It should not surprise anyone that the idea of a day to show respect for the men and women who have fallen in battle defending the right of Bob Herbert to degrade their sacrifice is a prime example of the media today. Everything is politics to people like him. His hatred for the President and the United States itself is clearly shown in not just the timing of words, but the sources he quotes as if they were gospel.
It is Bob Herbert’s right to ignore the human rights violations commented each and every day by members of the same fundamentalist groups held in our military prisons. If he feels that cutting the heads off people is acceptable, so be it. If he believes that gutting a poverty worker and leaving her body on the street for dogs to eat is acceptable, it is his right. Instead of even attempting to look at the whole, Bob Herbert looks at our military and stands with terrorists. Bob Herbert works for the defeat of the United States military even on the day set aside to honor the fallen that won freedom for all of us.
Yes, we can all be proud of the freedom expressed by Bob Herbert on this Memorial Day. You see, hatred doesn’t recognize holidays.
You can read his opinion here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/30/opinion/30herbert.html?hp
It should not surprise anyone that the idea of a day to show respect for the men and women who have fallen in battle defending the right of Bob Herbert to degrade their sacrifice is a prime example of the media today. Everything is politics to people like him. His hatred for the President and the United States itself is clearly shown in not just the timing of words, but the sources he quotes as if they were gospel.
It is Bob Herbert’s right to ignore the human rights violations commented each and every day by members of the same fundamentalist groups held in our military prisons. If he feels that cutting the heads off people is acceptable, so be it. If he believes that gutting a poverty worker and leaving her body on the street for dogs to eat is acceptable, it is his right. Instead of even attempting to look at the whole, Bob Herbert looks at our military and stands with terrorists. Bob Herbert works for the defeat of the United States military even on the day set aside to honor the fallen that won freedom for all of us.
Yes, we can all be proud of the freedom expressed by Bob Herbert on this Memorial Day. You see, hatred doesn’t recognize holidays.
You can read his opinion here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/30/opinion/30herbert.html?hp
posted by Don Black at 10:20 AM
3 Comments:
Your link on ussnevrdock was wrong...it was your e-mail addy.
Nice comment though.
Thank you Mick. I fixed it it my latest reply at ussneverdock.
That's a great story. Waiting for more. »
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