Ted Rall: Our Troops As Suicide Bombers
How can one man be capable of so much bitter hatred?
The lunatic left has long been enamored with drawing moral parallels between our troops and our enemies. Michael Moore famously called the terrorists in Iraq “freedom fighters,” implying that they were simply fighting against American imperialism. The Abu Ghraib fiasco, as well as baseless accusations about detainee treatment at the US detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, have caused many on the left to claim that our country is as bad or worse as the Islamic extremists we fight against.
And now Rall tries to draw parallels between our troops and suicide bombers.
The problem with parallels like this is that while our fighting forces may not be perfect, and we may make mistakes like Abu Ghraib, we aren’t slaughtering civilians on purpose. And our goal is not the same as the terrorists. Where they seek to inflict extremist Islamic rule on the people - in order to treat women like property, murder non-believers, and generally oppress the masses - we seek freedom. Liberty. Open markets and free expression.
So as imperfect as our troops may be, and even though they may make bloody mistakes on the battlefield, we aren’t fighting for the same thing as the terrorists. And that makes all the difference in the world.
Update: Cassy Fiano has more, including the fact that Rall almost won a Pulitzer Prize.
Which absolutely baffles the mind.
