I went out into the dinning area at work today to chit-chat for a few minutes with my employees. It was the usual conversation for a minute or two and then one lady asked me how my son is doing.
I started replying, but before I could say much she got to what she apparently was wondering. She asked, ‘How does it make you feel to hear about what happened to those soldiers?’.
This particular woman isn’t known for her tact and the question didn’t particularly bother me, but it obviously bothered the others sitting at the table.
Another one of my employees chastised her for asking. She hushed her. I started saying it wasn’t a problem and they all started talking at once, chastising the woman who asked the question and changing the subject.
Before I knew it they were talking about a shoe sale and my head was spinning. I was again impressed with their ability to side-step subjects that make them uncomfortable. They are very good at it.
As we continued to talk about shoes I became increasingly aware of the lump in my throat and the rage in my heart.
That rage has been sitting there for a while and it leaped to the forefront a couple of days ago when I read what those animal muslim jihadists did to those American Soldiers.
I went to my office but couldn’t concentrate on anything having to do with work. I found myself thinking of those Soldiers and what they went through.
I haven’t been able to get it out of my mind.
It’s outrageous that the media and the liberals are strangely silent about it. I heard a lot about the guy in wherever that our Soldiers are accused of killing. I saw pictures of him and pictures of people wailing and carrying-on over his body.
There was a long segment on the network news about that tonight.
Let the American people see what is being done to our Soldiers.
President Bush needs to tell the American people what happened to those Soldiers. He needs to let the people know what we are fighting and quit white-washing the actions of our enemies.
Send a CLEAR MESSAGE to our enemies.
I also think of those boys being accused of murder, being threatened with a death sentence. I almost can’t bear to think of what they are going through.
I saw one of the president’s advisers on TV tonight saying something to the effect that we are more civilized than the enemy and therefore more is expected of us. He said putting our Soldiers on trial for murder will show the world that we hold them to a higher standard.
That’s all well and good, but lets not use these Soldiers to prove a point.
That’s not the message we need to send.
The unrest in this country is the intense anger the people are feeling.
We are tired of being blamed for everything that is wrong in the world.
We are tired of being at war and not fighting the war.
We are tired of our Soldiers being put in harms way with their hands tied and with instructions to be sensitive to the enemy.
We don’t WANT sensitive Soldiers! We want Soldiers who are good Soldiers.
We are tired of the core democratic leaders spinning everything using sophomoric debate tactics to shut up any opposition.
We are tired of hearing the liberals give sympathy to muslim jihadists while finding fault with America, Americans and American Soldiers.
We are tired of hearing about Israel bombing Palestine while Palestine gets a pass on the horrors they commit.
We are tired of being chastised for mohammad cartoons while Jesus in Urine is praised as an object d’art.
We are tired of communists and socialists judging everything we do and say and trying to overtake our country.
We are tired of hearing from celebrities who think their fame and wealth translates into a superior understanding of world politics and warfare.
We don’t want the President apologizing for talking tough!
WE WANT A TOUGH PRESIDENT. We want the President to maintain the tough posture he had in the aftermath of 9/11.
The President needs to speak up and send a very clear message to the world. Tell the world that we will not be passive victims. We will not tolerate the continued mistreatment of our Soldiers.
What was done to those boys was an act of war in itself.
We need to send a clear message to the world that we will not tolerate this and there will be a reckoning.
Unleash the dogs of war and let it be done.
When the mutilated bodies of Tucker and Menchaca were found, the Soldiers could not immediately recover their bodies. The bodies were set up as a trap.
They had been tortured. Their eyes had been gouged out, their tongues and penises cut off. They had been mutilated and finally beheaded. They were not recognizable. DNA test have been ordered to positively identify them.
They died a horrible death in defense of their country. Doesn’t this deserve more than one day of brief news coverage?
17 heads were found in fruit baskets in the same area as the remains of these Soldiers.
Doesn’t this tell us who our enemy is? I think that’s something we should know.


Ptc. Thomas L. Tucker (right) was 25 years old. Pfc. Kristian Menchaca (left) was 23 years old.
Army Specialist David J. Babineau was killed in the attack that resulted in the capture of Tucker and Menchaca.

The liberals says our Soldiers are monsters. They aren’t. They are normal Americans from normal American homes with normal American families.
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Send a clear message. We will not stand for this.
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Michelle Malkin says Speak Up, President Bush. So does Gateway Pundit.
Wordsmith has a wonderful article on the lost Soldiers at Flopping Aces.
Ankle Biting Pundits exposes more hate filled intolerance from the Party of Tolerance. Disgusting.
The Gay Patriot reports on another disgusting example of using these mens’ barbaric murders as political foder.
Allah supposes how the Greatest Generation would have responded to such a atrocity. He says there are indications our troops are starting to follow their example. GOOD!
others who are tired: 4 The Little Guy, Aggressive Tendencies, Partisan Times, Hyscience, Gateway Pundit, Pros & Cons, Mary Katherine Ham at Hugh Hewitt, Ninth State, Woman Honor Thyself, Stop the ACLU, Two-Headed Monster, A Female Soldier, The Right State
Open posts: Outside the Beltway, TMH’s Bacon Bits, Adams Blog, The Dumb Ox, Third World County, Assorted Babble of Suzie, Stop the ACLU , 123Beta, The Uncooperative Blogger, Basil’s Blog, Passionate America, Cao’s Blog

June 22nd, 2006 at 12:33 am
Where is our President who stood atop the rubble of the Twin Towers and issued a call for justice? He has been missing for some time now, and I hope he returns very soon. These p.c. contortions are making me sick.
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:42 am
Beth you are exactly right and I send bunches of hugs to you. Excellent post with true raw emotions that are so true. Yesterday, I just could not bring myself to post the details of their death, it upset me so much and I am still thinking about those boys along with being very disturbed inside. Prone to depression anyway, but this was so barbaric and awful in ways that we can’t even imagine someone being able to be that evil. I think that we should as you said unleach the dogs of war…and let us continue to kill these bastards…track them to every corner of this world. These evil killers have no mercy, remorse, feelings….they are straight out of hell as if the devil released them into society himself. I could go on and on…commenting on other points you made, but I agree with them all. We are all tired of this rhetoric, actions and behavior from ones that seem not to care. What happened to these boys need to be reminded to ones repeatedly, to know just what we are up against. I keep praying for the families, their friends, fellow soldiers,….it is just heart breaking. Sorry for going on so long with this comment. God Bless you and your family.
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:45 am
Grieving Over the Loss…
Condolences to the family members of Pfc Tucker and Pfc Menchaca; also condolences to the family and friends of Spc. David J. Babineau, 25, of Springfield, Mass., who was the driver killed, that was with them.
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June 22nd, 2006 at 12:48 am
Moral highground…
In the end, relative to the moral position of our enemy, the highground is a very short step indeed.
Turn loose the dogs of war….
June 22nd, 2006 at 12:52 am
Rich and Suzie - I couldn’t agree with both of you more! Suzie, I also haven’t been able to post on it. I just couldn’t. It has been so upsetting and I don’t even personally know the men. I can’t get what they went through out of my mind. But we are supposed to feel that way for the muslims and forget about our Soldiers.
I don’t get it.
June 22nd, 2006 at 1:02 am
We all feel the same way, Beth.
At least I know I do…
I wish you could have seen the President today. I think you too would have been proud of him as much as I was. (The following is from part of a post I did today.)
President Bush Participates in Press Availability at 2006 U.S.-EU Summit
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
Part of the Q & A’s went as follows…
Note: This is really some good stuff and I doubt the MSM will do much reporting on this part of the Q & A… We’ll see…
AubreyJ………
Question:
Chancellor Schüssel, the European public is deeply worried by these secret prisoners that the CIA has been transporting, is transporting through Europe. Did you get assurance today from the President that this is not going to happen anymore, that there won’t be anymore in the kidnapping of terror suspects in Europe, that this is a thing of the past?
And to the President, Mr. President, you said this is “absurd,” but you might be aware that in Europe the image of America is still falling, and dramatically in some areas. Let me give you some numbers. In Austria, in this country only 14 percent of the people believe that the United States, what they are doing is good for peace; 64 percent think that it is bad. In the United Kingdom, your ally, there are more citizens who believe that the United States policy under your leadership is helping to destabilize the world than Iran. So my question to you is, why do you think that you’ve failed so badly to convince Europeans, to win their heads and hearts and minds? Thank you.
Answer:
PRESIDENT BUSH… (Note: The president said these words in a fairly strong voice.) Well, yes, I thought it was absurd for people to think that we’re more dangerous than Iran. It’s a — we’re a transparent democracy. People know exactly what’s on our mind. We debate things in the open. We’ve got a legislative process that’s active. Look, people didn’t agree with my decision on Iraq, and I understand that. For Europe, September the 11th was a moment; for us, it was a change of thinking. I vowed to the American people I would do everything to defend our people, and will. I fully understood that the longer we got away from September the 11th, more people would forget the lessons of September the 11th. But I’m not going to forget them. And, therefore, I will be steadfast and diligent and strong in defending our country.
I don’t govern by polls, you know. I just do what I think is right. And I understand some of the decisions I made are controversial. But I made them in the best interest of our country, and I think in the best interest of the world. I believe when you look back at this moment, people will say, it was right to encourage democracy in the Middle East. I understand some people think that it can’t work. I believe in the universality of freedom; some don’t. I’m going to act on my beliefs so long as I’m the President of the United States. Some people say, it’s okay to condemn people for — to tyranny. I don’t believe it’s okay to condemn people to tyranny, particularly those of us who live in the free societies.
And so I understand, and I’ll try to do my best to explain to the Europeans that, on the one hand, we’re tough when it comes to the war on terror; on the other hand, we’re providing more money than every before in the world’s history for HIV/AIDS on the continent of Africa. I’ll say, on the one hand, we’re going to be tough when it comes to terrorist regimes who harbor weapons. On the other hand, we’ll help feed the hungry. I declared Darfur to be a genocide because I care deeply about those who have been afflicted by these renegade bands of people who are raping and murdering.
And so I will do my best to explain our foreign policy. On the one hand, it’s tough when it needs to be; on the other hand, it’s compassionate. And we’ll let the polls figure out — people can say what they want to say. But leadership requires making hard choices based upon principle and standing — (President’s mike goes out) — and that’s how I’m going to continue to lead my country.
Thank you for your question.
CHANCELLOR SCHÜSSEL… Let me add — let me add something. I think Austria is really a good example to show that America has something to do with freedom, democracy, prosperity, development. Don’t forget I was born in ‘45. At that time, Vienna and half of Austria laid in ruins. And without the participation of America, what fate would have Europe? Where would be Europe today? Not the peaceful, prosperous Europe like we love it and where we live.
Nothing — I will never forget that America fed us with food, with economic support. The Marshall Plan was an immense aid and incentive to develop industry, agriculture, tourism. And by the way, I said it to the President, the Marshall Fund is still working in Austria. It’s now transformed into a kind — in a fund for research and development — still working.
The American people, at that time, the American government invested billions of dollars in Europe to develop the former enemy. And now we are a partner. So I think it’s grotesque to say that America is a threat to the peace in the world compared with North Korea, Iran, other countries…
June 22nd, 2006 at 6:14 am
Super duper hug to you! People in my office don’t hold back talking about stuff, because for some reason with the SGM being in Afghanistan, my worry isn’t suppose to be as much?!
But when I teared up about 4 times yesterday when the murder was brought up, people started to realize it doesn’t matter where my husband is — I am part of a family spread all over the world right now. I wish they’d given you the space to answer her question — and to be honest, I’d rather talk about it then be hushed. It’s like an elephant in the office sometimes. I want to rage up and down the street outside my house throwing a temper tantrum the likes have never been seen before. I want to personally rip OBL’s head off and stuff it … okay … you get the point. I’m angry and in pain for the loss of more family members.
June 22nd, 2006 at 8:08 am
Unleash the dogs of war and let it be done!…
Beth at Blue Star Chronicles expresses my outrage and seething anger regarding the response by the Media, Administration and the American public to the animalistic and horrific slaughter of Pfc. Thomas L. Tucker and Pfc. Kristian Menchaca by the Islamo…
June 22nd, 2006 at 10:53 am
New Details on How Menchaca and Taylor Were Killed…
According to the blog Blue Star Chronicles, the men also had their their tongues cut out. A Fox News columnist, E.D. Hill, said that the soldiers had their hearts cut out, their testicles cut off, their eyes gouged out, their arms distorted and their p…
June 22nd, 2006 at 11:50 am
Web Reconnaissance for 06/22/2006…
A short recon of what’s out there that might draw your attention…