Ann Coulter

"Since the attack of 9/11, we've won two wars, liberated millions of people from monstrous regimes, presided over one election in Afghanistan and are about to see elections in Iraq and among the Palestinian people. Focusing like a laser beam on the big picture, liberals are upset that, during this period, the secretary of defense used an autopen. " Ann Coulter

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=108&ncid=742&e=10&u=/ucac/20041224/
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And so goes Ms. Coulter's rant on Yahoo today. I am not sure where else this publishes except on her website. In the first paragraph, I guess I find a couple of well, lets just say, differences of opinion.

The first being our victory in two wars. I am pretty sure that several thousand American families would wonder at that statement as they care for their wounded or bury their dead. If the war is over...why the heck are our people still being bombed while having lunch?

The Iraqi civilians of Falluja may wonder at the benefits of the regime change from Saddam to George. Under Saddam, they had water and electricity...and a roof over their head. Under George, they have no water, holes in the walls, no electricity and dead bodies in the courtyards. I am not sure that represents a big improvement in their eyes. And that could be a problem.

The US had little to do with Palestinian elections...we were not speaking to the Palestinians because we didn't like Arafat... with some reason. Now we are pretty big...but give credit where credit is due. The Palestinians decided elections are a good thing. Iraqis, on the other hand, face many problems regarding their elections. The largest one, I am sure, is that they may be wearing bullseyes on their backs as they vote. Shoot, US voters can think of many reasons to stay away from the polls and we are in little danger of being shot, blown up or beheaded by crazy people.

The real theme of this Ms. Coulter's rant however seems to be "how dare the peons of this country dare to criticize the Great Mr. Rumsfeld about his lack of simple good manners by signing condolence letters himself rather than by autopen" giving them the same personal touch as a piece of that ever popular "junk mail" all Americans love to get. The peons I am talking about include the retired Colonel who first posed the issue and then wrote his own op-ed piece which included comments from families of deceased soldiers from this war which Ms. Coulter claims is won.

http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Unlisted%2edb&command=viewone&id=25

Now Mr. Rumsfeld hot-footed it over to Iraq to serve up Christmas turkey...and schmooze with the soldiers stationed far from home and family for Christmas. Certainly, he needed a couple of photo-ops to buck up his image as a caring individual who really doesn't think of our kids as chess pieces on an ever more bloody game board. I saw the picture where he awarded the Purple Heart to a soldier lying on a hospital bed. Wonder if he was riding around in one of those non-armored humvees that have FINALLY made it to the attention of the American people thanks to a Reservist and a journalist - way to go guys!

And Ms. Coulter, a word for you: maybe you would understand how the mother of a soldier might feel receiving a form letter on the death of her child if you were out buying Elmo dolls for your children's Giving Tree rather than "Ann Coulter action figures" for yourself.

The grief and pain felt on the death of a beloved child feels the same no matter if one is conservative or liberal...and soldiers from Red and Blue states are dying and being injured as you make flippant remarks.