Ten Fingers, 6 Strings: One Last Time

October 27, 2005

One Last Time

Here is, as Charles Johnson would say, a last grim milestone post. My digital camera is shot, so I am going to have to go with the verbal description today.

Last night I was walking home after getting my ears pulled back, and I happened to walk right into the "candle-light vigil" that was being held across the street from City Hall to ~~exploit~~ honor the 2,000 soldiers who have fallen in Iraq. Being generous, there were maybe a hundred people there with their candles, signs, and posters. Some of the posters contained pictures of soldiers faces that spelled out the word "2,000", some just said Peace, and others said things like "The Pentagon is Just Terrorism with a Bigger Budget." Every poster was made out of black cardboard.

This rally didn't go unnoticed. There were four news vans out covering a hundred people, who if you have been seeing the posters and stickers filling the city telling people to come to this event, didn't exactly form spontaneously. The cameras were focused on a group of people that were bunched together to make the crowd look bigger than it was. I can get 200 people to show up to an empty warehouse in the middle of Oakland if I promise free beer.

Someone was handing out flyers giving directions to an "afterparty". That's right, and afterparty to "celebrate" the deaths of our troops.

As I started to walk away, I saw a lady holding a poster with images of coffins draped with American flags. Normally I would just walk away, but this one struck me as it was a picture of real coffins of real soldiers who were killed in Iraq. Being for the war, this picture should be a sober reminder of the price to be paid for my arguments and actions in its favor. The effect this poster had was tremendous to me, but not in the way this protester would have hoped. This is only one variable in the equation; there are others as well.

Here is my retort in images (WARNING - Graphic Pictures below):

This sacrifice...

...is so that this...

...doesn't happen again. To be replaced by this...

Put into context, it is the same as this:

This sacrifice...

...in order to stop this...

...from ever happening again.

Freedom from tyranny cannot be bought cheaply.

Posted by 10 fingers 6 strings at October 27, 2005 08:51 AM | TrackBack

Comments

Next time pull a Protest Warrior infiltration, maybe carry a sign saying This Protest Made Possible By The U.S. Armed Forces.

Posted by: The Sanity Inspector at October 27, 2005 07:05 PM

Ha! Yeah, I had forgotten about those guys...

Posted by: TF6S at October 28, 2005 09:07 AM

What amazes me is that the protestors somehow think it's all ok if we lose this war. That there is no cost to us in terms of our future safety. As if the welfare of the United States is something they can remain blithely indifferent about. Because all people are reasonable and get along; it's just the evil government that messes things up, right?

Gee, if we could just sit down and talk, it would all be better, wouldn't it? Osama can't be all bad, can he? Saddam is just like you an me, right?

It's the viewpoint of a child who can't imagine anything bad happening to mommy and daddy, who are omnipotent and immortal. We can throw whatever tantrum we like, because we're perfectly safe, snug-a-bed, and have no worries in the world.

Posted by: The Colossus at October 28, 2005 12:54 PM

Hey man, if the terrorists want to kill their own people and don't want any U.S. presence in their region, (by that I mean no U.S. presence what so ever), then who are we to judge? That's their truth man, how about a little multicultural sensitivity. YOU WAR MONGER.

I can just imagine such a statement from one of the SF "candle-light vigil" protestors.

Hypothetically speaking, and in all seriousness, I don't know why the hypothetical SF protestor mentioned above would not apply that same rationale to the Pentagon and the US military and the Bush administration. "Hey man, . . . who are we to judge? That's their truth. . ." Funny, isn't it---how they can't see their own hypocricy. My point, we all judge, some are just better at it then others.

The second point that I must bring up is that assuming the terrorists really are serious about not wanting any U.S. presence in their region (no American culture, no American ideas, no Democracy, no freedom, no due process, no rule of law, no hope, no creativity and ingenuity) then why do they insist on selling us oil and running to the bank with our dirty little green backs stuffed in their pockets? The last time I checked, OPEC was not an American idea, but I would not be suprised if some SFcan believed that it was. No, bottom line, the arabs want their cake and they want to eat it too. Guess that means ol' Uncle Sam is going to be around for a while, movies and all.

Posted by: BergBruder at October 28, 2005 03:37 PM

My deepest gratitude goes out to the men and women of the U.S. military. When I go to work, laugh with my wife, share a good conversation with a friend, sit down to a holiday dinner with my family, or go to worship I will remember your sacrifice. I will remember how you helped make a place in this world where good could thrive and I could be free. Godspeed.

Posted by: BergBruder at October 28, 2005 04:34 PM