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Me#1You#10
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 Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:58 pm Post subject: Byron York: "The netroots agenda: War? What war?" |
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For 7+ years of the Bush administration, major media rarely missed an opportunity to "document" America's hatred for "George Bush's Iraq War". Whither that "hatred" now?
Byron York comments...
| Quote: | The netroots agenda: War? What war?
By: BYRON YORK
Chief Political Correspondent
The Examiner
08/15/09
It's not getting much attention, but the Netroots Nation conference (formerly known as YearlyKos, a spinoff from the left-wing website DailyKos) is going on in Pittsburgh this weekend. Democratic pollster Stanley Greenberg has conducted a straw poll of the participants...
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What's truly striking in Greenberg's poll is the degree to which the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have fallen off the progressive radar. I attended the first YearlyKos convention, in 2006, and have kept up with later ones, and it's safe to say that while people who attended those gatherings couldn't stand George W. Bush in general, their feelings were particularly intense when it came to opposing the war in Iraq. It animated their activism; they hated the war, and they hated Bush for starting it. They weren't that fond of the fighting in Afghanistan, either.
Now, with Obama in the White House, all that has changed. Greenberg presented respondents with a list of policy priorities and asked, "Please indicate which two you think progressive activists should be focusing their attention and efforts on the most." The winner was passing comprehensive health care reform, with 60 percent, and number two was passing "green energy policies that address environmental concerns," with 22 percent. Tied for eighth place, named by just eight percent of respondents, was "working to end our military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan."
Then Greenberg asked which one of those issues "do you, personally, spend the most time advancing currently?" The winner was health care reform, with 23 percent, and second place was "working to elect progressive candidates in the 2010 elections," with 16 percent. In 11th place -- at the very bottom of the list -- was "working to end our military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan." Just one percent of Netroots Nations attendees listed that as their most important personal priority.
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Not too long ago, with a different president in the White House, the left was obsessed with America's wars. Now, they're not even watching.
The Examiner - cont'd |
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You should read Michael Yon's latest dispatch, Do Americans Care about British Soldiers?
| Quote: | 19 August 2009
Helmand Province, Afghanistan
A gunshot ripped through the darkness and a young British soldier fell dying on FOB Jackson. I was just nearby talking on the satellite phone and saw the commotion. The soldier was taken to the medical tent and a helicopter lifted him to the excellent trauma center at Camp Bastion. That he made it to Camp Bastion alive dramatically improved his chances. But his life teetered and was in danger of slipping away. Making matters worse, the British medical system back in the United Kingdom did not possess the specialized gear needed to save his life. Americans had the right gear in Germany, and so the British soldier was put into the American system.... |
A British squaddie is alive today because of AMERICAN healthcare...the equipment needed to save his life is not available in the UK, so they flew him to American facilities in Germany to save him.
God Bless Michael Yon....send him a few bucks if you can, please. |
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