and the evil left wing is undermining their "mission" (which is WHAT exactly?)
Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2005 7:15 a.m. EST
Rush Meets the Troops in AfghanistanTop talk radio host Rush Limbaugh met with U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Tuesday,
praising them for their dedication and courage and skewering left wing war critics for undermining their mission.Reporting on his own show to EIB fill-in host Roger Hedgecock,
Limbaugh said U.S. forces are "just doing the Lord's work over here." "I am more impressed and more in awe of the armed forces in this country, the uniformed personnel, than ever," the top conservative explained.
"They love hearing stories about support for their operations and their mission, because they're all committed to it."Limbaugh said he was humbled by the experience of meeting the troops on the front lines. "I can talk about them on the radio program as you do and we salute them and so forth," he told Hedgecock. "But I just felt so small compared to these people standing before them."
Afghanistan, he said, was still a "hellhole" after years of Taliban rule and tribal fighting. "I've never seen a place like this. I guess bombed-out Dresden in World War II might look somewhat like it."
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And he leveled with the soldiers about war critics back home.
"I didn't go politically correct on them. I told them exactly who's saying what about them," Limbaugh explained. "I told them what I think is the sort of phony baloney, plastic banana, good-time rock 'n' roller of some members of the American left saying they support the troops but they don't support their mission."And I haven't run into anybody who has snickered," he added.
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BUT HOLD ON, RUSH--
Are the soldiers really committed to their mission? There are lots of letters from servicemen and their families that say otherwise. And lots that say they don't even know what they're doing in Iraq and Afghanistan:
A representative e-mail from a serviceman on Michael Moore's website:<snip>
i can tell u bush might have a problem cause
we are a bunch of pissed off Joes and i think most of the army is
we feel used we are tired of seeing friends die and what is going to happen now i can tell u everyone is getting out we have lost trust for are chain of command i am about to get out in 2 days i spent 4 years in and almost 2 years in iraq
what a joke that place was in your movie u have some of are friends from 2/6 inf the brt guys in your movie from what i have heard some of the guys might get in trouble wich i dont understand but u should see what they show on AFN here
they tell us not to get involved in this process but how can they tell us that when we get treated like we do i love my country i joined before 911 it seems everyone got happy about being in the army everyone wanted to join but now everyone wants out
its been a sadd 2 years to see what he has done to us i wish the people in the states cared i mean all of them maybe they would change their minds bout bush
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http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/willtheyevertrustusagain/index.php?id=1