Although we disagree on much, I sometimes find myself nodding to Media Lizzy's words. Crooning over her latest fantasy lover's decision to enter the fray, M.L. lets drop this little nugget: "it is the Knights (our military) whose judgment and confidence we must restore."
"Restore" -- 1.to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order; 2.to bring back to a former, original, or normal condition, as a building, statue, or painting; 3.to bring back to a state of health, soundness, or vigor.
Restore being the perfectly apt word because the confidence of the military in their civilian command is neither healthy nor sound. Nor should it be after all that this administration has put the military through for their own perverse goals.
"Restore" -- 1.to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order; 2.to bring back to a former, original, or normal condition, as a building, statue, or painting; 3.to bring back to a state of health, soundness, or vigor.
Restore being the perfectly apt word because the confidence of the military in their civilian command is neither healthy nor sound. Nor should it be after all that this administration has put the military through for their own perverse goals.
From the start of this regime's tenure, Rumsfeld and Wolfy began a piecemeal destruction of the military. The wrongheaded, fantasy-inspired creation of a "lean, mean" fighting force meant nothing less, and nothing more, than serious cutbacks in the expense of the modern army.
Sending a too-small and too-stripped down force into two fronts (does anyone pay attention to Afghanistan anymore?), created the the maelstrom which our fighting men and commanders will still be struggling to navigate even after this cadre of incompetents are relegated to History's trash heap.
So it is hardly surprising that today's Knights question the Administration's judgment and lack confidence in the Commander-in-Chief. It still surprises me, however, each time a bona fide conservative pundit like M.L. blurts it out.
But, Lizzy has this much right -- one of the tasks facing the next administration will be to restore the military and to restore the confidence of the military in civilian command. Which is why is is so vital to put someone in the White House who refuses to be an apologist for the failures and blunders of this cabal of criminals; someone who thinks that the failed policies of the Bush boyz needs to be jettisoned -- not fixed.
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