As you may have seen, no-vote Giuliani made a big stink at the GOP convention over how little we Democrats mentioned the September 11, 2001 attacks at ours. Cute.
Well, funny story. Can you guess who the GOP spent a whole convention forgetting to shine a light on?
American soldiers.
Not a single bloody word, virtually, was spoken about them over the entire four days of the convention. At least, not about the ones who are fighting and sacrificing in Iraq and Afghanistan now.
As opposed to the one who was in a Vietnamese POW camp, before I was even born.
Have a look at the most recent Iraq casualty* figures. Add to that 569 in Afghanistan.
And ask yourself why the McCain Republican party is willing to use video of the towers falling to try to scare the country into giving them four more years. But not to pay tribute to the American citizens that have suffered and fallen since.
My answer: Because it's their fault.
Actually, there's a case to be made that both are their fault (or at least, their failure), but I guess they figured there were still a few drops of blood to be squeezed from the turnip of at least one of 'em.
*Gil Scott-Heron, I believe it was, remarked upon what an odd word that is. "Casualties.' Nothing casual about dying."
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