MEMO TO CINDY: RE-ENLISTMENTS ARE UP!
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
While Cindy Sheehan makes a mockery of her enlisted son's death, truly
revealing her politically opportunistic motives, others like son Casey are
going forward for freedom's sake. They are signing up for defending the
peace. They are re-enlisting to help others live out liberties personal.
We can thank the Boston Herald for sharing the encouraging news for other
major newspapers gave this optimistic coverage scant if zero attention.
The Herald reported that the recruiting and retention goals for the armed
forces is "one of the most significant stories of the summer." Yet it has
gone footnoted or sliced off the page by most of the media. Again, thank
you, Boston Herald.
Can it be that the Cindy Sheehan shenanigans have out-balanced reality
regarding America's moral base, patriotic quotient and determination to
win out over the evil forces attacking democracies worldwide?
So liberal media gives photo shots of Cindy and other detractors while men
and women continue to put their names on the dotted line to be a proud
part of the US troops' impact.
"The Army is meeting its recruiting and retention goals for active-duty
soldiers. Remarkably, units under the most pressure in Iraq are heavily
oversubscribed for re-enlistment," the Herald reports.
"Oversubscribed for re-enlistment!" Someone should print a large banner
with those very words on it, then plant it right across the road from
Sheehan's ditch home outside Crawford.
All the while, the New York Times, the Washington Post and Los Angeles
Times gave but a whisper to the young adult allegiance to the red-white-
and-blue. What should have been news feed major is that in July recruits
totaled 109 percent in Army enlistments. This is the "second straight
month above target. In aggregate, the four services were 4 percent over."
There's another banner display for planting directly across the road from
Sheehan's campout. Read it and be proud: "Four services = 4 percent over."
Once again, America is reminded of the liberal news clot that refuses to
be fair to the New Iraq reality let alone the Bush administration. What
logic is there in giving Sheehan such stroke-by-stroke play while there
are so many positive impacting details to relay to the US?
Instead, we get this drama queen reciting her mantras as the goddess of
anti-Bush enthusiasts. It's for show, people. It's an egocentric play-out
in a slow summer news flow.
"The enlistments ought to prove that America's young men and women still
believe in their country and its difficult mission in Iraq, despite all
that Cindy Sheehan and her band of like-minded demonstrators can do."
Sometimes we true-blue Americans who stand by our moral base while
championing our nation's long-held values wonder what's going on for the
future's sake. With the liberal inundation of warped newscasts, we don't
get truth except from the conservative, reality-grounded reporters.
Therefore, when truth does shine through as with these enlistment and re-
enlistment stats, we loyalists can rightfully cheer. And we can keep the
hope.
The Boston Herald continues with detail: "Every one of the Army's 10
combat divisions has exceeded its re-enlistment goal for the fiscal year
so far. The 1st Cavalry Division was at 136 percent; the 3rd Infantry
Division at 117 percent. As author Ralph Peters noted, 'This is
unprecedented in wartime.'"
"The troops are not doing this for the bonuses - only 60 percent get re-
enlistment money, and the great bulk of those are $12,400 a year or less.
They are not doing it for loot and booty, to impress the old crowd back
home, or to learn a trade.
"They are risking life and limb because they care passionately about the
job. We wonder what we have done to deserve soldiers of such devotion.
They deserve all the best we can give them, in equipment, sound policy and
honor."
Thank you, Boston Herald.
While Cindy Sheehan makes a mockery of her enlisted son's death, truly
revealing her politically opportunistic motives, others like son Casey are
going forward for freedom's sake. They are signing up for defending the
peace. They are re-enlisting to help others live out liberties personal.
We can thank the Boston Herald for sharing the encouraging news for other
major newspapers gave this optimistic coverage scant if zero attention.
The Herald reported that the recruiting and retention goals for the armed
forces is "one of the most significant stories of the summer." Yet it has
gone footnoted or sliced off the page by most of the media. Again, thank
you, Boston Herald.
Can it be that the Cindy Sheehan shenanigans have out-balanced reality
regarding America's moral base, patriotic quotient and determination to
win out over the evil forces attacking democracies worldwide?
So liberal media gives photo shots of Cindy and other detractors while men
and women continue to put their names on the dotted line to be a proud
part of the US troops' impact.
"The Army is meeting its recruiting and retention goals for active-duty
soldiers. Remarkably, units under the most pressure in Iraq are heavily
oversubscribed for re-enlistment," the Herald reports.
"Oversubscribed for re-enlistment!" Someone should print a large banner
with those very words on it, then plant it right across the road from
Sheehan's ditch home outside Crawford.
All the while, the New York Times, the Washington Post and Los Angeles
Times gave but a whisper to the young adult allegiance to the red-white-
and-blue. What should have been news feed major is that in July recruits
totaled 109 percent in Army enlistments. This is the "second straight
month above target. In aggregate, the four services were 4 percent over."
There's another banner display for planting directly across the road from
Sheehan's campout. Read it and be proud: "Four services = 4 percent over."
Once again, America is reminded of the liberal news clot that refuses to
be fair to the New Iraq reality let alone the Bush administration. What
logic is there in giving Sheehan such stroke-by-stroke play while there
are so many positive impacting details to relay to the US?
Instead, we get this drama queen reciting her mantras as the goddess of
anti-Bush enthusiasts. It's for show, people. It's an egocentric play-out
in a slow summer news flow.
"The enlistments ought to prove that America's young men and women still
believe in their country and its difficult mission in Iraq, despite all
that Cindy Sheehan and her band of like-minded demonstrators can do."
Sometimes we true-blue Americans who stand by our moral base while
championing our nation's long-held values wonder what's going on for the
future's sake. With the liberal inundation of warped newscasts, we don't
get truth except from the conservative, reality-grounded reporters.
Therefore, when truth does shine through as with these enlistment and re-
enlistment stats, we loyalists can rightfully cheer. And we can keep the
hope.
The Boston Herald continues with detail: "Every one of the Army's 10
combat divisions has exceeded its re-enlistment goal for the fiscal year
so far. The 1st Cavalry Division was at 136 percent; the 3rd Infantry
Division at 117 percent. As author Ralph Peters noted, 'This is
unprecedented in wartime.'"
"The troops are not doing this for the bonuses - only 60 percent get re-
enlistment money, and the great bulk of those are $12,400 a year or less.
They are not doing it for loot and booty, to impress the old crowd back
home, or to learn a trade.
"They are risking life and limb because they care passionately about the
job. We wonder what we have done to deserve soldiers of such devotion.
They deserve all the best we can give them, in equipment, sound policy and
honor."
Thank you, Boston Herald.
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