Rush Limbaugh is one hell of a guy. He claims to support our troops but reality has a way of showing what he truly means by that. Rush only likes troops that supports his narrow view of the world. If our soldiers want out of that terrible mess in Iraq, he slams them for being "phony." How the hell would he know what a phony soldier was, he chickened out of going to war in the first place. All those drugs in the last few years must have also scrambled that fat little head of his as well.
From Media Matters:
During the September 26 broadcast of his nationally syndicated radio show, Rush Limbaugh called service members who advocate U.S. withdrawal from Iraq "phony soldiers." He made the comment while discussing with a caller a conversation he had with a previous caller, "Mike from Chicago," who said he "used to be military," and "believe[s] that we should pull out of Iraq." Limbaugh told the second caller, whom he identified as "Mike, this one from Olympia, Washington," that "[t]here's a lot" that people who favor U.S. withdrawal "don't understand" and that when asked why the United States should pull out, their only answer is, " 'Well, we just gotta bring the troops home.' ... 'Save the -- keeps the troops safe' or whatever," adding, "[I]t's not possible, intellectually, to follow these people." "Mike" from Olympia replied, "No, it's not, and what's really funny is, they never talk to real soldiers. They like to pull these soldiers that come up out of the blue and talk to the media." Limbaugh interjected, "The phony soldiers." The caller, who had earlier said, "I am a serving American military, in the Army," agreed, replying, "The phony soldiers."
Rush was immediately countered by such real soldiers as Jon Soltz, founder of VoteVets. Jon knows what it is like to be in combat in Iraq, since um, he was there. Rush is simply a vocal representative of a certain sect of the population that needs to puff up their chests with phony machismo to look tough, even if they are little cowards on the inside. If these chickens really want to be tough, they should pluck their feathers and start enlisting.
Of course, you know that ain't happening.
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