The O'Falafel Military Service

Bill tries to get away with acting like a big tough army man, but his next caller makes him angry when he injects a little truth into the mix:

Chickens Can't Distinguish Phonies From Real Soldiers

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.

Iraq War Wife Calls Chickenhawk Kristol A Liar

A couple days ago neo-con William Kristol was on C-Span when a wife of a soldier phoned in. Her story was heart-wrenching, but the sound of her voice spoke volumes beyond that. Her husband is serving in Iraq and sees Iraqis wave to them and then plant IEDs later on. She implores people like Kristol to end this war, wishing that if he wants war so badly, then the nation should institute a draft so that her family and others like them can heal from all the time being apart.

During the whole time, Kristol is looking down at the desk, trying to avoid the reality of what he is hearing. When the caller hangs up, he pathetically tries to relate to this poor woman by saying a friend's son had just gotten back from Iraq. How the hell does solve anything? Kristol just wants America to be the world's police force and he doesn't care about the consequences to average folks. There is no sympathy from this man, only empty words and blind pursuit of a failed global policy. Read the transcript and see the video at Think Progress.