Christina’s Common Sense

If I were smart, I wouldn’t have blogged about Iraq two days ago because I would have known that tonight marks five years into the deal. But I’m apparently not smart, so you get two Iraq posts in three days.

Tonight will mark five years since I sat on the floor of my living room watching the first bombs drop on Baghdad and watching to a Fox News anchor report over a video phone.

A lot has changed since then, most of which would be included in this post had I not written about it a mere 48 hours ago. But many things remain the same.

One of these things is the anti-war movement, just as strident today as it was five years ago—or 40 years ago, for that matter. While America’s best have been doing us proud in the Middle East, we’ve had such gems as Fahrenheit 9/11 from the erstwhile Michael Moore, with Fahrenheit 9/11 ½ anticipated later this year. Well-known liberal loon Mike Farrell has put to use all that foreign policy experience he gained playing BJ Hunnicutt on M*A*S*H in a documentary Whose War? Cindy Sheehan has crashed the State of the Union and camped out by Camp David. Stop-Loss, a movie where soldiers desert the Army and don’t get a firing squad is set for release in just a few days.

We should always support our troops, but today is an especially important day to do so. Remember them in your thoughts and prayers, and do everything you can to make sure they know the likes of Michael Moore, Mike Farrell, and Cindy Sheehan don’t speak for America.