First of all they claimed that Boxer didn't ask any questions...
Then they complain that Boxer asked the "Impossible" question of "How many causualties we're likely to have?"
In a point of fact the Pentagon always does estimates on
Force Depletion when it undertakes a mission. It may not be an exact number, it may only be an estimate. Generally speaking we've had an average of 120,000 troops in the region for 4 years with 3000 casualties. That's about 2.5%. 2.5% of 21,500 is 537.5 - which would be the worst case scenario if the level of violence stays where it has been on the average for another 4 years. Over a single year - about 110 people.
See is that hard?
They also claim that Boxer attacked Rice for being single and not having any children when she said "You won't pay the price
in this conflict". This was immediately after she pointed at that her own children are too old to serve, and her grandchildren are too young - so she wouldn't be paying the price either. It was not any sort of attack on Rice for being a shrivelled up spinster pinning away into old age for her play husband The President.
Another letter - "I'm totally disgusted with this Anti-American Attitude from the Loony Left-Wing, known as the Dumb" (nice bi-partisan intro there pal) "Barbara Boxer and her ilk should be ashamed and they have no business trying to lead the country".
Yeah, they only kicked your wing-nut ass in the last election that's all. A threat that Rice completely ignored until it was far too late.
Then they went to mail where their little minions wrote it that Boxer insulted a "honored and respected Secretary of State who has more class than will ever have." We are talking about "that information was historical in nature" here right?
What that memo actually said was.
"After U.S. missile strikes on his base in Afghanistan in 1998, Bin Laden told followers he wanted to retaliate in Washington," the document stated.
The document further stated that the New Year's Eve 2000 plot to bomb Los Angeles International Airport may have been bin Laden's first attempt at a terrorist strike inside the United States.
"Al-Qaida members -- including some who are U.S. citizens -- have resided in or traveled to the U.S. for years, and the group apparently maintains a support structure that could aid attacks," the document said.
That's not very "Historical" to me, that's a description of an impending domestic threat.
Then another letter "I'm totally disgusted with this anti-American attitude from the loony left-wing - known as the Dumb-o-crats" (Nice bi-partisan we're-all-in-this-together intro there) "Barabara Boxer and her ilk should be ashamed and I think they have no business trying to lead the country".
Yeah, except for that pesky election where the "loony-left" kicked your boney wing-nut asses.
Another letter "I don't understand exactly what the Democrats think the military is for".
I think Patton said it best - when he pointed out that the military is not there to die for it's country, it's there to make sure the other sumbitch dies for his country. The problem in Iraq is - Which Sumbitch? The Sunni or the Shia?
And then Chris Wallace has to come on and say "The mood here is getting ugly".
Whaddayamean "Getting" after the stint of Tom "The Hammer" Delay?
Classic "Kiss-Up Kick-Down" Faux News B.S.
Vyan