Limbaugh Lies to Troops Serving in Afghanistan
Rush Limbaugh went to Afghanistan and seized the opportunity to generate fodder with which to pander to his audience back home. Rush told bare-faced lies to the troops about the content of a Reuters report discussing the quality of front line medical efforts, fatalities and gauging the human costs of the war. Rush is certainly capable of comprehending a story. Here (yet again) he chose not to and instead, lie utterly about the content and claims made in the story. Rush lied thoroughly.. about specifics in the article, how it was "presented" and what it "means".

In going to Afghanistan and lying the troops, Rush (a person who dodged the draft) is using our armed forces for the purposes of enriching himself through his show.

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I said, "It's an amazing thing to be home and to look at the politics of the situation. There are actually some people who have set themselves up politically to only benefit if you fail or if we fail in Iraq." I said, "It makes no sense to me, but it's not the majority of the American people."

I mentioned this in Kandahar; you could have heard a pin drop. They did not know this story. I repeated the story to them about this Reuters dispatch that we got that found problems with the news that battlefield fatalities were down and lower per capita than ever before in the history of American warfare. Battlefield fatalities are down, and I said, "Folks, this news was presented as a problem, and the people that reported the news said it's a problem because the reason this is happening is because doctors are where they shouldn't be. Doctors are on the front lines. Doctors ought not be in the front lines, it's too risky. So doctors are saving more lives and then I pointed out to them as the story also said, that the critics said it may not be worth saving all these lives." I looked these uniformed men and women in the eye and I said, "Let me tell you what this story said. It said that these battlefield fatality rates are low because we're saving lives that might not be worth living now, amputees, lose an eye, lose an arm, both arms or what have you. There are actually people, not a majority,but there are people who are reporting that this is bad news," and I said, "My staff and I, for a day, we tried to figure this out.

They're just livid - the press, the leftists in this country - are just upset there are not enough deaths to get people outraged and protesting in the streets against the war. They're mad these doctors are saving lives. They want deaths! They've been counting deaths up to 1000. They still want Bush out of office. Make no mistake about it.

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Rush's rhetoric might have dived to a new low with this. The Reuters article was NOTHING like the way Rush "presents" it. The article discusses that due to the success of the front line medical system and its personnel, wounded survivorship is way up. And as result of the success of saving soldiers lives, the human cost of the war might not be accurately represented by soley considering fatalities.

In no place in the article did it state or imply there is anything negative about saving soldiers lives. It directly commended the abilities of the medical teams. In no place in the article did it suggest or imply a desire for there to be more casualties. The article did not yearn for more deaths.

Rush set it up by inaccurately cramming the story into a political context. He also made democrats that target of what was about to come, his utter distortion of what the article said. After voicing the lies, Rush places himself on "their side" by claiming he and his staff were "trying to figure this out".

What Rush did was lie directly to the troops. In so doing, he insulted the integrity of millions of people who support the troops but oppose the conduct of the civilian leadership. Many of the people in the camp who dispute the wisdom of the administration policy are veterans themselves. It is unreasonable to assert they wish more troops to die. Perhaps if Rush had actually served, he might have developed a sense of honor instead of plying the troops with absurd talking points and lies. One can also argue that Rush gave aid and comfort to the enemy by insisting there are large groups of their countrymen who hope they die.

What Rush did stands as a disgraceful insult to the troops, veterans and citizens. There is no excuse for lying to the troops to promote your political agenda and advance personal wealth. Amoral draft dodger entertainers should simply stay home.

It is totally amazing for people to place any credence in what Limabugh says.

Sources....

US Medical Advances May Mask Wars' Human Cost Wed Dec 8, 2004 05 ...
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