Bipolar Politics

So many people are complaining and not giving credit to the service men and women that are busting their asses getting people out of Lebanon.

To them, I echo the words of Michelle Malkin, and say a big fat THANK YOU. If it wasn't for these guys, those people that are whining and bitching that it didn't happen fast enough, or that the SEALS should have brought enough chicken sammiches for EVERYONE? Well, guess where you'd all be? Stuck in the middle of it all.

Suck it up, stop complaining, and support your armed forces, bitches.

I don't know, I guess I've got a wicked soft spot for the military. I was married to the Marine Corps for a few years. My dad was Army. Mr. Po3 was Air Force. I know what these guys go through, and to hear the incessant bitching that I hear on CNN and in other mainstream media (I'm looking at you, New York Times), it makes me seethe. Do these people NOT GET WHAT THEY'RE IN THE THICK OF? Oh, hang on. Of course not. Because bkqetdwAmericans have, thankfully, been safe for longer than any of us can remember, and we don't know what it's like to live with missle strikes at any hour of the day or night, or suicide bombers at the strip mall on the corner.

Not that I'm saying I want to know what that's like, because honestly, I like my little cocoon of safety here in Sin City, USA. As much as I want to travel the world, I'm fine with not having a passport, because I don't know what I'd do if I was in that sort of situation.

I just, fuck. You're in the Middle East. You know what it's like there, if you've watched any news over the last twenty years. It's not a happy place, by any stretch of the word, and you need to expect certain things when visiting that region of the world.

Maybe I expect too much from the general population. Maybe I expect people who are world travelers to be a bit smarter, and understand that when you visit a region in conflict, it might take the US Embassy more than an hour and a half to get to your issue. Although, when you call that morning and end up on a plane at 1pm that afternoon? You really need to give the Embassy staff props, because there are other people that are being told, essentially, "Sorry, man. You're on your own."

Be thankful. Be gracious. Don't go bitching to Anderson Cooper because you chipped a nail on the transport out of Lebanon.