Wingnut talking point: "Troop morale is high". What the fuck does that mean? [View All]

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The default position for GI troop morale is "high". The American grunt has to rank among the most resilient mother-fuckers in the world! I was on the ground in the A Shau Valley during 70-71. It was a meat grinder, but morale was high. I would not have taken a spit ball for Richard Nixon, but I got my lily white ass fairly well shredded for my brothers-in-arms. And I can pretty much guarantee you that 90% of the ground pounders in Iraq and Afghanistan aren't there in support of any ideology. They are there because they're professionals, and they lay it on the line every day in support of the trooper beside them. When you hear a Hannity or a Limbaugh, or any of the other chickenhawk drum pounders go off about the troop's morale, and how it proves their support for the mission, do what we used to do. Roll your eyes, flip them the bone, then spit.