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

[11 Bravo]

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.

[kentuck]

1. It means there hasn't been a mutiny yet...

And all the officers are still alive. :-)

[PDJane]

2. It means they haven't a clue what they're talking about.

[sakabatou]

3. It means like a lot of right-wing numbers. The numbers are dirty

because it's pulled straight out of their asses.

[ColbertWatcher]

4. It means they didn't ask the troops, they asked the remaining generals. n/t

[Virginia Dare]

5. I'm sure R.E. Lee would have said that in 1865 too...n/t

[MzNov]

6. Maybe it means they are looking forward to President Obama

and think this obscene illegal murdering rampage is perhaps about to come to an end.

[Towlie]

7. "Notice to All Troops: The beatings will continue until morale improves."

[benddem]

8. desertion rate at an all time high,

suicide rate at all time high, divorce rate at all time high...yeah morale is great.

[Junkdrawer]

11. Well, eventually, only the numb, sociopaths will be left...

morale will be great then.

[TomClash]

9. It mean the soldiers are getting high to diminish the boredom, heat

and dust of Iraq.

[Uncle Joe]

10. That frame is promoted by the corporate media to some degree in different forms

in order to help garner votes from the low information savvy voters while the corporate media simultaneously promote fear in general as a magnifier.

It revolves around the hilarious and yet tragic myth that Republicans are better on national security. If it weren't for brainwashing mind games like this played out as rote by our so called "fourth estate" the Republicans wouldn't even have a strong minority in the Congress.

The corporate media's primary concerns are their clients; specifically the corporations that pay for their commercials, and then corporations in general, not the troops well being, not the American People's well being or even logical national security, just money.

The best or logical national security would be having a world full of friends based on the rule of law, Cheney/Bush and the Republicans in general care about neither, with them it's just enriching their corporate cronies and their own addictive self-lust for naked power. That's what they're about.

Thanks for the thread, 11 Bravo.

[Monk06]

12. It means US troops like being in Iraq. We're having fun and y'all should just STFU.