The American Spectator

p> GLASS SLIPPERS br> Re: John Tabin’s Doubting Baghdad Thomas : /p>

This sounds a lot like somebody dusted off the hit pieces written during the Vietnam war by the John-Kerryesque types to discredit the troops serving there. It plays only to the DailyKosite mentality that all American military personnel are someplace between Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon man in the evolutionary order.

I’ve talked with a number of troops who have been and come back, and some over there now, and this really smells of the Left running recycled hit pieces to fire up their base to “support the troops” (e.g. “they’re too stupid to know any better”) and “bring them home now.”

The only demeaning term that seems to be in use is “Haji” (i.e. one who has been on a Hajj to Mecca) for the true believers who want to see us out or more commonly Iraqis in general. Pretty tame stuff compared to “gook,” “dink,” “zip” and some of the less printworthy terms used in Vietnam.

What the Left will NEVER admit is that our troops in many cases are brighter than they are, better trained and thanks to Liberal largesse more considerate of the ramifications of their actions. We still fight for the most part with the gloves on, and the regular forces are extremely well disciplined (Abu Ghraib was an anomaly, not the norm, and most of the culprits were not regular Army soldiers.)

p>Par for the course. br> — Cookie Sewell br> (Vietnam Vet — 1970-71) br> Democratic Peoples Republic of Maryland