A Boston Tea Party …(A Mandate)

The war in Iraq is definitely the defining issue of this election. American soldiers continue to die as terrorists strike in cowardice ways. Progress is hard to measure or see from watching the network news. Democrats nag that it is the wrong war, the wrong time, and done the wrong way. Soldiers and reservists are being kept in Iraq for extended terms. One could assume that soldiers may wonder if the war in Iraq is worth it.

We hear people say everyday how much respect and honor they have for the soldiers fighting in Iraq, although I wonder if they really mean it or if it is just the politically correct thing to say. People against the war talk as if they know what the soldiers are going through. References to Vietnam are made constantly.

Logic would say that if we respect and honor their service we should also respect their opinions. On Friday it was announced that soldiers in Iraq were polled on whom they favored in the Presidential Election. One could assume with the difficulties in their mission, soldiers should be split in their preference just like the rest of America. The results showed President Bush getting seventy percent of the vote. Ladies and Gentlemen, we have ourselves a mandate. If seventy percent of our soldiers are willing to continue the path of this President then so should you and I. If you vote for Kerry you tell the soldiers you know more than they do about the war in Iraq.