A Boston Tea Party …(A Dose Of Reality)

It was beautiful radio today on “Hot Talk”. A woman called in very early in the show lamenting about the war in Iraq and the terrible job President Bush has been doing. For quite a few minutes she angrily made the points that we see so often in the news media. The show’s host did his best to place each of her arguments in the trashcan but she would not allow it. She was quite certain the war was a mistake and was quite certain President Bush was to blame.

What happened next was what makes awesome radio. A gentleman called in saying he wanted to respond to the uneducated woman who had called in previously. This outstanding gentleman said he was on leave from Iraq for a short time and wanted to let the listeners know the truth about what was taking place in Iraq. For the next 10 to 12 minutes he proceeded to knock down every stereotype the media had been selling to the American public over these last many months. He countered each liberal anti war piece of information with details about the tremendous progress and hard work being done by the U.S. military. He reaffirmed what many of us believe and also contradicted what many others accept as truth. He said he was involved in special ops and respectfully wanted to let those who doubt the mission know that what is being done is just and the Commander and Chief was correct in calling for this mission of democracy in the Middle East. As classy as he spoke he thanked the host and did not want to inconvenience other callers by tying up the phone line.

His call was not the end of the subject. The woman caller heard him and called back in to “Hot Talk” to respond. She immediately apologized and thanked the soldier for telling the truth. She said she wished that news like this were more readily available from the mainstream media. Her opinion was had changed after hearing him speak. She was given a dose of reality. A reality conventional media sources should be ashamed for not telling. A reality only half of the country is willing to believe. A reality lost on the other half because of their pure hatred for this President. Now maybe some on the other side will learn the enemy is not this President but those that choose to keep the truth from us.