More wading in the Liberal cesspool...

Part of an exchange I had with a liberal blog:

My initial point was concerning liberals continuing to say they support the troops but not the war...

Supporting the troops but not the war they're fighting...let's try an analogous situation between a ditch digger and a liberal:

Liberal: "Hey there, ditch digger. Just wanted to let you know that I support you, but not that ditch that you're digging."

Ditch Digger: "But its what I do. It's what I chose to do. I'm proud of the ditch I'm digging. It looks like I'm making some progress here."

Lib: "But its the wrong kind of ditch. Your boss is a bad man and shouldn't have made you dig a ditch there."

DD: "Well, I still have this ditch here to dig. I joined up to do it, and promised to finish digging it. How in the world can you say you support me as a ditch digger and be against the ditch I'm digging at the same time?

Lib: "Well, I understand your frustration, but you don't understand. I support you as a ditch digger, and I know that the ditch has to finished now that you've started it, but I'm against the ditch just the same. I still support you.

DD: "But I'm still confused. You say you understand the necessity of finishing the ditch, but you're against it anyway? How about cheering me on to finish the ditch as quickly as possible and maybe helping my family out at home until I get finished here digging the ditch? That would feel more like you're supporting me than saying bad things about the ditch I'm digging, right as I'm in the middle of digging it, doncha' think?"

Lib: "What, and give up my right to criticize the ditch and the head ditch digger? What kind of ditch digger are you? Look, I'm doing the best I can to support you. I say that I do, all the time. What more do you want?

What more, indeed...

The response?

"nice try, guitanguran. but ditch diggers aren't threatened with court martial, loss of lifetime benefits and even jail if they refuse to dig a ditch which they consider to be immoral.

and not too many ditches kill over 100,000 iraqi civilians either.

metaphor much, do ya?"

My response:

As I alluded to in my analogy ( as opposed to a simple metaphor), my ditch digger joined up voluntarily, knowing what restrictions he had as a ditch digger. He wasn't forced to join. In my business, I'm restricted as to things that I can say in public and in private, by my company and the Feds. I knew that going in. I was required to stay at least two years with the company as a condition of my hiring. My choice was to abide by all that, or refuse to take the job.

100,000 civilians? Now you know there is no credible documentation of any number even remotely close to that figure.

Lastly, you offer nothing in specific rebuttal to my position that you can't support the troops and oppose what they're doing at the same time. You zip off on a tangential argument that has nothing to do with the point I raised...nice try yourself...:-)