Before this shit airs tonight, I have just a few things to say about it.

This airing is nothing more than a lame attempt getting the American public to think that the effort in Iraq has not been worth it, and that we should cut and run, or better yet, elect John Kerry. What’s my proof? Well, let’s turn to John McCain’s letter to ABC affiliate Sinclair Broadcasting, who’s refusing to air tonight’s broadcast:

I supported the President’s decision to go to war in Iraq, and remain a strong supporter of that decision. But every American has a responsibility to understand fully the terrible costs of war and the extraordinary sacrifices it requires of those brave men and women who volunteer to defend the rest of us

See, there it is. McCain is right in the sense that we all ought to be aware of the costs. But what are the costs of not going to war? What are the costs of not choosing the time and place where we will engage the enemy, letting the enemy make that decision instead?

The costs are 9/11.

And in the aftermath of 9/11, ABC News was the first to ban their newscasters from wearing American flag pins on their lapels. And they were among the first to say “That’s enough” to 9/11 footage, saying they didn’t want to rouse passions.

But that’s exactly what they’re trying to do tonight.

Funny how that works, isn’t it?

Perhaps they should take an entire day out and show each and every victim of 9/11 instead, rather than gloating over the deaths of soldiers who died in Iraq, died trying to ensure that 9/11 didn’t happen again, not on our soil, not to our fellow citizens.

Read McCain here.

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