Blitzer just suggested soldiers' mutiny a "political statement"

[highplainsdem]

What a jerk.

He didn't say it directly, but did ask their Pentagon correspondent if there was any indication it was a political statement, thus bringing that possibility up. Kudos to her for saying it wasn't.

I haven't checked Free Republic, but I wouldn't be surprised if the freepers are calling it a political statement, if not treason.

[KittyWampus]

1. Not Wanting To Die As A POLITICAL Statement

[Worst Username Ever]

2. You know they are calling it treason.

Anyone (but them) not willing to march gallantly into certain death for god and country is traitorous, by their standards.

[DoYouEverWonder]

3. They should all request transfers to Alabama

so they can work on Kerry's campaign. If W could do it, why can't anyone else?

[knowbody0]

4. this stuff will spread

others will begin to think-
disobey and order=live

mutiny on the sand
viva

[Gabi Hayes]

9. PLEASE, GOD, or whoever, MAKE THIS HAPPEN!

get those soldiers HOME

and NOW

I'm seeing lots of those yellow ribbons on cars these days....the pray for our soldiers ones

mostly with jingoistic, ignorant other stuff on them

I'm thinking about making up some stickers that have "bring our soldiers HOME" on them, to put on cars that have the yellow thingies on them....no glue, or anything, just a message for the ignoramuses who can't get past such simplistic sloganeering

[bloom]

5. I'm not surprised - has he mentioned Rove testifying yet? eom

[kcwayne]

6. Since when is having more brains than your commanding officer treason?

If the CO's in Iraq are that stupid, they will start getting fragged.

[Nicholas_J]

7. Military is already starting a coverup

By doing an equipment safety stand-down.
They willtry to spin this as soldiers refusing to go because they thought the equipment was not safe, rather than the assignment unsafe.

[Rose Siding]

14. They did refuse because of the equipment

That's what made the mission so much more dangerous. They wouldn't have had the normal air or hummer escort AND the vehicles were slow and poorly maintained.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

15. but they also said there was no helicopter or humvee escorts

which had been SOP for these missions. none available.

[Nicholas_J]

17. No escort

No kevlar vests, no armored humvees, no supprt.

In fact it appears that not one red cent of thr 87 billion dollars that was voted on to get
these things has been spent on them

[progdonkey]

8. but, but, but...

I thought all of the soldiers were die-hard Republicans, who hated it when Sean Penn and Barbara Streisand questioned the War?

[cthrumatrix]

10. they didn't get the memo that we're turning the corner...

[mumon]

13. Everybody knows...

A Democrat is a Republican who gets screwed out of body armor.

[Supersedeas]

11. Sewing the seed that Rove wants planted?

[Terran]

12. WTF? Risking dishonorable discharge

for a POLITICAL STATEMENT? That asshole--send that idiot to Iraq and he'll see a fucking political statement!!!

[pretzel4gore]

16. Les blitzer should shuttup

friggin bush whore yaps too much....
his whole reportage is an anti social political statement