Suidice Bombers and Liberal Inhumanity

On the way in to work today, I heard the news blurb that at least 18 civilians had been killed in a suicide blast outside the United States' largest military base in Afghanistan. Primary reports indicated that the Taliban took credit for the attack, though there was much doubt from investigators that the Taliban could have been aware that Vice President Cheney was inside the base at that time, having made an unannounced trip to Afghanistan.

I parked the car, turned off the radio, and headed for the short walk through the park behind the 200 Market Street building. After getting settled in and organized with my days work, I overheard a woman ask one of my coworkers how he was doing, since he had come in to work so early. His response set my blood boiling: "I'd be doing a lot better if those stupid suicide bombers had got it right. C'mon, they killed all those people who didn't deserve to die and missed the one they should have got."

I make a conscious effort not to fall prey to rhetoric from those who label all liberals as defeatists and underminers of the military and our mission in Iraq (and vice-versa, any who label all conservatives as right-wing neocons). Believing all of what any one person says is a shortcut to being misled and subjected to all sorts of infectious propaganda. But to hear someone I know personally to be more liberal minded make an utterly disgusting statement wishing our Vice President had been killed in that attack completely wiped any doubt about the insanity of left-leaning homosapiens from my mind. I had at one time thought this man to be somewhat informed and logical.

In my mind, tiny thought it is, citizens of the United States of America regardless of political opinion or affiliation have a responsibility to uphold and support their elected President. Since G.W. Bush began his first term, there have been numerous media pieces depicting or describing his assassination. Why is that? Who would even consider themself qualified to make such a damning judgment call -- that the President or Vice President of the United States of America is worthy of assassination?