Seattle City Council Won't Even Wish Its Own Soldier-Citizens Well

Can we just give Seattle to France? They certainly deserve each other. As our service men risk their lives to protect such fly specks as the Emerald City, the Seattle City Council cannot bring itself to pass a resolution wishing them well.
Michael Behar submitted to the Seattle City Council the following resolution for it to consider: “WHEREAS, The President of the United States has activated and deployed numerous men and women of the Armed Forces from Seattle to assignments and missions related to the ongoing global war on terror and the current crisis in Iraq; and, WHEREAS, The citizens of Seattle have achieved worldwide renown for their zeal and patriotism in answering their nation's call to duty whenever the cause of Freedom and Justice is threatened by foreign tyrants and aggressors; and, WHEREAS, The uniformed men and women of our community are once again called upon to offer their utmost devotion in the defense of their country and to bring peace to a troubled corner of the Earth.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF SEATTLE AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1: It wholeheartedly supports and appreciates the brave men and women of Seattle serving in the United States Military, and wishes them Godspeed in their dangerous missions and a safe return from harm's way.
Nowhere in that resolution is there an endorsement of the war, or of George Bush, or anything but servicemen hailing from Seattle. It thanks our soldiers for their sacrifices and wishes them a safe trip home.
Perhaps only in Berkeley and Seattle would that have been considered controversial.
A month has now passed, and the Seattle City Council has not yet managed to pass it. Instead it has whittled and hacked at the resolution making it more to their liking.
Seattlistas take offense at such phrases as, “in defense of our country,” and object to the notion that we are threatened by “foreign tyrants and aggressors.” They would rather replace them with words like, “unnecessary combat” and expressions of sorrow for Iraqi casualties.
This is all so - Seattle. Twelve years ago, after the first Gulf War, cities of consequence all across the country were holding parades welcoming our soldiers home. Seattle just couldn’t bring itself to do that. Finally the city’s national embarrassment and the political aspirations of the mayor, Norm Rice, forced a compromise upon the city. The soldiers could march, but they could not carry their rifles, or any other weapons. The knuckle draggers in the region who wished to thank their country’s servicemen and women for a job well done could do so. But the Seattle city fathers and both of Heather’s mommies also got the satisfaction of forcing a ritualistic unilateral disarmament.
This is, after all, the city that returns Baghdad Jim McDermott to the House of Representatives every other year. Baghdad Jim managed to win reelection this last time even though he openly took the side of Saddam Hussein versus the United States. On the question of whether or not Saddam had a nuclear, chemical or biological weapons program, Saddam’s denials were good enough for Baghdad Jim. He called the President of the United States a liar on Iraqi soil.
Just this last Thursday, Baghdad Jim repeated Iraqi propaganda that an explosion in an Iraqi market place was caused by a United States missile. Our military says that it can account for all the munitions dropped that day and that none of them landed in the market place. But, Baghdad Jim considers Iraqi propaganda more reliable than our military. And this boob manages reelection in a landslide.
And so it is hardly surprising that the lefties who float on top of Seattle’s political cesspool struggle and juggle words trying to craft something that doesn’t make them sound even remotely pro-American. If Seattle’s lefties had their way, our soldiers would not just march in parades disarmed. They’d be asked to march to Baghdad empty-handed.
Certainly Seattlistas must be conflicted. Even they must realize how ridiculous they will seem if they follow the lead of Jim McDermott and his ilk. But they just can’t bear to appear pro-military at their next wine and cheese tasting party. It is difficult to keep so many balls in the air when you only juggle with your left hand.