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I was listening to my old boss and fellow ex-prosecutor, Craig Silverman, part of the nearly unlistenable team of Caplis and Silverman (Craig's OK; one note Samba, self righteous Caplis is the problem) on the radio (KHOW 630 am from 3 to 6 pm) this past week, waiting for Hugh Hewitt to come on and up the radio host IQ by about 50 points. Diomedes tells me that Craig is not as liberal as his on air persona seems. I don't know; he certainly has all the liberal talking points down. I sometimes have to turn him off, and not just for the inappropriate sexual innuendo he injects at the drop of a hat.

One that he was spouting last week was the one that rankles us chickenhawk armchair generals--the war in Iraq has weakened the military. What bs! When we manly men lift weights, we tear the muscles--it hurts and later our arms and chest feel like lead, but we get stronger and its the only way--no strain, no pain, no gain, as the Marines say. Using the military to fight in a war costs money and the lives and suffering of some of the members of the military, but rather than get weaker, the veterans are tougher, stronger, more savvy and all round better for their experience. The military gets better and stronger with proper use, not worse. Anybody with the barest of knowledge of even just 20th Century military history would know this. Craig, if you really believe what you say, you are a fool.

Oh and Craig, impeachment is not a general recall based on popularity--there has to be an underlying crime--a High Crime or Misdemeanor, in fact. Your clinging to the completely discredited idea that Dick Cheney somehow orchestrated Richard Armitage's talking about Ms. Plame to Woodward and Novak is distressing evidence of either your lack of knowledge on the subject or a stubborn willingness to be ignorant. I bet you still believe Joe Wilson was telling the truth. Sad, indeed.

Labels: Craig Silverman; Broken Military; Democratic Defeatism