In my original post a few hours ago, I criticized Sarah Palin for her comment directed at Senator Joe Biden, “Your plan is a white flag of surrender in Iraq.”
I said:
Her ultimate and unforgivable insult to all Americans who oppose the war in Iraq–“waving the white flag of surrender.” She might as well have called us “traitors.”
In the last couple of hours, Joe Biden left his campaign and traveled to Dover, Delaware, to bid farewell to his son, Joseph “Beau” Robinette Biden, and to his fellow 261st Signal Brigade soldiers, who are heading off to combat in Iraq.
As part of his farewell address to his son and to his over 100 brave fellow soldiers, Biden said:
Let me simply say thank you, thank you for answering the call of your country, thank you for doing what brave men and women in the military have always done and always do. Stand strong. Stand together. Serve honorably. Come home to your families that love you. May God bless you, and may he protect you.
These are not the words of a man who is “waving the white flag of surrender in Iraq. “
Joe Biden has never waved the white flag of surrender, nor have those who oppose this disastrous war.
Governor Sarah Palin was way out of line with her scurrilous remarks to Joe Biden.
At the very least, she owes an apology to the Senator and his family–if not to the American people.
The author is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and a writer.