How Dare They?

How dare our state’s two senators insult my sons and every member of our military, not to mention put them in danger, by voting for a published troop withdrawal date? How dare they put me, as a citizen, in danger by virtually guaranteeing terrorists safe haven in Iraq to plan more attacks against the U.S.? How dare they do that to their own family members? How could they do that at all and still sleep at night?

How dare British higher-ups order their own military personnel to stand and watch as Iranians kidnap several of their own? How dare those same officials let time pass without demanding the hostages’ release – or else? I hate to think what the United States might have done if it had been our ship. I don’t think our president would have made the same decision had he been brought into the process quickly enough, but I tremble at the thought that he might have done the same thing.

How dare any official play politics with its military personnel who stand in harm’s way?