Earlier today, while cruising the referrals to this blog, I came across a moonbat's evaluation of IWT that described it as "War-mongering bloggers that take pleasure in other's deaths, and the efficiency and lethality of the US war machine." and puled,"What has the West become?"

Heh. "War-mongering?" Hmmm....

War
war (wôr) n.
1. a. A state of open, armed, often prolonged conflict carried on between nations, states, or parties.
b. The period of such conflict.
c. The techniques and procedures of war; military science.
2. a. A condition of active antagonism or contention: a war of words; a price war.
b. A concerted effort or campaign to combat or put an end to something considered injurious: the war against acid rain.

Monger
mon·ger (mnggr, mng-) n.
1. A dealer in a specific commodity. Often used in combination: an ironmonger.
2. A person promoting something undesirable or discreditable. Often used in combination: a scandalmonger; a warmonger.

OK, maybe I am one. I suppose war is undesirable, though sometimes unavoidable and necessary. OK, so I'm a warmonger. Then again, maybe not. I'm not promoting war, as in "Cool, let's have a war....come one, come all....step right up to the war!" Ah, well. Enough grey area maybe to have me as a warmonger. I'll have to be strong, and try to just soldier on.

"taking pleasure in other's deaths."
Hmmm....well, if we're talking about Zapping Zarqawi (since they said "other's," not "others'"), he may have me there. Not to put too fine a point on this, but can an "other" really have "deaths?" Other than in sci-fi, I mean. I guess we did think we got him once or twice before, so maybe it's a cat-with-nine-lives kind of reference...

...but I digress.

I guess I have to admit, yeah, I'm glad he's dead and gone. Don't recall ever getting teary-eyed over the death of any other terrorist, either. Oh, well. But I don't take pleasure in random killing....and, I'm not cracking out the popcorn for the death count.

And as far as taking pleasure in the "efficiency and lethality of the US war machine" goes...Well, I guess he's got me on that one - I got nothin' here. Yeah, I guess I am damned proud that we have the best military out there, period. Hooah! And what exactly are you supposed to take pleasure in when evaluating your military? I mean, have you ever seen anyone take pleasure in the "color coordination and spectacular macrame skills" of a "war machine"? It's a war machine. (See "war" definition, above)

What has the West become? Dunno. Can't speak for the whole West. I'm hoping that the US has become a country that has zero tolerance for threats and terrorism.

Oh, and in fairness, "bloggers" is a little unfair. I don't know if Patti, who started this blog, and Paul, who occasionally posts here, want to be called warmongers - and it's just not right to have them share my Moonbat-levied label without their consent. And Natalia's not a warmonger. Seriously unfair call there. Bad Moonbat - Bad! Back in your corner (you'll find it over there...far to the Left).

--------------------------------------------------

In related Moonbattery, David at The Thunder Run got a visit from a Grade-A Moonbat, shrieking the shriek about Haditha, calling the Marines cowards, and basically treating the MSM version of events as fact. Real peach of a comment - definitely shows an ability to remain open-minded until all the facts are in - or NOT.

Read the full comment, and David's response, here. (David, you warmonger, you)

------------------------------------------------

UPDATE: Up for a little Friday Merry Moonbat Mincemeat-making? (nice alliteration there, eh?) Visit Blue Star Chronicles for "Caption This" - and figure out what's going on in Teddy's addled head.