Arkin Keeps Digging

William Arkin is the mentally challenged gift that keeps on giving. On the heels of this now infamous "Troops should shut up" diatribe comes a new example of his utter contempt for the military:

These men and women are not fighting for money with little regard for the nation. The situation might be much worse than that: Evidently, far too many in uniform believe that they are the one true nation. They hide behind the constitution and the flag and then spew an anti-Democrat, anti-liberal, anti-journalism, anti-dissent, and anti-citizen message that reflects a certain contempt for the American people.

Anti-dissent? Is there such a thing? I thought dissent pretty much covered everything, as in "I disagree with you Mr. Arkin. I think you are a no talent coward who trashes people far better than yourself."

That's dissent. And certainly Mr. Arkin would be the first to say "dissent is the highest form of patriotism," and then probably attribute it to Thomas Jefferson, because he is a fool.

And, there can be no mistake about that. His latest attempt to "clarify" is as mind-numbingly stupid as the original. So mind-numbing, in fact, that it is hardly worth the attention. In any case, Blackfive has already taken care of it:

I know it's scary to have to live in a world where the shameless rapists and murderers wearing our uniform are actually allowed to have and air their own opinions, especially when the bloodthirsty bastards are cheerleading for the war. Problem is Billy that's the law of the land. Nobody is advocating that you be forced to shut your piehole, but they can certainly request that you STFU! As a matter of fact they can advocate that the WaPo realize that having someone who so clearly despises our military covering national security is shameful.

Uh...ya. What he said. Arkin should have used today's headline for yesterday's column.