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RUSH: Cary, North Carolina, this is Matt. Nice to have you, sir, on the EIB Network.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, dittos to the commander-in-chief of conservatism.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, thank you, sir. I assume you mean me.<\/p>\n

CALLER: That would be you.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I appreciate that. The CIC. I love that. Yeah!<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, I\u2019m a soldier headed to Iraq. I wanted to comment. You know, it\u2019s a sad day.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. Every time that this happens, when we get somebody like you who calls here, before you say another word, I just want to say to you — on behalf of the American people, and especially in light of the despicable demoralizing statement of Harry Reid yesterday — you are appreciated, you are honored, and you are loved and everybody\u2019s prayers will go with you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Rush, I appreciate the comment, and so do my comrades. It\u2019s a sad day, as I was saying in this country when the United States Senate majority leader doesn\u2019t have confidence in me or my comrades. We\u2019re the ones sacrificing for victory in this war. He may call it lost —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Matt, can I tell you the truth about it? It\u2019s just the exact opposite. He\u2019s scared to death you guys will win. This is what everybody knows. He\u2019s scared to death the surge is working. They\u2019re just taking the occasion of that bomb blast yesterday, and turning that into a domestic political event. The thing that you have to understand — I want you to tell all of your comrades this. The thing about the Democrats today — you\u2019ve got to believe me on this — is they are scared to death that you will win. They know you\u2019re the US military, but they have staked themselves so far out on the plank that they\u2019re walking on defeat, because of domestic political issues, they can\u2019t permit victory. They have to undermine victory however. If you win, there\u2019s no way they can take credit or share in the joy, because they have purchased defeat, and they\u2019re worried you will triumph.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, Rush, I\u2019ve got a term me and my buddies kind of throw around. You know the term ‘arachnophobia\u2019 is a fear or loathing of spiders. We\u2019ve come up with a term, ‘Iraq-no-phobia,\u2019 spelled with the country Iraq which is the pathological fear or loathing of US victory in Iraq, and I would recommend that you use this term. It is my belief that Senator Harry Reid is an Iraqnophobe.<\/p>\n

RUSH: An Iraqnophobe. This is Iraqnophobia?<\/p>\n

CALLER: This is Iraqnophobia: the pathological fear or loathing of US victory in Iraq.<\/p>\n

RUSH: You know, I think you nailed it: the loathing and fear of victory. I want you to understand this. I know it\u2019s easy to conclude that Reid actually doesn\u2019t have any confidence in you, and I know that it\u2019s easy to conclude that the Democrats who join him in this also don\u2019t think much of your talent, but I really don\u2019t think that\u2019s what they\u2019re afraid of. I think they\u2019re scared to death that you will prevail, and they can\u2019t permit it. They know you\u2019re the US military. The thing that\u2019s outrageous about that is they\u2019re frightened. You just nailed it with this Iraqnophobia definition. They are afraid of victory because of what it will mean to them personally in a political sense. They have no concern here for the nation or for the US military and its reputation, but your reputation is widely known. You nailed it. They fear victory. They loath it. I like that: Iraqnophobia. <\/p>\n

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RUSH: We had a call from a soldier who\u2019s deploying to Iraq in three months, and he was angry and upset at Harry Reid proclaiming defeat, saying, ‘The war in Iraq is lost.\u2019 Everybody\u2019s talking about Gonzales needs to resign. Harry Reid needs to resign! Benedict Arnold Harry Reid is sabotaging victory, and I told this soldier, ‘What you have to understand is, it\u2019s not that Reid and the boys don\u2019t think you can win. It\u2019s precisely because they know you can — and that, they can\u2019t permit.\u2019 They\u2019re too far gone now domestically, politically, invested in defeat. They own it. If this turns around swimmingly and goes well, they are lost, and they fear their \u201908 election chances will be down the tubes as well. So they somehow have to ensure defeat. The guy said, ‘Well, there\u2019s a term for those people: Iraqnophobes. Iraqnophobia is the fear and loathing of victory in Iraq,\u2019 and I thought that was brilliant. Lo and behold, this just hit in The Hill newspaper. <\/p>\n

‘A two-month spending bill to cover the costs of the Iraq war is ‘very likely\u2019 after President Bush vetoes the current Iraq spending bill, House Defense Appropriations Chairman John Murtha (D-Pa.) said Friday. House Democrats named their conferees at the beginning of this week and defeated a Republican effort to instruct them. Conferees are to meet Monday, though much of the work on the conference report has been done. The conference report is expected to include an ‘advisory\u2019 date for the withdrawal of troops, rather than the firm September 2008 deadline included in the House version of the bill.\u2019 This is a great illustration of what I\u2019m talking about in terms of Iraqnophobia, what the soldier\u2019s word is: ‘Two Month Iraq Spending Bill ‘Very Likely.” Two months! They want to make it look like they\u2019re supporting victory, but two months, and then the president\u2019s going to have to go back and do it all over again. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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