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RUSH: Columbia, Maryland, as we go back to the phones on Open Line Friday. Hi.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Hello, Mr. Limbaugh. How are you?<\/p>\n

RUSH: Fine and dandy, sir. Thank you.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Great. I\u2019ve been listening to you for about 17 years, and today\u2019s the first time I have attempted to call, and I got through.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Congratulations. That\u2019s a major accomplishment. A lot of people have been trying for 20 years and haven\u2019t made it.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Listen, while we\u2019re asking the president for apologies, I think the president should apologize to all those brave men and women he committed to the battlefields of Afghanistan. For him to suggest that victory isn\u2019t his objective, let me ask you this, does anybody doubt that the objective of every one of those brave warriors is victory? I mean this guy — I can\u2019t even figure out where he comes from. It sounds as though he\u2019s afraid of achieving victory because then he\u2019d have to apologize for that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: I think you\u2019re right. I think there is a guilt that he has associated with US victory, US success. There is a guilt that it\u2019s somehow immoral and unjust because we have an unfair advantage going on in. But you are exactly right. If you\u2019re just tuning in, Barack Obama said that he doesn\u2019t like the word or the concept ‘victory\u2019 being tossed around when discussing things in Afghanistan because when he thinks victory, he thinks of Emperor Hirohito coming down from the mountains and signing a surrender agreement with MacArthur on the USS Missouri. I read that, I said, ‘What the hell?\u2019 But your perspective here, ‘Then what are these brave troops doing over there?\u2019<\/p>\n

CALLER: Exactly.<\/p>\n

RUSH: He said all they\u2019re trying to do is prevent these people from attacking the US. But we\u2019re not. He said we can\u2019t achieve victory out there, Bill, because these people aren\u2019t even part of the country.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Well, if this commander-in-chief is committed to anything short of victory, he should be impeached. When I read this I was so outraged, and thank God I have not lost anybody close to me in this war. But I could only think about the mothers, the fathers, the wives, the husbands, the children of these people we\u2019ve lost, I can only imagine how they must feel when they hear the commander-in-chief say that, you know, victory really isn\u2019t the overarching concern in this. I mean, I can\u2019t believe this guy.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Great point. Great point. Got a problem with victory. Then why have them there in the first place?<\/p>\n

CALLER: Exactly. It\u2019s that or nothing should be the commitment because I guarantee you every one of those warriors is committed to victory.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Every day Barack Fonda is telling us who he is. Every day. He\u2019s Barack Fonda and Barack Nifong in one day. He\u2019s telling us exactly who he is. Pretty soon he\u2019s going to be&hellip; well, he\u2019s Barack Marx every day.<\/p>\n

CALLER: It\u2019s outrageous.<\/p>\n

RUSH: But now he\u2019s adding, you know, last names, and no birth certificate so he can paint whatever name he wants, Barack Nifong, Barack Fonda, it\u2019s a great point. I hadn\u2019t thought about that, about the parents, family members of those soldiers that are over there. This mission they\u2019re on, it\u2019s a huge offensive we\u2019re on, huge firefights are taking place.<\/p>\n

CALLER: Absolutely.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Well, look, Bill, I\u2019m glad you called. It\u2019s an excellent perspective.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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