The Real  Die-In

Marc Fencil is a senior majoring in political science at Ohio University. He also happens to be -- at the moment -- a Marine serving in Iraq. His eloquent and powerful letter-to-the-editor was printed in Ohio University's Post Online. It was a response to the recent "die-in" sponsored by the Leftist moonbats so typical of academe.

Yes, a handful of coddled wankers, whose most recent hardship consisted of having to wait ten minutes for a lukewarm mocha latte at the corner coffee klatch, continue to demonstrate their staggering and profound ignorance while siding with the Zarqawis of the world. Arrayed against freedom, arrayed against the forces of good, arrayed against History itself - the Leftist moonbats orbit the provably false hypotheses of "WMD lies", war-for-oil, and Halliburton. That's the extent of their brilliance: rehashed movie magic from the Leni Reifenstahl of the twenty-first century. Perhaps the moonbats are actually orbiting Michael Moore himself. Goodness knows, he's big enough to have his own gravitational field.

Just read the whole thing.

It’s a shame that I’m here in Iraq with the Marines right now and not back at Ohio University completing my senior year and joining in blissful ignorance with the enlightened, war-seasoned protesters who participated in the recent “die-in” at College Gate. It would appear that all the action is back home, but why don’t we make sure? That’s right, this is an open invitation for you to cut your hair, take a shower, get in shape and come on over! If Michael Moore can shave and lose enough weight to fit into a pair of camouflage utilities, then he can come too! Make sure you all say your goodbyes to your loved ones though, because you won’t be seeing them for at least the next nine months. You need to get here quick because I don’t want you to miss a thing. You missed last month’s discovery of a basement full of suicide vests from the former regime (I’m sure Saddam’s henchmen just wore them because they were trendy though). You weren’t here for the opening of a brand new school we built either. You might also notice women exercising their new freedom of walking to the market unaccompanied by their husbands. There is a man here, we just call him al-Zarqawi, but we think he’d be delighted to sit down and give you some advice on how you can further disrespect the victims of Sept. 11 and the 1,600 of America’s bravest who have laid down their lives for a safer world. Of course he’ll still call you “infidel” but since you already agree that there is no real evil in the world, I see no reason for you to be afraid. Besides, didn’t you say that radical Islam is a religion of peace and tolerance? I’m warning you though -it’s not going to be all fun and games over here. You might have bad dreams for the next several nights after you zip up the body bag over a friend’s disfigured face. I know you think that nothing, even a world free of terror for one’s children, is worth dying for, but bear with me here. We’re going to live in conditions you’ve never dreamt about. You should get here soon though, because the temperatures are going to be over 130 degrees very soon and we will be carrying full combat loads (we’re still going to work though). When it’s all over, I promise you can go back to your coffee houses and preach about social justice and peace while you continue to live outside of reality. If you decide to decline my offer, then at least you should sleep well tonight knowing that men wearing black facemasks and carrying AK-47s yelling “Allahu Akbar” over here are proud of you and are forever indebted to you for advancing their cause of terror. While you ponder this, I’ll get back to the real “die-in” over here. I don’t mind.

LGF: Marc Fencil's Letter-to-the-Editor