Oh boy. We better brace for a tremendous outpouring from talk radio and such outlets of right wing ire as Instapundit, littlegreenfootballs, Powerline, and Free Republic. And I have to admit, even as an Obama partisan, I was shocked by the news that John McCain is receiving six times as much money from active duty service personnel as Barack Obama. It's hard to interpret this as anything but a profound indictment of Obama's message that our Iraq war policy is fatally flawed. Clearly the people closest to the action believe in John McCain's plan to win the war and reject Obama's cut and run foolishness. We shouldn't be surprised, I suppose, McCain is the war hero and Obama never served in the military and then there's the traditional military affinity for Republicans...
Wait a minute--ha ha, sorry about that. Turns out it's Barack Obama who is receiving six times as much in donations from active duty service personnel as John McCain! Well, never mind, can't really draw any conclusions from that at all. Just a weird factoid.
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War is sweet to those who have no experience of it. But the experienced man trembles exceedingly in his heart at its approach.
Greek poet Pindar, 518-438 BC
Unless the wannabe recruit is gay. The Pentagon isn't that desperate yet. Criminal yes, gay no.
Nice post. Thanks.
It's called irony. He was being ironical.
Your point about the war supporters who seem to have "other priorities" is absolutely correct too. Max Blumenthal's expose of the Young Republican Chickenhawks was a devastating indictment.
The current admininstration treats our military like contract workers: Doing all the hard work without any benefits and it's time for that to stop.
Those days are done.
Obama 08
You're absolutely right, McCain has shown a desire to inflame situations instead of cooling them off. The Georgia situation is a real indictment of his potential presidency.