<p><a href=“http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_el_pr/mccain2008_19;_ylt=ArlQpX_R9UTuTWqmtZqKQbMUewgF[/url]”>http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070301/ap_on_el_pr/mccain2008_19;_ylt=ArlQpX_R9UTuTWqmtZqKQbMUewgF</a></p>
<p>So much political cant. It is refreshing to hear McCain speak his mind, even if he wants to “waste” more of them.</p>
<p>Did you see the photo on the cover of Newsweek this week of the young female veteran with no legs? It just made me ill. No, we wouldn’t see the darling Bush babies in that state, now would we.</p>
<p>That article is worth reading, Weenie.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17316437/site/newsweek/?GT1=9033[/url]”>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17316437/site/newsweek/?GT1=9033</a></p>
<p>At least we aren’t hearing any of that sacrifice bunk from McCain.</p>
<p>allmusic: I will confess, it is still sitting on my kitchen table. I will read it though. It always takes me awhile to get through both Time and Newsweek.</p>
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I hope that any civilized human being would hate to see ANYONE in that condition.</p>
<p>^Well, sheesh, I would hope that would go without saying.</p>
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<p>Let’s look at this quote from a different perspective. Suppose after the well-publicized pictures of the bodies of Army Rangers being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu, someone who disagreed with our our involvement in Somalia were to say something like, “No, we wouldn’t see the darling Chelsea in that state, now would we.” Such a quote would be treated as extremely cruel and vulgar, yet it seems to be a readily accepted part of the vernacular of the left these days.</p>
<p>“I hope that any civilized human being would hate to see ANYONE in that condition.”</p>
<p>AGREED! No more talk of “sacrifice” - it is a “waste” (and even greater among our friends the Iraqis.)</p>
<p>would he get the same flake from conservative media as Obama for using the term ‘wasted’?</p>
<p>Oh, I’m sure he’ll apologize (for telling the truth). Expect a press release within a couple of hours.</p>
<p>Yup. Just as I said.</p>
<p>There are many people who still believe in human sacrifice. (I’m not among them.)</p>
<p>The “Darling Bush babies” are not enlisted in the military. Neither is my son. Neither is my daughter. What about your kids? Until a person enlists/is commissioned in the military, they currently have zero chance of “being in that state”. I don’t know why people insist on skewering the Bush twins just because they (like the vast majority of young women [and men]in this country—and certainly those in social and economic positions similar to theirs) are not serving in Iraq or Afghanistan. Should they be force-marched down to the recruiting station and made to sign on the dotted line, despite the fact that currently, NONE of our nation’s children are being conscripted into the military against their will? There aren’t any parents “sending their children off to war”, so why speak of Barbara and Jenna as if they should be the exception? </p>
<p>Yes, many of us believe their father is being cavalier and reckless with the lives of our brave men and women serving in the armed forces (I certainly feel that way). But I also believe that it’s petty and mean-spirited to speak of the Bush girls as if their lack of military service is some singular character deficit on their part? Yes, GW is a ____________(fill in the blank) for getting us bogged down in this mess in Iraq, but leave the girls out it. (Please.) It’s unfair to indict them for their father’s actions.</p>
<p>True, Poet.</p>
<p>It was interesting though. I was watching the CNN in my middle of the night insomnia, and they had a group of war supporters, many of whom were also McCain supporters (this was the focus of the segment). There was a question of how many supported the war, and there was great hooting and hollering. There was another quetsion about how many would volunteer to serve in this war. Dead silence. I don’t think a single person remained standing.</p>
<p>This, of course, begged the question of the reporter, to query how many people can give political lip service to “support” of the war vs how many are actually willing to support it with their own lives. </p>
<p>Political support is easy. Actually walking down to the recruiting office isn’t. And it sure seems that a lot of the people who still support this sorry, misbegotten horrific war wouldn’t support it in the slightest if they were asked to put their own name on the dotted line…</p>
<p>Waste: to use thoughtlessly or carelessly. Seriously out on a limb here. Explain why this term is so unacceptable.</p>
<p>FF:
Indeed. Lord knows there isn’t anything cruel and vulgar about war. We should really all just shut up and stay the course, support the troops, bow to the commander in chief, and bring em on.</p>
<p>Oh, and, we should “win” too.</p>
<p>“Waste: to use thoughtlessly or carelessly. Seriously out on a limb here. Explain why this term is so unacceptable.”</p>
<p>I thought even the apology odd. He didn’t say the soldiers sacrificed their lives and limbs. He said, “they were sacrificed”. </p>
<p>(Even in his attempts at deceit, he has a streak of honesty.)</p>
<p>I say bring back the draft-no student deferrments-and then lets have an honest debate about sending our young people into battle and the the necessity of any particular war.</p>
<p>FWIW, I would have gladly had my son drafted for service in Afghanistan. Not so with Iraq.</p>