Enlist, Or Shut Up

David Sirota nails it again. Attention Chickenhawks: Enlist, or shut up. There are a lot of pathetic political hacks running around these days talking tough about fighting wars - and most of them have never fought in a war, avoided fighting when they had the chance, and have no family members fighting in our current war. When ultra-hawk Vice President Dick Cheney had the chance to fight in a war, he said he had "other priorities." When George W. Bush had the chance, he used his dad's name to get out of combat service. While Peter Beinart and the New Republic claim they truly believe in more hawkish policies, I don't see him or the magazine's writers lining up to enlist. And last I checked, the same Karl Rove who is attacking Democrats for questioning Bush's management of the Iraq War, is the Karl Rove who has never served in the military in his life. I would only add one thing to this. King George should also encourage Princess Jenna & Princess Barbara Bush to sign-up. Of course we certainly shouldn't hold our collective breath waiting for that to happen. After all, if daddy chickened out then why would we think it is at all possible things would have changed now. And then there is that other coward Ms Karla Rove.......But that's another story all by itself. MORE....