Volunteers?

I don't seem to see many of our couch potato patriots volunteering either themselves or their children for tours of duty in Iraq or the other locales coveted by the neocons. As one whose daughter resigned from medical training in the National Guard just in time not to have been subject to call up, I am infinitely glad not to have one of mine at risk there.

But is it too much to point out that our super patriots at most seem to make lightening visits to Iraq or Afghanistan and then get themselves the hell out of there as fast as they can before a stray rocket gits 'em? How hypocritical.

During WW2 they all volunteered and we kids were actually disappointed that the war had ended before we could risk our lives for peace, justice, and country. The present deal of oil, torture, boredom, death, disability (mental or physical) is an Alice in Wonderland replay of real life just wars. How obscene!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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"A war is just if there is no alternative, and the resort
to arms is legitimate if they represent your last hope." (Livy)
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Ed Kent 718-951-5324 (voice mail only) [blind copies]