Lately, politicians have been repeating one another’s platitudes; distilling the position on the Iraq war to a nice sound bite. “While I support the troops I cannot support this war of choice.”
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House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Md., right, Reps. Rahm Emanuel, D-Ill, House Jim Clyburn of S.C., and John Larson, D-Conn. at a news conference prior to the start of debate on a resolution on Iraq.
Well this formula does not be make sense. Anyone who knows a soldier, sailor, airman, or marine can tell you, these people are imbued with the ultimate “can-do” spirit. That is after all, the reason they joined up. To them, the mission is everything, and they are the mission. To support them but not their mission smacks of hypocrisy. The military drowns in hypocrisy, and it’s fighters have a keenly honed eye for detecting bullshit.
The anti war politicians must embrace their anti war stance. There is no loving the sinner and hating the sin. I am not suggesting that hey hate the fighters, just don’t pander to them, while the voters may gobble it up, hypocrisy has enough of a hold on American politics.
End the war. We never prepared for occupation. Our volunteer army long ago abandoned a force structure capable of this mission. All we can accomplish is death.
