Submitted by Max Stamp on Wed, 12/26/2007 - 09:44.
Regarding Iraq, you are fond of saying "America is at war". That is nonsense. Our military and their families are at war. The rest of us are spectators, experiencing no pain. As an advocate for a more robust presence in the Middle East, why don't you at least have the courage to say in the same paragraph that the spectators are now going to have to participate in the pain. That you will advocate an oil surcharge or income tax surcharge to pay for these wars NOW. Borrowing money on our kids account is shameful. Ironically, the young people actually fighting the war will have to pay for it out of their future.
Regarding Iraq, you are fond of saying "America is at war". That is nonsense. Our military and their families are at war. The rest of us are spectators, experiencing no pain. As an advocate for a more robust presence in the Middle East, why don't you at least have the courage to say in the same paragraph that the spectators are now going to have to participate in the pain. That you will advocate an oil surcharge or income tax surcharge to pay for these wars NOW. Borrowing money on our kids account is shameful. Ironically, the young people actually fighting the war will have to pay for it out of their future.