Before I log off:

re: #82 Obdicut

Tancredo wants a moratorium on all immigration to the US, for the love of god, which would tank the economy overnight.

He also got out of Vietnam because of his anxiety disorder.

1. That’s worth knowing. However, immigration and war are distinct issues. Heaven willing, they will remain so. How volubly hawkish is Trancredo?

2. I support military action that advances America’s enlightened national interests, but have little use for bellicose draft dodgers like Cheney and Bolton.

Of course, the soundness of a policy is independent of a proponent’s life history. What sticks in my craw about the likes of Cheney & Bolton (other than their squandering of limited military, political and fiscal resources—and lives) is their blatantly phony manlier-than-thou personas.

3. Full disclosure: I was, and am, relieved that the Army did not put me in harm’s way during the nation’s kinetic escapade in Vietnam. Had they done so, my intention was to do my duty to the best of my ability.