Monday, February 24, 2003

I don’t want to get

I don’t want to get all political so let me be brief.  I support our armed forces.  I support them with my taxes and with my preference that they not be placed unnecessarily in harm’s way.  People who are out demonstrating in support of war are, in fact, demonstrating in favor of dead soldiers.  Whether killed by snipers, bombs, mustard gas, friendly fire or a bad case of flu, they are safer at home than they are in Iraq.  There’s a big - huge - difference between supporting a national policy of unprovoked aggression, and supporting our armed forces.  That $50 billion the war is likely to cost (discounting post-armistice peacekeeping) - use it to give the grunts a living wage and get them off AFDC and food stamps.  There may even be enough left over to fund fuel cell research and render the entire region of conflagration superfluous.  But those of you who want war - don’t kid yourselves.  That’s not supporting our armed forces any more than a vote for clearcutting shows support for trees.