An Inconvenient Troop

If you want to see chickenhawk right-wing bloggers out themselves, check out this exchange on RedState.com...

I sat here thinking about unusual ways in which we could contribute to the war, and it occurred to me something that might seem far-fetched or unusual, but I think enlisting would be a good idea, at a time where our army needs more troops in order to have available units to fight not only in Iraq but against any eventual threat elsewhere.

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You're right, but it's incredibly inconvenient.

It's been on my mind since high school; I've just never acted on it.

And:

I think there's more work to be done on the home front than on the battlefield, even though our military is stretched thin. Indeed, that's one of the policies we need to change - increasing our military - and it won't be changed by joining up. It can only be changed by developing more public support for the idea and persuading our representatives to pass the right measures.

So hit those keyboards, fellow Dubya fans! As Tom Hanks says at the start of Saving Private Ryan: "See you on the beach!" And don't forget to bring a laptop along with the suntan lotion...