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Originally posted by Rudey
Again, why don't you question why Kerry's daughters aren't there? Are you somehow jaded that you have to keep bringing up Bush?
And again, this is a war. In a war people die. In a military people volunteer to join. Would you make this argument about any war?? Or did you just randomly pick Iraq?
-Rudey
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First, I did question why Kerry's daughters aren't serving. Kerry is a senator, which puts him under the heading of member of Congress. Maybe you should check your own level of jadedness...
Furthermore, I never said Bush killed this woman's son. In fact, nowhere in my comment did I mention anything about who killed him.
What I did say is that certain populations of people are paying a much smaller price for this war. You say that "in a military people volunteer to join," but should that always be true? I personally think that if people (politician and citizens) vote for a war they should have some "skin in the game," so to speak. Charlie Rangel called for a draft when they voted for the Iraq war, specifically because he knew his constituency (which is predominanty minority and often joins the military to get a job and/or obtain money for college) would be paying a disproportionate price for the war.
My point wasn't to specifically chastise a particular person for not going to war, but to raise a philisophical question about a system in which a few people who are insulated from the really painful effects of war are making the decision to go to war.
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