Of course, the only problem is that in America, I believe the only children to be the children of Members of Congress and to serve as enlisted personnel in the conflict are the children of Democrats.

That’s utterly wrong. For one, Sen. McCain’s son recently returned from a tour of duty in Iraq with the US Marines.

I’d like to see a policy that requires some of your family or children to be serving as enlisted members of the military force before Americans are committed to a war/conflict.

Which is a sentiment that is profoundly against the principle of American democracy. We have a military that is controlled by civilians, and everyone has the right to speak out on military issues. Why should it not then be that you cannot speak out against a war unless you’ve served the military? For that matter, why bother with civilian control of the military at all?

Unless you think that “Starship Troopers” was good social policy, the “chickenhawk” argument is a sign of desperation.

Of course, the only problem is that in America, I believe the only children to be the children of Members of Congress and to serve as enlisted personnel in the conflict are the children of Democrats.

I’d like to see a policy that requires some of your family or children to be serving as enlisted members of the military force before Americans are committed to a war/conflict.