Comments on: Quote of the Day

By: Elliot

Elliot — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 22:54:47 +0000

It’s always somewhat amazing how many people want to speak for the millions of veterans in this country. It’s also amazing how ignorant they are. Perhaps they can help by backing up their broad statements about the sentiments of veterans? I know many vets who are proponents of the war, and I know many who oppose it. I’m surprised Nathan’s experience shows a very different distribution.

So, Nathan, why do you say, “so many of the proponents of the war have almost to a person never served in the military at any time?” Do you limit your consideration to some particular subset of veterans? Do you see congressmen and radio talkers as a representative sample of America’s veterans? Why pick congressmen and radio talkers rather than plumbers and electrical enginers?

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 21:47:32 +0000

I was going to say, very modestly, as a non-American, that the Gathering of Eagles demo had an awful lot of ex-servicemen and their families among them. And many of the peaceniks looked far too young to have served anywhere, but Jonathan got there ahead of me.

Furthermore, it seems that most Iraqis do not think they are in a civil war despite the heavy casualties they have taken. Given the growing support for the Prime Minister, it would seem that for them it is a question of a very painful building up of a decent society. The kind we all take for granted.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:49:14 +0000

Thanks for clarifying.

By: Lexington Green

Lexington Green — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:25:40 +0000

“…I believe is still in the reserves…”

He was reactivated, had to give up his law practice, his home repair business and much else, take a huge pay cut, relocate his wife and three kids by thousands of miles. He has paid a huge personal price for the war and has never uttered a word of complaint.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 19:19:14 +0000

Why is it that so man y of the proponents of the war have almost to a person never served in the military at any time while those opposed to it often have?

Since you raised this issue, I should mention that the author of the email that I posted has served in the military, and I believe is still in the reserves, and I am certain would be blasting jihadis in the Middle East today if it were up to him. (Not that any of this changes the quality of his arguments.)

You might also note the heavy presence of veterans in Saturday’s pro-war demonstration in DC.

By: Methinks

Methinks — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:44:23 +0000

speaking of the rhetoric and the war, I just fount this. It just makes you wonder who's behind all the nonesense.

By: Methinks

Methinks — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:37:21 +0000

How is it possible for Nathan to write so much and yet say absolutely nothing.

The war protestors are hooligans. Not because they oppose the war but because they think that freedom is free and because they’re vandals.

Milton Friedman reminded us more than once that the freedom we take for granted exists almost nowhere else in the world. The natural state of humanity is tyranny and oppression. Those who don’t wish to fight for our freedom will have us return to tyranny and oppression. How can these people be called noble?

By: Max

Max — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:55:55 +0000

Oh, Nathan, your nose is so high in the air you don’t smell anything.

By: nathan zuckerman

nathan zuckerman — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 17:44:21 +0000

This post might perhaps be more compelling were the writer to leave out the obnoxious name calling. Addtionally, it is not a small bunch of Americans who oppose the war. The recent elections, if fnot the polls, should convince the poster of this. Further, those opposed to what is taking place in Iraq have for some time said it was not a war but a civil war between various sects within the country. The man y deaths are NOT the result of our care to avoid civilian deaths. Those deaths take place daily because the Sunnnis and the Shia, with some Al Qaeda now there, are killing each other. No one said it was a “real war” after Bush declared mission accomplished.
Why is it that so man y of the proponents of the war have almost to a person never served in the military at any time while those opposed to it often have? I won’t botyher to give a list of names. Just ask about radio hosts and congressmen.