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Tomorrow's Chicken Hawks

CoOpera
02-09-2004, 22:32
Some unexpected candor from the convention floor:

"Young Republicans Support Iraq War,
but Not Willing to Join the Fight"
By Adam Smeltz
Knight-Ridder Newspapers
Wednesday 09/01/04

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/090304X.shtml

From the second paragraph:

In more than a dozen interviews, Republicans in their teens and 20s offered a range of answers. Some have friends in the military in Iraq and are considering enlisting; others said they can better support the war by working politically in the United States; and still others said they think the military doesn't need them because the U.S. presence in Iraq is sufficient.

"Frankly, I want to be a politician. I'd like to survive to see that," said Vivian Lee, 17, a war supporter visiting the convention from Los Angeles,

Looks like somebody is taking a page from Cheney's playbook.

Needless to say, this begs the question:

How many of you brave patriots are here on Nation States?