Don't worry. They will be waiting for you when you die to hear your explanation of your glorious and eternal war and why they needed to keep dying because others had died.
Via jurassicpork at Welcome To Pottersville:
On Memorial Day, May 28, 2007, George W. Bush said that soldiers dying in foreign wars was “a rich tradition” (like throwing out the first pitch, say, on Opening Day or the groom removing his bride's garter) and that going to war in Iraq and Afghanistan was part of our nation’s destiny. At the Tomb of the Unknowns, Bush also seemed to take to heart 174 Marines who supposedly asked to have their enlistments extended and that it seemed to validate for him the stop-lossing of already weary troops who are getting killed in record numbers because they are exhausted and burnt-out.And also from jurassicpork, Paul Krugman:
“In this place where valor sleeps, we are reminded why America has always gone to war reluctantly, because we know the costs of war.” That’s what President Bush said last year, in a Memorial Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.Eagerness into the worst, most incompetently lead war in American history.
Those were fine words, spoken by a man with less right to say them than any president in our nation’s history. For Mr. Bush took us to war not with reluctance, but with unseemly eagerness.
Attaturk of Rising Hegemon predicts the future:
I'm going to guess that a whole new series of the usual suspects will be trotted out to demand SIX MORE MONTHS!
Allow me to just "cut & paste" Joe Lieberman's Fall 2007 WaPo & WSJ editorials now:"I've seen remarkable progress in Anbar Province"
"For the first time, we are making real progress against Al Qaeda"
"Our fighting forces are upbeat and optimistic that the job is being done"
"Now is not the time to begin pulling out troops"
"We must give our military leaders in Iraq, even more troops to complete the job"
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