Posted by
cehwiedel on Friday, January 12, 2007 8:43:34 AM
What a tin ear.
Here is California's junior Senator yesterday, upbraiding Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice:
Rice appeared before the Senate in defense of President Bush's tactical change in Iraq, and quickly encountered Boxer.
"Who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price," Boxer said. "My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young."
Then, to Rice: "You're not going to pay a particular price, as I understand it, with an immediate family."
This is a pernicious display of sniping obtuseness.
There is no draft, so only individuals who volunteer serve in the armed forces. But we are
all going to pay a "particular price" if we are not successful in cleaning Islamists out of Iraq. See, for instance, the attack on the American embassy in Greece, for instance.
The problem of Islamic extremism will not magically vanish if we pull troops out of Iraq. It will get worse, until it is faced down. Facing it down will be painful, and likely take a long time. Senator Boxer's grandchild will not always be "too young."
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