... providing his views are compatible with mine. I certainly like his attitude:
Schmidt commends Hackett for his service, but believes Hackett should "stand with the president" by "supporting the Iraqi war effort and our troops that are over there," her campaign manager Joe Braun said. (Through Braun, Schmidt declined to speak with Salon.)
When asked to answer that charge, Hackett is blunt: "The only way I know how to support the troops is by going over there." He doesn't hesitate to criticize Schmidt's support of the war: "All the chicken hawks back here who said, 'Oh, Iraq is talking bad about us. They're going to threaten us' - look, if you really believe that, you leave your wife and three kids and go sign up for the Army or Marines and go over there and fight. Otherwise, shut your mouth." (Emphasis added.)
Schmidt is one of those republicans who is patriotic to the president, not the country. I like seeing one of them called on it. The Hackett/Schmidt election is Aug 2nd.
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I'm not suggesting one isn't entitled to an opinion unless one has served (which I think is a strong Hienlien theme). Everyone has an opinion and everyone should get a chance to speak it.
I am, however, strongly in favor of the idea that if you want to start a war, you ought to beleive in it enough to fight it yourself or with your own children. If the bar were that high, I think we would have been a little more scrupulous about the supposed Iraqi WMDs. Had the case been made to convince me, I would have been one of the first in line to find a way to serve.
And, as you have pointed out in the past, there are lots of ways to serve other than holding a gun.
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