Reply #3: I think people who opposed the war have more authenticity [View All]

when they did what they could to stay out of it. If it was legal so much the better.

And I suppose some people could be ambivalent about a war's justification or even support a war but not wish to interrupt their college studies or whatever they're doing to actually go fight in it.

I've always opposed Iraq and Afghanistan but I cared very much that my BF was a good soldier and he be able to get out safely...

...but I never felt the need to enlist to put myself in a position of moral authority to justify those affections.

I think the problem with Cheney et al is the lack of suffering that comes from military service left him without a clue as to what he was putting other people through and as such he lacked the motivation to find better ways to dealing with problems.

That's IF you want to cut him the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps power, ego and monied interests better explain things; I dunno.

I'm afraid Blumenthal's record escapes me. Has he chest-thumped much for Vietnam or the current wars?