Cross posted at Booman Tribune.
As Booman pointed out today:
George W. Bush does not think that the Taliban are his enemy. He doesn't think Usama bin-Laden is his enemy. He doesn't think former Ba'athists are his enemy, or even foreign suicide bombers. No, his enemies are 'opinion leaders' here in the United States.
In other words, his enemies are those who speak truths he doesn't want heard or who declare their doubts about his policies. And as they've been showing by staying away from recruiting offices in droves, the conservative youth of America are apparently down with this.
However, in the descriptions of the recent College Republican love-in, I've been bothered by something beyond the obvious chickenhawkery, the low-rent machismo and dilettante debutantage, and the dewy-eyed smugness of most of the participants. These are mostly teenagers. Who told them that this was how you act during a war? What model are they looking to?
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