As Bill Maher would say, New Rule:
From now on, anyone who uses the term "we" in supporting the United States presence in Iraq, has to either volunteer to go there or send a family member. All this bullshit about what "we" should do, whether "we" can afford to look weak in the world's eyes, whether "we" should send more troops - "we" are sitting here in our comfy chairs while real human beings (mostly kids) are being sacrificed on the altar of this or that geopolitical theory. If Bush wants to keep fighting, he should go over there and lead the way. Sean Hannity and Rush Limbaugh and Bill O'Reilly, and all the other chickenhawks who are so enthusiastic about bringing democracy to the Middle East, ought to go lend a fucking hand. If Joe Biden and John Kerry want to send more troops, let them send their own sons and daughters.
Is there even one Washington politician with a kid in harm's way over there? Just ONE? If so, I'd like to hear what he or she has to say about the situation. If not, let them all shut the fuck up. They have no right to sacrifice other people's loved ones for their fantasies of empire.