Post-Memorial Day mopup

Today's e-mail brought two things I wish I had recieved in time for Memorial Day. But I'll share them now and not wait a year.

From a Marine comrade, a moving photo tribute to Vietnam vets.

And from a political friend, a Chickhawk update:

"The excellent web site, The New Hampshire Gazette, hosts the Chickenhawk Database, which defines a Chickenhawk as follows: Chickenhawk n. A person enthusiastic about war, provided someone else fights it; particularly when that enthusiasm is undimmed by personal experience with war; most emphatically when that lack of experience came in spite of ample opportunity in that person's youth.

"Based on that, let's remind ourselves of just how few of our leaders (and proponents of the Iraq war) ever actually wore the uniform themselves when given the opportunity.

The Chickenhawk Elites:

George W. Bush; President. Yes, he allegedly did hard time in the steaming jungles of Alabama, but there's not a thinking person in the country who actually believes he fulfilled his military obligation. Sorry, he's the Chickenhawk in Chief.

Richard "Dick" Cheney; Vice President

Karl Rove; Senior White House Adviser

Donald Rumsfeld; Secretary of Defense

Paul Wolfowitz; Deputy Secretary for Defense (Head of World Bank effective June 1)

Rep. Tom "The Exterminator" DeLay (R-TX); House Majority Leader

Rep. Dennis Hastert (R-IL); Speaker Of The House of Representatives

Sen. Chester Trent Lott (R-MS); Former Senate Majority Leader; Still Cracker in Chief

Rep. Roy Blunt (R-MO); House Majority Whip

Andrew "Andy" Card; White House Chief of Staff

Asa Hutchinson; Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security

Richard Perle; Former Chair of the Defense Policy Board Advisory Committee and Chief
Architect of Iraq War

Sen. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA); Georgia Senator who got himself elected by trashing the courage and patriotism of incumbent, Democrat Max Cleland, who lost three limbs serving his country in Vietnam.

John Bolton; Super Hawk, Bad Diplomat and Wannabe U.N. Ambassador

More Chickenhawks, in the media and the judiciary, on the site.