B Dubya,
are you for real?
If you really believe in what you are saying, then GW Bush is a patriot’s patriot. Do you really like what he has done to our country? If yes, then you also think that Rumsfield, Rove, Bremer, Dick, Browny, Alberto Gonsalez and all the other characters are also patriots. Several more years of such “patriotism” and the country will collapse, like Enron or Freddy Mac.
It is a common mistake to associate a country with its head-of-state. The Republicans are just playing this instrument called patriotism very well. Naive people like you fall for it, out of love for the country. And you are not alone. Germans fell for Hitler, their democratically elected leader, as did the French for Napoleon, most recently the Georgians – for Saakashvilli, the list goes on.
If McCain is elected, some war is guaranteed. If you work in a weapons factory – good for you. If not – make another hole in your belt.
As far as John McCain’s own sacrifice: there were thousands POWs in Vietnam. John was at the bottom of his class in the Academy, and thence a lousy pilot and then he got shot down while trying to bomb a power plant. Yes, he did not betray his comrades by using his Daddy’s connections. I don’t see this is an act of heroism. This is what every decent man – I hope like you – MUST do, this is NORMAL, particularly for a professional officer. If he would accepted the offer, he should have been stripped of his rank and perhaps sent to (an American) prison. Thousands of Forrest Gumps went to that war and did some heroic things that were not required. I see a lot of them in the VA Hospital where I works. Some of them beg on the streets. I agree with General Wesley Clark that McCain’s record in the military (see above) does not qualify him to be a President. I’d rather have an educated person who can understand the current economy and the current world, not another chest-pounding patriot. If your patriotism calls you to vote for McCain, go ahead, vote for McCain, this is your right. This right was given to you by some people who defied their legitimate government in London.
However, if your patriotism makes you shout at other people at this forum, please do not do this. Besides, people from other countries have the right to be interested in the question which US president will bomb and invade their country next time. And you represent America to them. Like G. Dubya Bush.
