A Clear and Moving 'Danger'

I'm all for supporting our troops and whatnot, but anyone with that much admiration for war needs a brain scan.

This sounds like a fascinating book. With Tom Cruise portraying a German military hero who tried to kill Hitler in VALKYRIE and Kennedy writing about Japanese pilots were forced to "volunteer" for kamikaze duty, we're finally getting a more international view of a war that wasn't as black and white as some people thought.

Fanatics are the same, blowing themselves up one way or another. The commone thread seems to be a belief in a cushy after-life. For the younger people, remember that the Japenese Emperior was consided to be god. We shot them down faster than they could build planes and teach new pilots to fly.

I was once told by a WWII veteran that while everyone considered them heroes, that they're heroes were the front line medics, who risked the same dangers while unarmed.

Just goes to show suicide bombing wasn't invented in the mideast.

Plenty of the "Washington crowd" served, too. For every George Bush the lesser, there was also a George Bush the Elder... for every Dick Cheney, there was a Max Clelland. John Kennedy and Jimmy Carter both wore the uniform of a United States Navy officer long before they ran for any office, as did John Kerry, and Bob Dole didn't get that bum arm from playing golf.

What do you know, part of the Washington crowd that says he doesn't look down on those who serve.

What do you know, part of the Washington crowd that says he doesn't look down on those who serve.